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Memorial of Rebirth

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The Memorial of Rebirth

The Memorial of Rebirth(Memorialul Renateriiin Romanian) is a memorialin Bucharest,

Romaniathat commemorates the struggles and victims of theRomanian Revolution of !"!,#hichoverthre# $ommunism% The memorial comple& #as inaugurated in 'ugust * in Revolution

+uare, #here Romania-s$ommunist.eradictator,/icolae $eau0escu,#as publicly overthro#n in

1ecember !"!%

The memorial, designed by 'le&andru 2hildu0, features as its centrepiece a *.metre.high marblepillar reaching up to the sky, upon #hich a metal 3cro#n3 is placed% The pillar is surrounded by a

4 m5pla6acovered by marble andgranite%

The memorial cost *%4 million lei(R7/ *%4 million, R78*4 billion, appro&imately9%* million)%:ts initial name #as 3;ternal 2lory to the

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The art critic Mihai 7roveanu said, 3@'le&andru 2hildu0A doesn-t have the ualifications to

undertake such a #ork, since he is a designer, not a sculptor3% The Memorial of Rebirth has beendescribed as 3a potato ske#ered on a stake3, an 3olive on a toothpick3, 3the potato of the revolution3

and 3thevector#ith the cro#n3%

The placement of the memorial #as also critici6ed and the rbanism $ommittees of both the Crd+ector and of Bucharest re?ected the design, but their role is officially only as consultants and the

memorial #as erected any#ay%

7#ing to its relative unpopularity, the monument is guarded round.the.clock, but despite this, on

the night of May 4, it #as vandali6ed% ' stencilgraffitifigure representing the fictionalrevolutionary character 3>3#as dra#n on the side facing the/ational Museum of 'rt%

References

Radu $rivat, Memorialul Renasterii D :naugurare cu >:E.uriMemorial of Rebirth D

:nauguration #ith >:Es, article inJurnalul Naional(in Romanian)% 1ate unkno#n, accessed

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Memorialul RenasteriiG, ce oribilitateH(3The Monument of Rebirth D ho# horribleH3),

;ditorial, Sptmna inanciar, 'ugust *% 'ccessed * +eptember 4% (Romanian)This lists the nicknames mentioned in the article (and uite a fe# more)%

2abriela 8upu, 3Regele $arol :, vecin cu IeapJ lui 2hildus3, (3$arol :, neighbor of 2hildu0-s

spike3), article in$otidianul!"in Romanian#$ undated% appear& to be no later t'an 1 Dec())*+

3n bibelou deloc amabil3,3/ot at all a likable knick.knack3, article in ;ditura Eolirom

Suplimentul de culturC 'pril.4 May * (in Romanian)%

3Kepu0a cu cartofL vandali6atJ de graff.eri3,article in 2ndul, C May 4

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$ategoriesN

Monuments and memorials in Bucharest

7utdoor sculptures in Bucharest

Memorials to victims of communism

$alea >ictoriei

This page #as last modified on * 7ctober C at ONO%

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