List of equestrian statues

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

Image Portrayed person Location Date Sculptor Coordinates Note
SkanderbegKrujë, Rruga Kala1949-1959Janaq Paço41°30′39.16″N 19°47′33.03″EThe first equestrian statue in Albania
SkanderbegTirana, Skanderbeg Square1968Odhise Paskalit, Andrea Mano, Janaq Paço41.327516°N 19.818896°E / 41.327516; 19.818896Erected on the 500th anniversary of the death of the national hero

Algeria

Image Portrayed person Location Date Sculptor Coordinates Note
Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of OrléansAlgiers, place du Gouvernement1842-1845Carlo Marochetti36.784783°N 3.062789°E / 36.784783; 3.062789Dismantled after the indpendence of Algeria in 1963, and moved to France were it was inaugurated in Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1981
Jeanne d'ArcOran, place Jeanne d'Arc1931Joseph Ebstein35.700235°N 0.646321°W / 35.700235; -0.646321Dismantled after the indpendence of Algeria in 1962, and moved to France were it was inaugurated in Caen in 1964 on a new plinth
Jeanne d'ArcAlgiers, square Laferrière1937-1951Georges Halbout du Tanney36.773096°N 3.059435°E / 36.773096; 3.059435Knocked down after the indpendence of Algeria on 3 August 1962, and moved to France were it was restored, and inaugurated in Vaucouleurs in 1966
Abdelkader al-JazairiMascara, place des Martyrs196835.394785°N 0.140891°E / 35.394785; 0.140891First equestrian statue of the emir, moved to Mascara from Algiers in 1983, originally on place de l'Émir Abdelkader, moved again in 2004; the plinth replaced two times
Abdelkader al-JazairiAlgiers, place de l'Émir-Abdelkader1987Marian Konieczny36.776228°N 3.058461°E / 36.776228; 3.058461Replaced a previous statue of the hero which had been installed in 1968

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Image Portrayed person Location Date Sculptor Coordinates Note
José de San MartínPlaza San Martín, Retiro1862, 1909-1910Louis-Joseph Daumas, Gustav Eberlein34.595000°S 58.377111°W / -34.595000; -58.377111The first equestrian statue in Argentina; a new red granite plinth, allegorical figures and reliefs were added in 1910
Manuel BelgranoPlaza de Mayo, Monserrat1870-1873Louis-Robert Carrier-Belleuse, Manuel de Santa Coloma34.6084°S 58.3712°W / -34.6084; -58.3712The pedestal was replaced in 1885 by a higher, pink Salto granite plinth
Giuseppe GaribaldiPlaza Italia, Palermo1898-1904Eugenio Maccagnani34.5814°S 58.4209°W / -34.5814; -58.4209Donated by the Italian community
Bernardo O'HigginsPlaza República de Chile, Palermo1916-1918Guillermo Córdova34.58162°S 58.40024°W / -34.58162; -58.40024Originally on Plaza Rodríguez Peña, transferred to its present location in 1949; the pedestal is decorated with bronze reliefs and an allegorical statue
Manuel DorregoPlaza Suipacha, San Nicolás1907-1926Rogelio Yrurtia34.600272°S 58.379622°W / -34.600272; -58.379622Located on top of a gray granite pedestal decorated with two allegorical statues
Carlos María de AlvearAvenida Alvear, Recoleta1914-1926Antoine Bourdelle, Alejandro Bustillo (pedestal)34.585374°S 58.389823°W / -34.585374; -58.389823Located on top of a 13 m high pedestal clad with red granite and decorated with four allegorical statues
Bartolomé MitrePlaza Mitre, Recoleta1907-1927Davide Calandra, Edoardo Rubino34.584375°S 58.396218°W / -34.584375; -58.396218The bronze statue stands on a red granite base surrounded by allegorical sculptures of Carrara marble
El CidAvenida Gaona, Caballito1935Anna Hyatt Huntington34.607498°S 58.445621°W / -34.607498; -58.445621Copy of the statue of Cid Campeador in Seville (1927), donation of the Hispanic Society of America
Julio Argentino RocaAvenida Presidente Julio Argentino Roca, Montserrat1935-1941José Luis Zorrilla de San Martín, Alejandro Bustillo (pedestal)34.610339°S 58.374909°W / -34.610339; -58.374909The bronze statue is set on a 14 m high pedestal clad with red granite and decorated with two allegorical bronze statues
Simón BolívarParque Rivadavia, Caballito1942José Fioravanti34.617697°S 58.432807°W / -34.617697; -58.432807Complete with a white marble triumphal arch and two allegorical figures
Justo José de UrquizaAvenida Sarmiento, Palermo1958Vittorio Renzo Baldi, Héctor Rocha34.57158°S 58.41183°W / -34.57158; -58.41183The pedestal is decorated with bronze reliefs and an allegorical statue
Martín Miguel de GüemesParque San Benito, Belgrano1981Ermando Bucci34.550979°S 58.435701°W / -34.550979; -58.435701Perched on a pyramidal stone base; inspired by the Monument of Güemes in Salta
A mounted policemanAvenida Presidente Figueroa Alcorta, Palermo199634.574935°S 58.406385°W / -34.574935; -58.406385Modern statue in front of the headquarters of the Mounted Police
Juan Manuel de RosasPlaza Intendente Seeber, Palermo1996-1999Ricardo Dalla Lasta34.575311°S 58.416281°W / -34.575311; -58.416281Classical bronze statue on an 8 m high pedestal


La Rioja

Mendoza

Neuquén

  • General San Martín Monument, in Neuquén City.

Mercedes

Río Cuarto, Córdoba

Rosario

  • Equestrian statue of José de San Martín at the Plaza San Martín.
  • Equestrian statue of Manuel Belgrano in Bulevar Oroño.

Armenia

Yerevan

  • Modern equestrian statue of David of Sassoun by Yervand Kochar in front of central train station. (1959)[1]
  • Modern equestrian statue of Hovhannes Baghramian by Norayr Karaganyan overlooking Marshal Bagramyan Avenue. (2003)[2]
  • Modern equestrian statue of Gayk Bzhishkyan.
  • Modern equestrian statue of Andranik Ozanian.
  • Modern equestrian statue of Vartan Mamikonian by Yervand Kochar. (1975)[3]
  • Zoravar Andranik statue by Ara Shiraz, (2003)[4]

Australia

Australian Capital Territory

Mounted Memorial on Anzac Parade, Canberra, which shows two soldiers of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) and their horses; it was unveiled in 1968.

New South Wales

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.
Equestrian statue of Dorothea Mackellar.
King Edward VII, location near Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Macquarie Street. The sculptor was Sir Thomas Brock, and it was erected in 1921.
Equestrian statue of a Waler horse.
Equestrian statue of Frederick Ward.

Queensland

Second Boer War Memorial in ANZAC Square.
Equestrian statue of King George V in front of the Brisbane City Hall (King George Square), 1938.
Equestrian statue of Gunsynd.

South Australia

South African War Memorial. The memorial was designed by Adrian Jones, and was dedicated on June 6, 1904, making it the first equestrian commemorative sculpture in the country.

Victoria

Statue of The Man from Snowy River at Corryong
Memorial to Sir John Monash, created by William Leslie Bowles in Kings Domain area, 1950.
Memorial to Lord Hopetoun in Kings Domain area.
Memorial to King Edward VII by Edgar Bertram Mackennal in Kings Domain area.
Bronze statue of champion racehorse Black Caviar at her birthplace.[5]

Austria

Vienna

Belgium

Antwerp

  • Equestrian monument of Léopold I at Leopoldplaats

Brussels

Hasselt

Mons

  • Equestrian monument of Baldwin I of Constantinople.

Liège

  • Equestrian statue of Charlemagne, sculpted by Louis Jéhotte in 1867.

Namur

Nieuwpoort

Ostend

Bolivia

Caracas

  • Equestrian statue of Simon Bolívar in Plaza Bolívar, by Adamo Tadolino

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bijeljina

  • Equestrian of King Petar I Karađorđević by Rudolf Valdec, 1926 (was demolished by Ustashas in 1941, restored in 1992).

Brazil

Nova Jerusalém

  • Equestrian statue of Plínio Pacheco.

Porto Alegre

Rio de Janeiro

São Paulo

Bulgaria

Sofia

Dobrich

  • Monument of Khan Asparuh.

Gabrovo

Koprivshtitsa

Plovdiv

Targovishte Province

  • Monument of Khan Krum near ancient Bulgarian castle Misionis.

Varna

Veliko Tarnovo

Canada

Ottawa

Calgary

Regina

  • Equestrian statue of Queen Elizabeth II by Susan Velder is located north of the Legislative Building, 2005.

Toronto

Windsor

  • An equestrian statue of Shawnee chief Tecumseh along with a dismounted figure of British Major General Sir Isaac Brock, both created by Canadian sculptor Mark Williams, was unveiled in Old Sandwich Town, a neighborhood in Windsor, on 7 September 2018.

Prince Edward Island- Spring Valley Black horse corner statue. it's a statue of a black a horse that occasionally gets painted different colors depending on what colors the punks can find in their dads garage

Chile

Santiago de Chile

China

Statue of Ma Yuan at Fuboshan, Guilin.

Dalian, Liaoning Province

  • Equestrian statue of Guan Xiangying. (Jinzhou District)

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

  • Equestrian monument of George of Podebrady by Bohuslav Schnirch at George Square, 1896.

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 of Denmark 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 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

  • Equestrian of Emperor Menelik II at the Menelik II Square.

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

  • Equestrian monument of King David the Builder.

Poti

Telavi

  • Equestrian monument of King Erekle II.

Germany

See: List of equestrian statues in Germany

Greece

Athens

Arta

Thessaloniki

Hungary

See: List of equestrian statues in Hungary

India

Agra

  • Equestrian statue of Rani Laxmi Bai.

Chennai

  • Equestrian statue of Sir Thomas Munroe - Governor of Madras 1820–1827.
  • Equestrian statue of Dheeran Chinnamalai - in Guindy, Chennai.

Dhubri

Bangalore

Kolhapur

Kolkata

  • Edward VII memorial arch with a bronze equestrian statue of the King by Sir Bertram Mackennal close to Victoria Memorial.
  • Equestrian statue of Bagha Jatin by the side of the Victoria Memorial.

Thanjavur

  • Equestrian statue of Raja Raja Chola I.

Mumbai

Pune

Punjab

Solapur

  • Equestrian statue of Rani Laxmi Bai.

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.

Iran

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

Mashhad

  • Bronze Statue of Nader Shah at Nader's mausoleum by Abolhassan Khan Sadighi, 1956.

Zabol

  • Bronze statue of Yaqub-e Layth at Central Square of the city, by Abolhassan Khan Sadighi, 1977.

Iraq

Baghdad

Ireland

Boyle

Israel

Hurfeish

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

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 - North

Pyongyang

  • Chollima Statue on Mansu Hill, 1961.
  • King Dongmyeong of Goguryeo equestrian statue at Tomb of King Tongmyong.

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

  • 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

  • Monument to Vytautas the Great, by G. Jokūbonis and V. Čekanauskas, 1998.

Luxemburg

Luxembourg

North Macedonia

Skopje

  • Equestrian "Warrior on a horse" greek kingdom of Macedonia (Alexander the Great)
  • Equestrian of Macedonian revolutionary Goce Delčev
  • Equestrian of Macedonian revolutionary Dame Gruev
  • Equestrian of Skanderbeg.

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

  • Genghis Khan Equestrian Statue, the largest (40 metres tall) in the world, near Ulaanbaatar. The monument has a viewing platform. The sculptor was Erdembileghijn, and it was erected in 2008.

Khovd

Morocco

Casablanca

Namibia

Windhoek

  • Windhoek's Reiterdenkmal is an equestrian monument to the victory of the Germans in the Herero and Namaqua War 1904–1907. Originally situated in front of the Christuskirche, since 2009 in front of Alte Feste. Inaugurated on 27 January 1912.[18]

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

  • Equestrian monument of King Karl XIV John of Sweden (Karl III John of Norway), at The Royal Palace, by Brynjulf Larsen Bergslien.

Philippines

Makati City

Peru

Lima

Poland

See: List of equestrian statues in Poland

Portugal

Braga

Lisbon

Batalha

Cantanhede

  • Equestrian statue of General António Luís de Meneses.

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

Târgu Mureş

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

Russia

See: List of equestrian statues in Russia

Scotland

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

Serbia

Belgrade

Niš

Novi Sad

  • Equestrian Statue of King Petar I Karađorđević, 2018.[20]

Zrenjanin

  • Equestrian of King Petar I Karađorđević by Rudolf Valdec, 1926–1941 (demolished by Nazis during occupation), restored in 2004.

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

  • Saint Victor Maurus (San Vittore Il Moro) relief by Martino Benzonis, 1460–1462, on the church tower of the Collegiata di San Vittore

St. Gallen

St. Gotthard Pass

Zürich

Syria

Aleppo

Damascus

Thailand

Bangkok

Tunisia

Tunis

Turkey

Ankara

Antalya

Bursa

Samsun

Ukraine

Kiev

  • Equestrian of Bohdan Khmelnytsky. Opened July 11, 1888 at the Sofia area. Sculptor Michael Mikeshin.
  • Equestrian of Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny at Kontraktova Square. Established in 2001. Architects: Jarikov and Kuharenko. Sculptors: Shvetsov, Krylov, Sidoruk.
  • Monument of Nikolay Shchors in Taras Shevchenko Boulevard. The monument was unveiled April 29, 1954. Sculptors: Boroday, Sukhodolov, Lysenko, architects: Zavarov and Vlasov.
  • Monument of Cossack Mamay at Maidan Nezalezhnosti.
  • Monument "To the defenders of the boundaries of the Fatherland of all generations" (Cossacks) at Zolotovorotskaya street.
  • Monument of Sviatoslav I at Lviv Square.[22]

Izmail

Kamianka-Buzka

  • Monument to the 1st Cavalry Army near the city.

Kharkiv

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

Luhansk

Lviv

  • Equestrian of Daniel of Halych.

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

  • Equestrian of Simón Bolívar at the Plaza Bolívar, in the centre of the city. 1870s replica of the original in Lima.

Wales

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