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Friday 19 November 2010

CAROL I OF HOHENZOLLERN UND SIGMARINGEN

A new statue was erected on Calea Victoriei, Bucharest. It shows the first King of Romania, elected in 1866. His first statue was melted by the communist party in 1948 and the bronze was used for Lenin's statue set in the front of Casa Presei (the Press House).
Now Lenin is gone and the King will ride his horse again in front of the Museum he established...

Later edit: there is an ongoing scandal about this statue:
http://www.rezistenta.net/2008/05/statuia-regelui-carol-i.html

1 comment:

Deepak Acharya said...

I liked this statue !