Statue of Queen Victoria — Attraction in Hong Kong

At the entrance to Victoria Park in Causeway Bay, you will find a bronze statue of England's Queen Victoria, sculpted by Italian Mario Raggi in the U.K. in 1890. It was displayed in London for a short period before being sent to Hong Kong and inaugurated at Statue Square in Central District in 1896.

The statue was removed from Hong Kong during the Japanese occupation years (1941-45) but returned after the war. It was restored and moved to this location at Victoria Park in 1952.

What you see is a bronze of an elderly Queen Victoria, in crown and coronation regalia. She is seated at her throne and holds a sceptre in her right hand and an orb in her left. It is a regal image that commemorated the 50th anniversary of Victoria ascending to the throne, a milestone date that had just past when the monument was commissioned in 1888 by the Hong...

The statue of Queen Victoria is a bronze sculpture by Mario Raggi. It is installed at the main entrance of Victoria Park, along Causeway Road. This statue was cast in Pimlico, London. It was originally located at the center of Statue Square, where it was unveiled by then Governor William Robinson on May 28, 1896, the day officially appointed for the celebration of the 77th birthday of the Queen. After the war the statues were brought back to Hong Kong, and in 1952 Queen Victoria's statue was restored and placed in...

Victoria Park is named after Queen Victoria, who has a statue in the park.

In 1955, the statue was moved to the park. The statue was cast in Pimlico, London towards the end of the nineteenth century and subsequently erected in Hong Kong's Central District. It was transferred to Japan to be melted down during the Japanese occupation, but was retrieved in the aftermath of World War II, and was restored before being placed...