Statue of Vasile Lucaciu

The idea of setting up a monument to Lucaciu in Satu Mare appeared soon after his death,[1] with the first concrete steps taken in 1927, when a planning committee was created.

[2] Funds were collected from private and government sources, and a design by local artist Aurel Popp [ro] was approved.

[6] Briefly displayed in front of the Romanian Athenaeum, it was then transported to Satu Mare, where a foundation had been dug in Liberty Square, and unveiled in December 1936.

[7] In early September 1940, when the city, together with Northern Transylvania, was about to be occupied by Regency Hungary following the Second Vienna Award, the statue was taken down by the departing Romanian administration.

[8] On the afternoon of September 4, hours before the evacuation order went into effect, it was placed on the last train out of Satu Mare, arriving in Lugoj after a week.