Poznan Poland | Best Places to See
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Stary Rynek (Market Square)
Fara Poznańska
Imperial Castle (Zamek Cesarski)
Adam Mickiewicz Square
Park Mickiewicza
Poznań Cathedral
Park Cytadela
Park Cytadela: Bell of Peace and Friendship Among Nations
Park Cytadela: Nierozpoznani
Park Cytadela: Rosarium
Park Cytadela: Pomnika Bohaterów (Monument of Heroes)
MANNEKIN Cafe/Restaurant - Delicious Pancakes.
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Adam Mickiewicz Monument, Warsaw, planned destroyed by Germany, restored by Polish People's Republic
After the end of the Warsaw Uprising in 1944 it was deliberately destroyed by Nazi Germans.
The monument was deported to the Reich , where after the war in Hamburg the Polish military mission found, among others, head and fragment of the torso. The copy of the cast was made by Jan Szczepkowski , the plinth and the fence were also reconstructed. It was the third rebuilt Warsaw monument.
The monument was unveiled again on January 28, 1950 by Bolesław Bierut [5] to close the jubilee Mickiewicz Year. However, his surroundings were not fully reproduced yet. Cast iron candles around the monument returned to Polish only in the 80s of the twentieth century , and then it returned to its place.
On 13 February 1897 the Głos magazine published an article promoting the idea of building the monument. Other newspapers soon followed the idea. Writer Henryk Sienkiewicz helped to raise awareness among the Warsaw intelligentsia, and by his effort, the Russian authorities permitted the construction of the monument.[1] A public committee was founded by Sienkiewicz, Count Michał Radziwiłł and Zygmunt Wasilewski. The committee asked people for financial contributions to help build the monument. The financial support was quickly raised and the work was assigned to sculptor Cyprian Godebski.
The monument was built on a place where several buildings, demolished in 1865, were located. From 1897 it was sculpted by Godebski in Italy. The 4.2 m tall bronze statue was cast in Pistoia, Italy.[1] Red granite column and foundations were produced by an Italian company in Baveno near Milano.[2] The statue shows Mickiewicz standing tall, with his head slightly raised and his right hand laid upon his heart. The monument was ceremonially unveiled on 24 December 1898 on the 100th anniversary of poet's birth. The ceremony was planned to be much larger, however the Tsarist authorities feared it could turn into a patriotic manifestation and banned all marches and speeches. The monument was thus unveiled in silence, in front of 12,000 people.
W 1944 pomnik został zdemontowany przez Niemców i wywieziony do Rzeszy, gdzie po wojnie w Hamburgu polska misja wojskowa odnalazła m.in. głowę i fragment torsu. Kopię odlewu wykonał Jan Szczepkowski, odtworzono także cokół i ogrodzenie. Był to trzeci odbudowany pomnik warszawski.
Monument został odsłonięty ponownie 28 stycznia 1950 przez Bolesława Bieruta[5] na zamknięcie jubileuszowego Roku Mickiewiczowskiego. Jednak jego otoczenie nie zostało wtedy jeszcze do końca odtworzone. Żeliwne znicze wokół pomnika powróciły do Polski dopiero w latach 80. XX wieku i wtedy to wróciły na swoje miejsce.
Pomnik Adama Mickiewicza w Warszawie wzniesiony został na placu powstałym z wyburzenia budynków na terenie dawnej jurydyki Dziekanka, w miejscu fontanny przeniesionej na plac Bankowy. Sam pomnik, dłuta Cypriana Godebskiego, został wkomponowany w otoczenie przez Józefa Piusa Dziekońskiego i Władysława Marconiego.
Posąg o wysokości 4,5 metra został odlany we Włoszech. Kolumna i cokół pomnika zostały wykonane z granitu pochodzącego z kamieniołomów w Baveno w Piemoncie. W Warszawie zastosowano obydwie odmiany granitu baweńskiego: różową o budowie ziarnistej oraz szarą. W oprawie architektonicznej monumentu zwraca uwagę stopniowane barw: od ciemnoszarych schodów wykonanych z granitu z Gniewania na Podolu, poprzez taras i cokół z granitu z Bovano aż po jasnoszarą odmianę tego granitu w kolumnie[1].
Zaprojektowane przez Zenona Chrzanowskiego kunsztowne ogrodzenie pomnika w postaci kutej w żelazie kraty z motywami roślinnymi zostało wykonane w warszawskiej firmie Zielezińskiego. W narożnikach ogrodzenia ustawiono osiem dwuramiennych latarń[2].
Monument został odsłonięty 24 grudnia 1898, w setną rocznicę urodzin poety. Krótka uroczystość, w obecności policji i wojska, została ograniczona przez władze rosyjskie do poświęcenia pomnika. Zakazano przemówień, a w wydarzeniu mogły wziąć udział jedynie osoby zaproszone z biletami wstępu. Cenzura otrzymała polecenie ograniczenie do minimum wzmianek o uroczystości, a z wystaw obrazów i okien księgarń usunięto portrety Mickiewicza[3].
W październiku 1916 nazwę skwer Konstantynowski, na którym znajdował się monument, zmieniono na skwer Adama Mickiewicza
Exploring Poznań, Greater Poland, Poland - 8 May, 2019
A detailed exploration of the city of Poznań, Greater Poland, Poland - 8 May, 2019.
I've just added a new film to my Tourism: Poland playlist, here: of a film which features a detailed exploration of the city of Poznań in Poland. The film begins with a time lapse landing at Poznań Airport, before a time lapse taxi ride into the city centre. From here the journey is then on foot, within the film the streets, churches, buildings, statues and many city features are identified.
These include: Poznań–Ławica Henryk Wieniawski Airport, Ratajczaka, Hotel Altus, Święty Marcin, Kościół Rzymskokatolicki Pw. św. Marcina, Aleje Marcinkowskiego, Pomnik Hipolita Cegielskiego w Poznaniu, Podgórna, Razowa Bistro, Wrocławska, Frédéric Chopin Park, Zielona, Plac Bernardyński, Kościół pw. Św. Franciszka Serafickiego, St. Francis Church, Garbary, Dowbora-Muśnickiego, Wierzbowa, Grobla, Ignacy Lukasiewicz, Mostowa, Most Św. Rocha, Rocha Bridge, Warta River, Kórnicka, Poznań University of Technology, Jana Pawła II, Posnania Shopping Centre, Bierhalle Posnania, Trasa Kórnicka, Jezioro Maltańskie, Rondo Śródka, Wyszyńskiego, Wartostrada, Cybina River, Ostrówek, Most Biskupa Jordana w Poznaniu, Ostrów Tumski, Poznań Cathedral, Bazylika Archikatedralna św. Apostołów Piotra i Pawła, Most Bolesława Chrobrego, Pomnik Akcji Bollwerk w Poznaniu, Szyperska, Estkowiskiego, Małe Garbary, Stawna, Żydowska, Wściekly Chmiel, Museum of the History of the City of Poznan, Muzeum Historii Miasta Poznania, Stary Rynek, Wodna, Świętosławska, Fara Poznańska. Bazylika kolegiacka Matki Bożej Nieustającej Pomocy, św. Marii Magdaleny i św. Stanisława Biskupa, Gołebia, Szkolna, Kozia, Paderewskiego, Ludgardy, Pomnik 15. Pułku Ułanów Poznańskich, Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu, Aleje Marcinkowskiego, Pomnik Higiei, Plac Wolności, Fontanna Wolności, Ratajczaka, 27 Grudnia, Polish Theatre in Poznań 1875, Gwarna, Kosciuszki, Poznań Uprising Museum, Plac Adam Mickiewicz, 1956 Protest Crosses, Park Mickiewicz, Adam Mickiewicz Statue, Adam Mickiewicz University, Most Uniwersytecki, Dworcowa, Dworzec Letni, Poznań Głowny, Most Dworcowy, Towarowa, Powstańców Wielkopolskich, Park im. Karola Marcinkowskiego, PKP PLK Polskie Linie Kolejowe S.A. Zakład Linii Kolejowych w Poznaniu, Poznan University of Economics, Kościuszki, Taczaka and Taczaka 20.
Following this there is a time lapse taxi ride to the airport, followed by a time lapse take-off from the airport and views over the Greater Poland area.
Poznań is a city on the Warta River in west-central Poland, in the Greater Poland region and is the fifth-largest city in Poland. It is best known for its renaissance Old Town and Ostrów Tumski Cathedral. Today, Poznań is an important cultural and business centre and one of Poland's most populous regions, to read more about Poznan, click here: .
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Polish Poet Adam Mickiewicz by Dr. Sean Martin
Dr. Sean Martin from the Western Reserve Historical Society spoke of the life and times of the great Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz at the rededication of a monument to Adam Mickiewicz in the Polish Cultural Garden in Cleveland Ohio.
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Poznan is a city on the Warta River in west-central Poland, in the Greater Poland region and is the fifth-largest city in Poland. It is best known for its renaissance Old Town and Ostrów Tumski Cathedral. Today, Poznań is an important cultural and business centre and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John's Fair (Jarmark Świętojański), traditional Saint Martin's croissants and a local dialect.
Poznań is a centre of trade, sports, education, technology and tourism. It is an important academic site, with about 130,000 students and the Adam Mickiewicz University - the third largest Polish university. Poznań is also the seat of the oldest Polish diocese, now being one of the most populous archdioceses in the country. The city also hosts the Poznań International Fair – the biggest industrial fair in Poland and one of the largest fairs in Europe. The city's most renowned landmarks include Poznań Town Hall, the National Museum, Grand Theatre, Fara Church, Poznań Cathedral and the Imperial Castle.
Stroll into Poznań's Old Town square on any evening and you’ll receive an instant introduction to the characteristic energy of Wielkopolska’s capital. The city centre is buzzing at any time of the day, and positively jumping by night, full of people heading to its many restaurants, pubs and clubs. The combination of international business travellers attending its numerous trade fairs and the city's huge student population has created a distinctive vibe quite independent of tourism.
Poznań is a town steeped in history, as it was the first capital (with Gniezno) of Poland and seen by many as the birthplace of the Polish nation. Today it is a diverse and vibrant town, with much to divert the traveller. It has a stunningly rejuvenated central square, thriving night-life, fascinating museums and many attractions in the surrounding area. For train buffs, Poznań is the home of Europe's last surviving steam-hauled passenger service. With a strategic position on the Berlin – Moscow train line, Poznań will be for many their first experience of Poland.
Poznań has an extensive public transport system, mostly consisting of trams, such as the Poznań Fast Tram, and both urban and suburban buses. The main railway station is Poznań Central Station to the southwest of the city centre; there is also the smaller Poznań Wschód and Poznań Garbary station northeast of the centre and a number of other stations on the outskirts of the city.
Poznań has many historic buildings and sights, mostly concentrated around the Old Town and other parts of the city centre. Many of these lie on the Royal-Imperial Route in Poznań – a tourist walk leading through the most important parts of the city showing its history, culture and identity. Portions of the city centre are listed as one of Poland's official national Historic Monuments (Pomnik historii), as designated 28 November 2008, along with other portions of the city's historic core. Its listing is maintained by the National Heritage Board of Poland.
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Memorial To Poet Adam Mickiewicz (1949)
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Memorial to poet Adam Mickiewicz.
LS Pan over crowd assembled for the ceremony. LS Back view crowd, carrying flags, going along street. LS Assembled crowd, carrying flags etc. CU Cine cameraman at work. MS President Boleslaw Bierut arriving for the ceremony. MS Personalities watching. MS Prime Minister Cyrankiewicz and others watching. MS Marshals Rokossowski and Zymierski watching. MS Elevated personalities watching. MS Delegates dipping flags. MS Crowd. CU People in crowd.
CU President Bierut chatting and shaking hands with two men. CU Man and woman watching. CU Man watching. (Wearing fur hat). MS Onlookers. (2 shots). MS Section of crowd carrying flags. MS Section of crowd. LS Crowd. MS President Bierut speaking from balcony. CU Types in crowd. MS The statue being unveiled. LS Statue. LS Crowd and statue. MS Flowers heaped round base of statue. CU Youth looking up at statue. CU Two boys looking up at statue. MS Statue. LS Statue at night with lights shining on it.
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Film promujący Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
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Poznań 1960 - Odsłonięcie pomnika Adama Mickiewicza
'O Lithuania, my country' poem by Adam Mickiewicz
Asia Sychla recited the poem 'O Lithuania, my country' from Pan Tadeusz by Adam Mickiewicz. Asia is part of PIAST, the Polish Folk Song and Dance Ensemble of the Polish Roman Catholic Union of America (PRCUA). She performed at the rededication of a monument to Adam Mickiewicz in the Polish Cultural Garden in Cleveland Ohio.
Mickiewicz i kropka? Oto jest pytanie!
Na krakowskim pomniku Adama Mickiewicza znajduje się inskrypcja: „Adamowi Mickiewiczowi Naród, zakończona kropką, która jest błędem. Trwa dyskusja, a zdania są podzielone nie tylko wśród językoznawców.
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HISTORICAL PLACES OF POLAND IN GOOGLE EARTH PART SEVEN ( 7/9 )
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1. AUSCHWITZ CONCENTRATION CAMP,OSWIECIM
50° 2'4.45N 19°10'51.11E
2. TOWN HALL,SWIEBODZICE 50°51'35.33N 16°19'11.94E
3. MONUMENT OF ADAM MICKIEWICZ,KRAKOW
50° 3'41.25N 19°56'16.78E
4. ST.MARY'S CHURCH,POZNAN 52°23'36.23N 16°55'14.91E
5. CASTLE WAWEL ROYAL,KRAKOW 50° 3'14.61N 19°56'8.28E
6. ROGALINIE PALACE,ROGALINIE 52°14'3.05N 16°55'48.14E
7. HOLY CROSS CHURCH,KRADOW 50° 3'48.05N 19°56'36.15E
8. ST.ANTHONY CHURCH,POZNAN 52°24'29.22N 16°55'52.98E
9. MONUMENT TO REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLES,RZESZOW
50° 2'26.00N 21°59'57.98E
10. ST.ELIZABETH'S CHURCH,WROCLAW 51° 6'41.32N 17° 1'49.98E
11. ST.ANDREW'S CHURCH,KRAKOW 50° 3'23.72N 19°56'18.49E
12. TOWN HALL,ZAMOSC 50°43'3.44N 23°15'9.30E
13. ST.PETER&PAUL CHURCH,KRAKOW 50° 3'25.05N 19°56'20.49E
14. MONUMENT AT UNIVERSITY SQUARE,BIALYMSTOK
53° 7'50.82N 23° 9'16.17E
15. TEUTONIC KNIGHTS CASTLE,MORAQ 53°54'36.75N 19°55'36.02E
16. ST.ADALBERT CHURCH,WROCLAW 51° 6'33.28N 17° 2'21.64E
17. BARANÓW SANDOMIERSKI CASTLE 50°30'7.27N 21°32'4.94E
18. ST.DOROTY AND ST.WENCESLAS CHURCH,WROCLAW
51° 6'23.13N 17° 1'51.80E
19. MARY'S GATE,MALBORK 54° 2'8.38N 19° 1'30.37E
20. CATHEDRAL,POZNAN 52°24'41.85N 16°56'55.28E
21. TOWN HALL,OPOLE 50°40'6.60N 17°55'21.11E
22. DZIALDOWO CASTLE,DZIALDOWO 53°14'4.00N 20°10'56.33E
23. ST.MARY'S CHURCH,KATOWICE 50°15'25.18N 19° 1'49.02E
24. PALACE NOWA POMARANCZARNIA,WARSAW
52°12'41.43N 21° 2'0.46E
25. CHURCH OF ST.CROSS&BARTHOLOMEW,WROCLAW
51° 6'53.73N 17° 2'38.77E
26. BRAMA PARKOWA,SKIERIEWIC 51°57'47.68N 20° 8'48.18E
27. RED TOWN HALL,SZCZECIN 53°25'19.59N 14°33'8.40E
28. PARISH CHURCH,POZNAN 52°24'22.53N 16°56'2.60E
29. BOLESTAWIEC CASTLE,BOLESTAWIEC 51°11'51.93N 18°10'58.04E
30. CASTLE CHUDOW, PODZAMCZE 50°13'25.77N 18°46'20.77E
Święty Marcin
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Święty Marcin , in full ulica Święty Marcin , is a main central street in the city of Poznań in western Poland.It runs from south of the old town district, westwards past the church of St.Martin of Tours from which it takes its name, past the Zamek , to Adam Mickiewicz Square, and finally to University Bridge , by which it crosses the railway line and leads to the roundabout called Rondo Kaponiera.On Adam Mickiewicz square is a statue of Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz, as well as a monument to the victims of the Poznań popular protests of 1956 .
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KRAKOW (CRACOW), EXPLORING the famous medieval MARKET SQUARE (POLAND) ????️
SUBSCRIBE: - Let's go to the main square of the Old Town of Kraków which is the principal urban space located at the center of the city. It dates back to the 13th century, and at 3.79 ha (9.4 acres) is one of the largest medieval town squares in Europe.
The main square is a square space surrounded by historic townhouses (kamienice) and churches. The center of the square is dominated by the Cloth Hall (Sukiennice), rebuilt in 1555 in the Renaissance style, topped by a beautiful attic or Polish parapet decorated with carved masks. On one side of the cloth hall is the Town Hall Tower (Wieża ratuszowa), on the other the 10th century Church of St. Adalbert and 1898 Adam Mickiewicz Monument. Rising above the square are the Gothic towers of St. Mary's Basilica (Kościół Mariacki). Kraków Main Square does not have a town hall, because it has not survived to the present day.
Poland is a country located in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative subdivisions, covering an area of 312,696 square kilometres (120,733 sq mi), and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. With a population of nearly 38.5 million people, Poland is the sixth most populous member state of the European Union.[8] Poland's capital and largest metropolis is Warsaw. Other major cities include Kraków, Łódź, Wrocław, Poznań, Gdańsk, and Szczecin. Poland is bordered by the Baltic Sea, Lithuania, and Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast to the north, Belarus and Ukraine to the east, Slovakia and the Czech Republic to the south, and Germany to the west.
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Adam Mickiewicz Square in Szczecin
Adam Mickiewicz Square in Szczecin with the monument of this great Polish poet, the National Museum with old fishing boats, the tower of the buliding of Zachodniopomorskie municipality and the dormitory of the Maritime University.
Plac Adama Mickiewicza z pomnikiem tego poety, muzeum narodowym, urzędem wojewódzkim i akademikiem Akademii Morskiej.
Poznań University of Technology
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Poznan - Freedom Square (Plac Wolności)
Though it is difficult to imagine now, Poznań’s large and typically empty 'Freedom Square' was once the heart of the city - a favourite spot of the upper classes for strolls and coffee. Originally named Wilhelmsplatz (William’s Square) in honour of King Frederick William III of Prussia, it was demarcated by the city’s new Prussian authorities at the very end of the 18th century, soon after Poland was wiped off the map by the three partitioning forces of Prussia, Russia, and Austria-Hungary. The main reason for a square this large? Big-headed higher-ups needed a representative space capable of containing an entire infantry regiment during military parades. A fire in 1803 helped to “clean up” the area, and a Jewish cemetery was liquidated to make more space, while a new theatre was built to give the square a touch of class (today the renovated building, known as Arkadia, houses an Empik bookstore and tourist information centre). For a brief period between the 1806 Wielkopolska Uprising (and subsequent invasion of Prussia by Napoleonic forces) and the 1815 downfall of the semi-independent Duchy of Warsaw, the square was renamed in honour of Napoleon, and things were looking up for Poznań’s Polish populace; then it was back to Wilhelmsplatz and Prussian parades.
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Adam Mitskevich - (was born in December 1798 in the Lithuanian province, is a territory of Belarus now) , the legendary singer, romantic. His works were very patriotic so, Poles are as countrymen’s for Adam for a long time. Mitskevich never have been in Lviv, but as a present for his 100-year anniversary there is a monument to King of the Spirit” in one of the most famous squares of the city.
Chopin Statue, Warsaw, planned destroyed by Germany, restored by Polish People's Republic 1958
During the occupation of May 31, 1940, at the behest of governor Hans Frank , Chopin's monument was blown up by the Germans and cut into smaller pieces by burners.
According to local legend, the next day a handwritten sign was found at the site which read: I don’t know who destroyed me, but I know why: so that I won’t play the funeral march for your leader.
The scrap metal obtained in this way was used as a raw material for industrial production. The Germans also tried to destroy all copies of the monument kept in Polish museums. One of the employees of the Wielkopolska Museum in Poznan managed to hide a copy of the monument's head in the basement. The Germans, however, destroyed all the plaster replicas and a wooden copy of the sculpture on a scale of 1: 2, which was handed over to the Poznań museum by the author himself.
Chopin's monument was the first (according to other sources, the second, after the monument of Ignacy Mościcki ) a monument destroyed by the Germans in occupied Warsaw . Apart from the negative attitude towards the composer's work, other probable reasons for the destruction of the monument were its location in the German quarter, the location near Belweder (the official residence of Hans Frank during his visits to Warsaw ) and the action of collecting scrap metal for the needs of the armaments industry at that time. Third Reich . According to information obtained by the Polish employees of the Municipal Board from the German authorities, the decision to destroy was to be influenced by the alleged ugliness of the monument.
As a result of the activities of the Germans, the reconstruction of Wacław Szymanowski's work after the war posed many difficulties. Searches were made for replicas and preserved copies of the monument that could serve as a model for its reproduction. In 1946, Chopin's head was found in the State Refining and Processing Plant in Wrocław. It turned out, however, that it was not the head from the monument in Łazienki, but one of the test casts on a much smaller scale. The original cast was completely melted down .
A complete copy of the whole monument was found only during the clearing of the destroyed Szymanowski's house in Mokotów . Based on this copy, an attempt was made to make a faithful replica of the original. In 1946, a group of sculptors under the direction of Władysław Wasiewicz made a model of the monument's cast using the author's model (scale 1:10), wooden sculpture of the composer's head by Władysław Szymanowski, photogrammetry made by Leon Suzin and pre-war photographs [10] . The monument was cast in a cooperative Bronze Decorative (formerly the Łopieńscy Brothers ).
The reconstructed monument was unveiled again on May 11, 1958.
On the plinth there is an inscription with the content The statue of Fryderyk Chopin, destroyed and seized by the Germans on May 31, 1940, will be rebuilt by the Nation. 17-X-1946. Another inscription with the date of unveiling informs that the monument was rebuilt from the contributions of the Social Fund for Reconstruction of the Capital . Engravings from Konrad Wallenrod Adam Mickiewicz were also engraved :
The flame will figure out the painted story,
Swords of the sword are devastated by thieves,
The song escapes ...
The system of lawns and alleys around the monument was designed by Longin Majdecki. Geometric rebates are planted with pink bushes. Around the monument, there are mostly red oaks , as well as maples and snow-white shrubs. The entire garden setting with amphitheater-planted trees was supposed to resemble a concert hall .
From 1959 from May to September, each Sunday at the monument, two concerts of Chopin's music are held, organized by the Towarzystwo im. Fryderyk Chopin and Stołeczna Estrada. The shape of the piano and piano canopy, which is set up next to the piano, refers to the shape of the concert shell of the Sydney Opera .
Monument is the only example of Art Nouveau in monumental architecture in Warsaw
The idea to commemorate Fryderyk Chopin appeared among the members of the Warsaw Musical Society in 1876, but in contemporary political conditions it could not be realized . The situation changed in 1901, when the Polish opera singer Adelaide Bolska received the oral consent of Tsar Nicholas II for the erection of the monument, and the general Governor of Warsaw gave permission to establish on January 1, 1902 the Committee for the Construction of the Chopin Monument in Warsaw.
The results of the competition provoked public discussion and criticized part of the press. The work selected in the competition also had to be approved by the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg , which ruled that (...) In May 1914 a contract was signed for the monument with the French company Ancciennes Fonderies Thiebaut Fréres belonging to Renè Fulda. The monument was unveiled on November 14, 1926
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Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a sovereign country in Central Europe. It is a unitary state divided into 16 administrative subdivisions, covering an area of 312679 km2 with a mostly temperate climate. With a population of over 38.5 million people, Poland is the sixth most populous member state of the European Union. Poland's capital and largest city is Warsaw. Other cities include Kraków, Wrocław, Poznań, Gdańsk and Szczecin. The establishment of a Polish state can be traced back to 966, when Mieszko I, ruler of a territory roughly coextensive with that of present-day Poland, converted to Christianity. The Kingdom of Poland was founded in 1025, and in 1569 it cemented a longstanding political association with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania by signing the Union of Lublin. This union formed the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, one of the largest and most populous countries of 16th and 17th century Europe with a uniquely liberal political system which declared Europe's fir...
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00:18:20: Partitions
00:21:28: Era of insurrections
00:26:58: Reconstruction
00:30:40: World War II
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00:41:58: Present-day
00:45:42: Geography
00:47:24: Geology
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00:57:39: Biodiversity
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01:10:20: Administrative divisions
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