Capitoline Wolf

The Capitoline Wolf is a historic monument in the center of Chișinău, Moldova, standing in front of the National History Museum. The statue commemorates the five copies that the Kingdom of Italy gave to the Kingdom of Romania in the early twentieth century. The original in Chișinău was unveiled in 1923 in front of the Sfatul Țării Palace, but fell victim to the Soviet occupation in 1940. After independence, Romania repeated the gesture and donated a new bronze copy to Moldova in 1990, which was installed in front of the museum on December 1. After a restoration lasting several years that was influenced by politics, the monument was reopened to the public in 2009.