Michael the Brave's Statue

Presentation:

 Michael the Brave's Statue ( Statuia lui Mihai Viteazul ): In the time of Michael the Brave, Craiova witnessed a strong flowering, contemporary sources presenting the city as a major political and military center. Craiova was in the Middle Ages a center with a strategically important military role, beeing a place of grouping or regrouping of military.  
The idea of a statue of the great leader in Craiova, which is linked to our city and the fact that the governor held before the ban ruler, dates from the early 20th century.


 In 1913 a committee proposed to raise a monument of Michael the Brave in Craiova. In 1927, the organization "Friends of Science" proposed Union Square in Bucharest as location. In 1933 they addressed the City Hall asking them to move the statue of Michael the Brave in Craiova, if in Bucharest will rise a higher one.
The sculptor D. Pavelescu-Dimo prepared a model to achieve a very beautiful monument dedicated to the great ruler, but which did not materialize. Unfortunately, Craiova had to wait many years to see the actual statue placed on the site.

Location:     

Michael the Brave's Staue is situated in the center of the city on Alexandru Ioan Cuza Street in the back of the musical fountaine