The first statue in Bucharest is in the courtyard of the Colțea hospital. Mihail Cantacuzino backrest and its story of over 150 years
Colțea Hospital in Bucharest. Photo source: Dreamstime.com
In a city that is often busy with work and hustle and sometimes doesn't even get to see the history written on the facades of old buildings or on the plaques with the names of the streets, there is a monument that arouses the curiosity of everyone who discovers it. huddled in the yard of the Colțea Hospital.
It is about the statue of the defender Mihail Cantacuzino, the first statue ever erected in Bucharest.
Mihail Cantacuzino (1640–1716) was an influential boyar of Wallachia, brother of ruler Șerban Cantacuzino and a ruler of the princely court known as the back.
The title was not only honorary, it came with the responsibility to carry the voivode's sword in festivities, a symbol of courage, responsibility and honor.
Read, on B365.ro, the whole story of the first statue in Bucharest.
