"The Capitoline Wolf Statue (Romanian: Statuia Lupoaicei) in Cluj-Napoca, Romania is
located on Eroilor Boulevard.
After the Union of Transylvania with Romania of 1 December 1918, the
University of Upper Dacia was organised at Cluj, ultimately being renamed
King Ferdinand I University. It was officially opened on 1 February 1920 in
the presence of King Ferdinand I and of the royal family. Representatives of
the Allies of World War I and of countries neutral during the First World
War were also present.
The following year, the Italian state made a gift to the city of Cluj a
copy of the Capitoline Wolf. It symbolised the unity of Romanians from all
parts of the country and their Latinity. The Cluj-Napoca monument, brought
to Cluj by a delegation of 200 Italians, mostly students, is a faithful copy
of the Capitoline Wolf, with Romulus and Remus beneath her. To it was added
a bas-relief of Emperor Trajan, executed by sculptor Ettore Ferrari, along
with the inscription 'Alla citta di Cluj, Roma Madre, MCMXXI'
('To the City of Cluj, Mother Rome, 1921'). It was decided to place the
monument in Unirii Square, in front of the Statue of Matthias Corvinus. The
first Romanian mayor of Cluj, Iulian Pop, unveiled the monument on 28
September 1921 in the presence of over 25,000 residents.
After the Second Vienna Award in 1940, a significant part of Cluj's
Romanian population was forced to leave the city; the statue too was taken
away to safety. After World War II, the statue was brought back to Cluj, but
the prevailing political climate did not permit the statue to be put back in
its original location, so it was placed in front of the University, where it
remained until 1973, when the statue was again placed in Unirii Square.
In 1994 the statue was removed from its location at the intersection of
Eroilor Boulevard and Unirii Square and replaced with the Memorandum
Signers' Monument. The Statue of the She-Wolf was moved to the Transylvanian
History Museum, where it was restored by the sculptor Liviu Mocan, later
being placed in the middle of Eroilor Boulevard."
Source and further information:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitoline_Wolf_Statue,_Cluj-Napoca