Does any other government in the world have publicly funded statues, memorials, etc of any previous governments of that country?

by kevinonthemoon

Especially those which were removed forcibly, whether by military coup, war, or anything similar?

I'm not really talking about something like a museum or anything which is providing more of a historical context rather than a memorialization if that makes sense.

Furthermore, if there are, then what is the public sentiment for that in whatever country/nation state does still honor past regimes?

If this is the wrong place to ask this feel free to point me in the right direction.

Edit: Should say "Do any"

Oops

UKyank97

While this isn't limited to the U.K., just using that country as an example you will find many statues & such of nearly every prior ruler who's ruling family was removed from power.

You even have Oliver Cromwell, considered a regicidal dictator by many with a statue right outside of the House of Commons.

Right next door you have the eventually overthrown Plantagenet's Richard I statue facing the House of Lords entrance. The actually deposed Richard III has a public statue in Leicester.

Along with the monarchs, there's Roman statues (Bath for example),

Memorials & statues for the various failed Scottish uprisings (the very large Wallace Monument being the most prominent but far from the only one).

These are just a few of many examples.

punninglinguist

In Central Europe there are still plenty of Soviet monuments and statues hanging around. For instance, here is the memorial to the Soviet army, which I visited in Svidnik, Slovakia.