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This is a list of equestrian statues by country.

Albania

Tirana

  • Equestrian of Skanderbeg at the Skanderbeg Square.

Krujë

Argentina

Buenos Aires

La Rioja

Mendoza

Mercedes

Río Cuarto, Córdoba

Rosario

Armenia

Yerevan

Australia

Canberra

Adelaide

Brisbane

Goondiwindi, Queensland

Grose Valley

  • Blackheath, equestrian statue of the mythical bushranger, Govett, who leapt his horse over a cliff rather than be captured. This event, commemorated in bronze, never took place. The name Govett's Leap pertains to a waterfall named after surveyor William Romaine Govett.

Gunnedah

Melbourne

Sydney

Tamworth

Uralla

Austria

Vienna

Belgium

Antwerp

  • Equestrian monument of Léopold I at Leopoldplaats

Brussels

Hasselt

Mons

Liège

Nieuwpoort

Ostend

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bijeljina

Brazil

Nova Jerusalém

Porto Alegre

Rio de Janeiro

São Paulo

Bulgaria

Sofia

Dobrich

Gabrovo

Koprivshtitsa

Plovdiv

Targovishte Province

  • Monument of Khan Krum near ancient Bulgarian castle Misionis.

Varna

Veliko Tarnovo

Canada

Ottawa

Calgary

Regina

Toronto

Chile

Santiago de Chile

China

Dalian, Liaoning Province

Hohhot, Inner Mongolia

Ordos, Inner Mongolia

China - Taiwan

Taipei, Taiwan

  • Equestrian statue of Yue Fei in Linsen Park

Colombia

Barranquilla

Cartagena

Medellín

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

  • Equestrian monument of King Christian IX in bronze by L. Brandstrup, erected 1899.

Hvidovre

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

Cairo

England

London

Banbury

Birmingham

Bristol

Chester

Chillingham

Coventry

Derby

Exeter

Gloucester

  • Equestrian of the Emperor Nerva on Southgate Street. A replica of a roman statue found in the remains of the South Gate.

Kingston upon Hull

Leeds

Liverpool

Mells

Petersfield

Windsor

Wolverhampton

Estonia

Viljandi

Ethiopia

Addis Abeba

Finland

Helsinki

Lahti

  • Bronze equestrian monument of Marshal of Finland C.G.E. Mannerheim, located in Asematori square, by Veikko Leppänen, erected in 1959.
  • Equestrian statue The Hakkapeliittas' homecoming, by Pentti Papinaho, erected in 1975.

Lappeenranta

  • Equestrian statue Rakuunapatsas (Dragoon) by Pentti Papinaho, erected in 1982.

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

Thessaloniki

Hungary

See: List of equestrian statues in Hungary

India

Agra

Chennai

Dhubri

Bangalore

Kolhapur

Kolkata

Mumbai

Pune

Solapur

Indonesia

Jakarta

Cilacap

Semarang

Jogjakarta

Makassar

Iran

Mashhad

Zabol

Ireland

Boyle

Israel

Jerusalem

Kfar Tavor

  • Monument to village founders.

Kiryat Tiv'on

Tel Aviv

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

Kazakhstan

Astana

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

Aktobe

Korday

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

Oral (Uralsk)

Taraz

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

Korea - North

Pyongyang

Korea - South

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

Birštonas

Luxemburg

Luxembourg

Macedonia

Skopje

Bitola

Mexico

Mexico City

Chihuahua

Chinameca

Zacatecas

  • Equestrian statue of Pancho Villa at the summit of the Cerro de la Bufa overlooking the city.

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

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

Makati City

Peru

Lima

Poland

See: List of equestrian statues in Poland

Portugal

Lisbon

Batalha

Cantanhede

Porto

Vila Viçosa

Romania

Bucharest

Cluj-Napoca

  • Saint George equestrian statue in front of the Reformed Church.

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

Târgu Mureş

Russia

See: List of equestrian statues in Russia

Scotland

Edinburgh

Glasgow

Serbia

Belgrade

Niš

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

Sudan

Khartoum

Switzerland

Elm

Geneva

St. Gotthard Pass

Sweden

Stockholm

Göteborg

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

Linköping

Malmö

Vänersborg

Syria

Damascus

Thailand

Bangkok

Turkey

Ankara

Antalya

Bursa

Samsun

Ukraine

Kiev

Izmail

Kamianka-Buzka

Luhansk

Lviv

United Kingdom

See: England, Scotland, Wales

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

  • Equestrian of Simón Bolívar at the Plaza Bolívar, in the centre of the city, 1870's.

Wales

Cardiff

Corwen

Harlech

References

  1. ^ Calgary Highlanders monuments page
  2. ^ Workshop of John Nost the Elder - Sculpture trail - About us - University of Birmingham Accessed 22 July 2010
  3. ^ Mark your calendars!: Jerusalem Post
  4. ^ Bause, Tanja (30 January 2012). "Monument's centenary remembered". The Namibian.
  5. ^ http://collectie.hmr.rotterdam.nl/objecten/66336
  6. ^ http://picasaweb.google.com/seliya.ukr/Kiev#5214821467278286626