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List of equestrian statues

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This is a list of notable equestrian statues by country. The sculptures are listed by the date of their inauguration, regardless whether they were later dismantled or torn down.

Albania

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Algeria

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Argentina

Buenos Aires

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Buenos Aires (province)

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Catamarca

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Chaco

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Chubut

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Córdoba

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Corrientes

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Entre Ríos

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Formosa

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Jujuy

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La Pampa

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La Rioja

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Mendoza

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Misiones

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Neuquén

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Río Negro

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Salta

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San Juan

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San Luis

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Santa Cruz

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Santa Fe

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Santiago del Estero

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Tucumán

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Armenia

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Aruba

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Australia

Australian Capital Territory

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New South Wales

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Queensland

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South Australia

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Victoria

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Western Australia

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Austria

Vienna

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Burgenland

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Lower Austria

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Tyrol

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Azerbaijan

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Belgium

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Bolivia

Caracas

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bijeljina

Brazil

Pernambuco

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Rio Grande do Sul

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Rio de Janeiro

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São Paulo

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Bulgaria

Sofia

Dobrich

Gabrovo

Koprivshtitsa

Plovdiv

Targovishte Province

  • Monument of Khan Krum near ancient Bulgarian castle Misionis.

Varna

Veliko Tarnovo

Canada

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Chile

Santiago de Chile

China

Statue of Ma Yuan at Fuboshan, Guilin.

Dalian, Liaoning Province

Hohhot, Inner Mongolia

Ordos, Inner Mongolia

Fuboshan, Guilin

China - Taiwan

Taipei, Taiwan

  • Equestrian statue of Yue Fei in Linsen Park

Colombia

Barranquilla

Cartagena

Medellín

  • Equestrian of Simón Bolívar by Eugenio Maccagnani at the Parque de Bolívar.

Croatia

Zagreb

Cuba

Havana

Czech Republic

Prague

Poděbrady

Denmark

Copenhagen

Aarhus

  • Equestrian monument of King Christian X in bronze by Helen Schou on Bispetorv (Bishop's Square), erected in 1955.

Aalborg

Esbjerg

Hvidovre

  • Equestrian statue of Postrytter (Mail-horseman) placed just outside the old Hvidovre Post Office on Hvidovrevej, by Johannes Bjerg, 1935.

Nakskov

  • Equestrian monument of King Christian X in bronze by V. Kvederis, erected in 1952.

Odense

Slagelse

  • Equestrian monument of King Christian IX in bronze by L. Brandstrup, erected 1910.

Egypt

Alexandria

Cairo

England

See: List of equestrian statues in the United Kingdom#England

Estonia

Viljandi

Ethiopia

Addis Abeba

Finland

Helsinki

Lahti

Lappeenranta

Rantsila

  • Equestrian statue of Field Marshal Johan August Sandels, on his horse Bijou in town centre, by team of sculptors led by Martti Väänänen, erected in 1989.

France

See: List of equestrian statues in France

Georgia

Tbilisi

Kutaisi

Poti

Telavi

Germany

See: List of equestrian statues in Germany

Greece

Athens

Arta

Giannitsa

Karditsa

Kavala

Pella

Thessaloniki

Hungary

See: List of equestrian statues in Hungary

India

Agra

Chennai

Dhubri

Bangalore

Imphal

Kolhapur

Kolkata

Thanjavur

Mumbai

Pune

Punjab

Solapur

Shimla

Indonesia

Jakarta

Cilacap

  • Equestrian statue of Diponegoro at Provincial Border, Cilacap.

Semarang

  • Equestrian statue of Diponegoro at University of Diponegoro, Semarang.
  • Equestrian statue of Diponegoro at Komando Daerah Militer, Semarang.

Salatiga

  • Equestrian statue of Diponegoro at the intersection of Jl. Diponegoro and Jl. Jenderal Sudirman.

Jogjakarta

Makassar

  • Equestrian statue of Sultan Hasanudin at Hasanudin Airport, Makassar.

Magelang

The equestrian statue of Pangeran Diponegoro became the symbol of military territorial command of Central Java, hence the name Kodam Diponegoro. As a result, almost in every main road provincial borders between Central Java Province with its adjacent provinces such as West and East Java provinces, stood those equestrian statues.

Iran

Statue of Nader Shah, the founder of the Afsharid dynasty. – Naderi Museum

Mashhad

Zabol

Iraq

Baghdad

Ireland

Boyle

Israel

Hurfeish

Jerusalem

Kfar Tavor

  • Monument to village founders.

Kiryat Tiv'on

Tel Aviv

Mikve Israel

Italy

See: List of equestrian statues in Italy

Japan

Tokyo

Kanazawa

Kobe

Kōchi

Komatsushima

  • Equestrian statue of Minamoto Yoshitsune. The tallest equestrian statue in Japan (6.7 meters high).

Kumagaya

Kushimoto

Nagano

Nagoya

Osaka

Ōsaki

Sendai

Ueda

Wakayama

Jordan

Al-Karak

Kazakhstan

Aktobe

Korday

  • Equestrian statue of Utegen-Baghatur in front of The Palace of Culture.

Nur-Sultan

  • Equestrian statue of Kazakh Khan Kenesary Kasymov.
  • Equestrian statue of Baghatur Bogenbay.

Oral

Taraz

  • Equestrian statue of Baydibek Karsha-Uly (sculptured by D.Aldekov and N.Rustemov) at the city central square, 2002.

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of

Pyongyang

Korea, Republic of

Kosovo

Pristina

Kyrgyzstan

Bishkek

  • Equestrian statue of Mikhail Frunze at a large park (Boulevard Erkindik) across from the train station. Foto
  • Equestrian statue of Manas in front of Philharmonic.

Latvia

Riga

  • Equestrian monument of Peter the Great, at Brīvības gatves, by German sculptor Schmidt-Kossel, erected in 1910. The statue was evacuated and lost during WW1, but was later returned to Riga.

Lithuania

Vilnius

  • Equestrian monument of Gediminas, in the Lower Castle, by Vytautas Kašuba, 1996.
  • Equestrian statue Gražina in the Great courtyard of the Seimas Palace, by Dalia Matulaitė
  • Equestrian statue of Saint George defeating the dragon in Gediminas Avenue, by Kęstute Balčiūnas, 2005 (replacing an earlier statue destroyed by the Nazis in 1944).

Birštonas

Luxembourg

Luxembourg

North Macedonia

Skopje

Bitola

Mexico

Mexico City

Chihuahua

Chinameca

Zacatecas

Moldova

Chişinău

  • Equestrian monument of Grigore Kotovski by Lazar Dubinovsky at the Kotovski square, 1954.

Tiraspol

  • Equestrian monument of Alexander Suvorov by Valentin and Victor Artamonovs at the Suvorov square, 1979.

Mongolia

Ulaanbaatar

Tov aimag

Khovd

Morocco

Casablanca

Namibia

Windhoek

Netherlands

Amsterdam

Breda

The Hague

Katwijk aan den Rijn

  • De schutter (man on horse) by G.Brouwer, 1986.

Nijmegen

  • Equestrian with no identifying plaque on a pillar near the railway station

Rotterdam

Utrecht

Norway

Oslo

Philippines

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Peru

Lima

Poland

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Portugal

Braga

Lisbon

Batalha

Cantanhede

Porto

Vila Viçosa

  • Equestrian statue of King João IV in front of the Paço Ducal de Vila Viçosa.

Romania

Bucharest

Cluj-Napoca

Focşani

  • Equestrian Statue of Alexander Suvorov at the battlefield of Battle of Rymnik. The first sculpture by Boris Eduards was erected in 1913, but was lost during WWI. A new sculpture by Marius Butunoiu was erected in 1959.

Iași

Oradea

Târgu Mureş

  • Equestrian Statue of Avram Iancu by Florin Codre, 1978.

Russia

See: List of equestrian statues in Russia

Serbia

Belgrade

Niš

Novi Sad

Zrenjanin

Slovakia

Bratislava

Komárno

Štúrovo

Žilina

Slovenia

Ljubljana

  • Rudolf Maister, Slovenian army general and poet, sculpture by Jakov Brdar. It stands in front of the Ljubljana railway station.

South Africa

Cape Town

Kimberley

Pretoria

Port Elizabeth

Spain

See: List of equestrian statues in Spain

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Khartoum

Sweden

Stockholm

Gothenburg

  • Equestrian called Kopparmärra of Karl IX, standing at Kungsportsplaten.

Helsingborg

Linköping

Malmö

Vänersborg

Switzerland

Basel

  • Saint Martin of Tours (316–397), 19th century copy, at Basel Minster.
  • Saint Martin of Tours (316–397) original statue, after 1343, in Museum Kleines Klingental.
  • Saint George (c.275/281–303), copy, at Basel Minster.
  • Saint George (c.275/281–303) original statue, after 1372, in Museum Kleines Klingental.

Bern

Elm

Fribourg

Geneva

Lausanne

Ligornetto

Muralto

St. Gallen

St. Gotthard Pass

Zürich

Syria

Aleppo

Damascus

Thailand

Bangkok

Chanthaburi

Chiang Mai

Lampang

Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya

Phitsanulok

Saraburi

Tunisia

Tunis

Turkey

Ankara

Antalya

Bursa

Samsun

Ukraine

Kyiv

Izmail

Kamianka-Buzka

Kharkiv

  • Monument to the founders of Kharkiv (Cossack Kharko statue).

Luhansk

Lviv

United Kingdom

See: List of equestrian statues in the United Kingdom

United States

See: List of equestrian statues in the United States

Uruguay

Montevideo

Minas

Uzbekistan

Tashkent

  • Equestrian of Tamerlane at the Amir Timur Square at the end of the pedestrian street.

Venezuela

Caracas

Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh City

Phu Dong Thien Vuong in 1 District

Quang Trung Emperor in 10 District

Tran Nguyen Han in 1 District

Ha Noi

Thanh Giong

Binh Dinh

Quang Trung Emperor


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