Men stock up their food cart in the early morning.

Lots of old, majestic Soviet-style architecture sitting in decadent ruin throughout the city

**Chișinău Water Tower built at the end of the 19th century by Alexander Bernadazzi**

Apparently, children don’t walk, but rather, skip happily across the streets here …

The Monument of Ion and Doina Aldea-Teodorovici

It is one of the most touching monuments in Chișinău. This contrasting masterpiece embodies two real people – spouses Ion and Doina Aldea-Teodorovici. The two honored artists are distinguished for their artistic talent and struggle for the revival of national values. The monument stands in the memory of the great people of art, as Ion and Doina Aldea-Teodorovici were considered to be, together, a symbol of the struggle for independence of Moldova. http://casamare.md/en/places/arkhitekturnye-pamyatniki/pamyatnik-iona-i-doiny-aldya-teodorovich