The marble statue of Queen Victoria portrays her sitting in an imperial commanding stance, with her robe falling onto a square pedestal supporting the sculpture. The queen is depicted in a sitting position on a throne, dressed in a shawl which was given to her as a gift by the Maltese and which was actually in black Gozitan lace. A cast bronze British Royal coat of arms, flanked by the lion and unicorn, adorns the front side of the pedestal.

The white marble statue was erected in Republic Square in 1891 to commemorate the 50th year of Queen Victoria's reign and a century of British Colonial rule on the island. The sculptor was G. Valenti from Palermo, Sicily, who carved the statue in Sicily.

It replaced the Manoel de Vilhena statue which was moved to Floriana in 1887.

Mepa scheduled the Statue of Queen Victoria as a Grade 1 national monument as per Government Notice No. 276/08 in the Government Gazette dated March 28.

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