Obelisk with lei from Iasi is a monument of the city, located in the central Copou Park, near Teiului Eminescu.
history monument
"Ulita aristocratică a trap" was a neighborhood in Iasi, located on the hill with the same name, which has developed up the street Hagioaiei Bridge, from the XVIIIth century and comprising three parts: Muntenimea Lower, Middle Muntenimea and Muntenimea Overlook. Back then, the watch is called the Green Bridge, as was the live străpunse gardens and orchards, here there, the roof of a manorial mansion.
In the years 1833-1834, the initiative Eforiei city of Iasi and Prince Mihail Sturdza was arranging a public gardens in Iasi, known today as Copou Park and located at that time on the ex post stations in a forest. In its center was up a stone monument, created by public subscription by the great nobility and high clergy.
Obelisk with lei, also known as Monument Organic Regulation, was intended to remember forever on 26 August 1834, when he climbed on the throne Prince Mihail Sturdza (1834-1849) and bring a great tribute Imperial protector - Russia and suzerain - Turkey, which înlesniseră first legiuiri preparation for organizing political-administrative and legal principalities under the administration of General Russian Pavel Kiseleff: Organic Rules adopted in 1831 in Bucharest and Iasi.
Construction was started with great haste on November 8, 1834, the Saints Michael and Gabriel - the day the prince onomatology Canse was placed in the ground "foundation" and box anaforaua signed boierii divan and clergy. . Since construction advance hard and was not ready on time, on April 28 1836 Viennese architect Johan Freiwald - architect designer of the Cathedral Mitropolitane in work - the work undertaken for the implementation of foreign descent is not receiving bail.
Thus, he handed the task of achieving the monument to Russian engineer Mikhail Singurov, but neither he failed to finish since failed to make blourile stone from Şcheia. In the summer of 1841, infuriated the ruler appointed as the executor Gheorghe Asachi, who managed to bring stones from Şcheia and leii career Iacobeni (or Lemberg?) "Get with large lot mocăneşti pulled by pairs of oxen, and so the monument was completed.
. After some opinions approved, the obelisk with lei suspected that there is an organic document from the time of Alexandru Ioan Cuza.
The monument was repaired in the year 1904, piedestalul its being covered with marble plates. During the Second World War monument was shot by bullets and splinter, reason for which two workers stone (Tănase Răutu and Vasile Onofrei) him and grinding him clean scrijelituri
Around the monument was located after the war a plantation of roses.
It was conducted during 1834-1841.Architecture monument
The four lei symbolize the four European powers have recognized the independence of the Romanian. But the prince who was very vain and was told that the country was represented by the column of stone that builds on leii (symbol of strength) of blazonul family Sturdza.
