The Victory Monument (Monumentul Victoriei) is a large bronze memorial in the City Hall Park in Constanța, created by sculptor Boris Caragea and unveiled in 1968. Designed in the socialist-realist style, it commemorates the defeat of fascism during World War II and presents that victory through the political imagery of communist Romania.
The composition is dominated by a standing female figure raising a flame in her right hand as a symbol of victory. Behind her, figures emerge beneath the folds of a large flag. On one side are soldiers and members of the patriotic guards moving toward battle, while the other brings together workers, intellectuals, artists, women and men in symbolic poses. The bronze group rises to about 7.3 meters, above a long marble-clad base.
Boris Caragea was one of the most prominent Romanian sculptors working on official public commissions during the communist period. For the Victory Monument, he used the visual language of socialist realism to present the wartime anti-fascist struggle as a collective national victory, bringing military and civilian figures together within the same composition. An earlier plaster version of the project had already been exhibited in Bucharest in 1958, a decade before the monument was installed in Constanța.
The monument still has a ceremonial role in the city. Military and religious commemorations have been held here on Romania’s National Day, using the open area in front of the sculpture as a gathering point within City Hall Park.
