Monument forms: Memorial site

Zelea Codreanu Monument

Location: Tâncăbești Forest, located along the DN1 highway between Bucharest and Ploiești in Ilfov County, Rom...
Commemorative eventMemorial siteOtherCommunist crimesOpen fascist rehabilitation 1998.
Designed by: The monument was created by sculptor Cristian Ivanov in collaboration with Ștefan Georgescu, a fo... Initiated by: The monument was erected in 1993 by Iron Guard sympathizers in the post-1989 period. It has been ...
Description: The Zelea Codreanu Monument is a wooden Orthodox-style cross (troiță) located at the edge of Tânc...

Memory Alley

Location: Near Brest, Belarus Submitted by: Uladzimir Hramovich
Figurative sculptureLarge sculptureMemorial siteMonument destructionMonument modificationMonument removalDecommunisationOther 2017.
Initiated by: pro-regime activist and businesswoman Natalia Ilnitskaya
Description: Striking example of this process is the "Memory Alley" project near Brest, initiated by pro-regim...

City Park dedicated to Gavrilo Princip

Location: East Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Submitted by: Sofia Poulia
Memorial siteNationalist propaganda 2014.
Designed by: The artist of the sculpture is Zoran Kuzmanović. Initiated by: The municipality of Istočno Novo Sarajevo.
Description: The memorialization of Gavrilo Princip is a prominent example of the contested writing of public ...

Memorial to General Rodolfo Graziani

Location: Affile, a town in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio region, Italy. It is situated on the highest ...
Grave/mausoleumMemorial siteOpen fascist rehabilitation 2012.
Initiated by: Major of Affile, Ercole Viri
Description: In 2012, Ettore Viri, the right-wing mayor of Affile, included a memorial to General Rodolfo Graz...

Foro Italico

Location: Via della Farnesina, 00135 Rome, it is located on the slopes of Monte Mario.
Abstract sculptureFigurative sculptureLarge sculptureMemorial siteOriginal fascism 1932.
Designed by: Initial design by Enrico Del Debbio. Later contributions were made by Luigi Moretti. Initiated by: The project was initiated under Benito Mussolini's regime.
Description: Foro Italico is a prominent sports complex located on the slopes of Monte Mario in Rome, Italy. I...

Monument to the Victims of all Wars

Location: Kongresni trg 3, 1000 Ljubljana Submitted by: Gal Kirn
Abstract sculptureMemorial siteNational reconciliation 2017.
Designed by: Rok Žnidaršič, Mojca Gabrič, Samo Mlakar, Žiga Ravnikar, Dino Mujić and Martin Kruh, Matjaž Habič... Initiated by: The monument was commissioned by Slovenia’s Ministry of Labor, Family, Social Affairs, and Equal ...
Description: The call for reconciliation of all the sides involved in the World War II became a dominant ideol...

Foiba di Basovizza

Location: Basovizza, Italy Submitted by: Louise Zamparutti
Memorial siteNational reconciliation 1992.
Initiated by: Lega Nazionale
Description: The memorial was initiated by Italy’s far right political parties to commemorate Italians deemed ...

Ravna Gora Park

Location: The park is in the center of Bileća, across from a large park with a Partisan memorial and ossuary. Submitted by: Vjeran Pavlaković
Figurative sculptureLarge sculptureMemorial siteNational reconciliation 2014.
Designed by: Milivoj Bokić Initiated by: The inscription on the central pyramid states the park was created by the Serbian people of Bileć...
Description: This monument complex honors the Ravna Gora movement, popularly known as Chetniks, in the town of...

The Monument to Victory

Location: Piazza della Vittoria, 2012, 39100 Bolzano BZ, Italy The choice of location for the Monument to Vic...
Memorial siteOriginal fascism 1928.
Designed by: Marcello Piacentini Initiated by: The Fascist Government, Benito Mussilini
Description: The Monument to Victory (Italian: Monumento alla Vittoria; German: Siegesdenkmal) is a significan...

Stepan Bandera monument in Lviv

Location: Kropyvnyts’koho Square, L’viv, Ukraine. Monument is prominently located close to the city centre on...
Figurative sculptureMemorial siteOpen fascist rehabilitation 2007.
Designed by: Mykola Posikira (sculptor), Myhajlo Fedyk (architect), Grygorij Shevchuk (designer) with Yuriy St... Initiated by: The initiative for the monument dates back to the early 1990s. Some of the funds came from a coal...
Description: Composed of a bronze statue on a pedestal nearly seven meters high and a triumphal arch behind it...