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Adam Mickiewicz Monument (Pomnik Adama Mickiewicza)

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Adam Mickiewicz Monument (Pomnik Adama Mickiewicza)
Adam Mickiewicz Monument (Pomnik Adama Mickiewicza)
Adam Mickiewicz Monument (Pomnik Adama Mickiewicza)
Adam Mickiewicz Monument (Pomnik Adama Mickiewicza)
Adam Mickiewicz Monument (Pomnik Adama Mickiewicza)
Adam Mickiewicz Monument (Pomnik Adama Mickiewicza)
Adam Mickiewicz Monument (Pomnik Adama Mickiewicza)
Adam Mickiewicz Monument (Pomnik Adama Mickiewicza)
Adam Mickiewicz Monument (Pomnik Adama Mickiewicza)
Adam Mickiewicz Monument (Pomnik Adama Mickiewicza)
Adam Mickiewicz Monument (Pomnik Adama Mickiewicza)
Adam Mickiewicz Monument (Pomnik Adama Mickiewicza)
Adam Mickiewicz Monument (Pomnik Adama Mickiewicza)
Adam Mickiewicz Monument (Pomnik Adama Mickiewicza)
Adam Mickiewicz Monument (Pomnik Adama Mickiewicza)
Adam Mickiewicz Monument (Pomnik Adama Mickiewicza)
Adam Mickiewicz Monument (Pomnik Adama Mickiewicza)
Adam Mickiewicz Monument (Pomnik Adama Mickiewicza)
Adam Mickiewicz Monument (Pomnik Adama Mickiewicza)
Adam Mickiewicz Monument (Pomnik Adama Mickiewicza)
Adam Mickiewicz Monument (Pomnik Adama Mickiewicza)
Adam Mickiewicz Monument (Pomnik Adama Mickiewicza)
Adam Mickiewicz Monument (Pomnik Adama Mickiewicza)
Adam Mickiewicz Monument (Pomnik Adama Mickiewicza)
Adam Mickiewicz Monument (Pomnik Adama Mickiewicza)
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Adam Mickiewicz Monument in Kraków, , is one of the best known bronze monuments in Poland, and a favourite meeting place at the Main Market Square in the Old Town district of Kraków. The statue of Adam Mickiewicz, the greatest Polish Romantic poet of the 19th century, was unveiled on June 16, 1898, on the 100th anniversary of his birth, in the presence of his daughter and son. It was designed by Teodor Rygier, a little-known sculptor at the time, who won the third and final competition for this project by popular demand ahead of over 60 artists in total, the renowned painter Jan Matejko included.Even though the first prize was awarded to famed Cyprian Godebski, professor at the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg from Paris, with Rygier at a close second, for the final execution a more popular design by Rygier was accepted with a contract signed in November 1889. At the poet's feet are four allegoric groups symbolising the Motherland , Science , Courage and Poetry . The inscription on the pedestal reads: To Adam Mickiewicz, the Nation.
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