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 The monument in 2014. | |
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| 52°14′09.2″N 21°00′47.1″E / 52.235889°N 21.013083°E | |
| Location | Warsaw Insurgents Square, Downtown, Warsaw, Poland |
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| Designer | Andrzej Domański |
| Type | Sculpture |
| Opening date | 1 August 1979 |
The Warsaw Insurgents Monument (Polish: Pomnik Powstańców Warszawy is a sculpture in Warsaw, Poland, located at the Warsaw Insurgents Square, in the Downtown district. It commemorates the insurgents of the Warsaw Uprising fought in 1944 during the Second World War. The sculpture has a form of a commemorative plaque mounted to the ground surrounded by 63 cuboids of varying lenghs and sizes, symbolising the number of days the uprising lasted. It was designed by Andrzej Domański, and unveiled on 1 August 1979.
History
[edit]The monument was designed by Andrzej Domański, and unveiled on 1 August 1979, on the 35th aniversary of the begging of the Warsaw Uprising.[1]
Characteristics
[edit]The monument is placed at the Warsaw Insurgents Square in fornt of Świętokrzyska Street. It has a form of a plaque mounted on the ground, and surrounded by 63 cuboids of varying lenghs and sizes, symbolising the number of days the Warsaw Uprising lasted. It features an Polish inscription, as transcribed bellow.[1]
| Polish inscription | English translation |
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| Na tym placu 1 sierpnia 1944 r. o godzinie 17 Kompanie Batalionu „Kiliński” Armii Krajowej rozpoczęły heroiczne walki Powstania Warszawskiego | At this square on 1 August 1944, at 5 pm, companies of Kiliński Battalion have begun heroic fight of the Warsaw Uprising |
Since 2018, next to the monument is placed an interactive bench, which plays songs popular ammong insurgents of the Warsaw Uprising.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Irena Grzesiuk-Olszewska: Warszawska rzeźba pomnikowa. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Neriton, 2003, p. 141–142. ISBN 83-88973-59-2. (in Polish)
- ^ "W Śródmieściu stanęła multimedialna ławka, która gra powstańcze melodie". warszawa.wyborcza.pl (in Polish). 27 July 2018.