Monumentul Eroilor Pompieri din București, Historic monument in Bucharest, Romania.
The Firemen Heroes Monument is a historical memorial with a pyramidal stone base that supports four life-sized statues and bronze relief panels. A bronze lion statue crowns the top of the entire structure.
The bronze monument by sculptor Wladimir Hegel was unveiled on 13 September 1901 on Dealul Spirii, before the Army Arsenal, honouring the firemen who fought Ottoman troops on 13 September 1848. It was paid for by public subscription managed by a committee chaired by Eugeniu Carada, and 17 surviving veterans attended the ceremony. Demolished in 1984 for the Casa Poporului, it was moved to Calea 13 Septembrie at Str. Izvor and re-unveiled there on 13 September 1990.
The date of 13 September became Romania's Firefighters' Day in 1953, commemorating the 1848 battle. The monument's bronze plaques name Captain Zăgănescu and Colonel Radu Golescu, and the front inscription reads "Luptătorilor de la 13 septembrie 1848, poporul român recunoscător, MDCCCL (1900)". A marble memorial in the courtyard of the Sf. Gheorghe-Plevna church, consecrated in 1998, marks the common grave of two officers and 47 firefighters.
The monument stands at the intersection of Calea 13 Septembrie and Str. Izvor, in front of the JW Marriott Hotel. It was moved here in 1984 and re-unveiled on 13 September 1990. The site is open and visible from the street; the original battle site on Dealul Spirii was razed for the Palace of the Parliament.
The monument was moved twice: it was dismantled in 1984 when the Casa Poporului was built, then re-inaugurated on 13 September 1990 at the Calea 13 Septembrie–Izvor intersection, in front of the JW Marriott Hotel. It is listed as historic monument B-III-m-B-19951 under the name Monumentul pompierilor din Dealul Spirii.
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