In front of the National History Museum in Chisinau there is a monument of the
Capitoline Wolf with Romulus and Remus on a pedestal. On the pedestal is a
citation of Mihai Eminescu:
DE LA ROMA VENIM
DIN DACIA TRAIANĂ
M. Eminescu
This translates to "We come from Rome, from Dacia Traiana" (also see
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Dacia).
"Capitoline Wolf, Chișinău
Overview
During the first decades of the 20th century, Kingdom of Italy
donated to Kingdom of Romania five copies of the Capitoline Wolf, which were
installed in Chişinău (1921), Bucharest (1906), Cluj-Napoca (1921), Târgu
Mureş (1924) and Timișoara (1926). In Chişinău, the monument was completed
in 1923 and placed in front of Sfatul Țării Palace. In 1940, at the
beginning of the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina, the
copy from Chişinău was destroyed.
In 1990, Romania donated a new copy of Capitoline Wolf to Moldova.
This statue was unveiled in front of the National History Museum of Moldova
on December 1, 1990.
Restoration 2005–2009
Soon after the 2005 election, the bronze statue was removed from its
pedestal for restoration in April 2005. The monument was stored in the
basement of the National History Museum and the restoration depended on the
political context. The monument was re-unveiled just on December 1, 2009, a
few months after July 2009 election, when the Alliance For European
Integration pushed the Party of Communists into opposition."
Source:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitoline_Wolf,_Chișinău