- CountryRomania
- Town:Bucharest
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Year of creation:2010
- Rider(s):Carol I
(1839–1914) personally led Romanian troops during the Russo-Turkish War and assumed command of the Russo-Romanian army during the siege of Plevna. After the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in this war, he declared Romania a sovereign nation in 1878 and was proclaimed King of Romania in 1881. He was the first ruler of the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen dynasty, which reigned over the country until the proclamation of a republic in 1947.
- Sculptor(s):Codre, Florin
(1943) is a Romanian sculptor , creator of monumental art, stuntman and breeder of thoroughbred horses.
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This equestrian statue by Florin Codre in Bucharest replaced the one by Ivan Mestrovic, which had been erected in 1930 and melted down by the communists in 1948 to build a statue for Lenin. The unveiling of the Florin Codre statue resulted in much dispute, focusing on the question of whether it was plagiarism, a bad copy of the Mestrovic sculpture or a new and original work.
The equestrian statue of Carol I in Calarasi was unveiled three years before this one in Bucharest. As the statue in Cal;arasi is only slightly different it may be supposed that it was a try out for the Bucharest one.
