Queen Marie days in Chisinau: Statue will be inaugurated in the Square of "Gheorghe Asachi" High School
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22 March 2025 13:50
The statue of Queen Marie in the square of "Gheorghe Asachi" High School will be inaugurated on March 27. The event marks the 107th anniversary of the Union of Bessarabia with Romania, IPN reports.The initiative to erect the statue belongs to lawyer Iulian Rusanovschi and was launched on March 27, 2018, during the Centennial of the Great Union.The statue stands over six met
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