{"id":9590,"date":"2010-07-22T09:27:18","date_gmt":"2010-07-22T07:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.it.tarnow.pl\/monuments-and-statues-in-tarnow\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T12:23:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T10:23:59","slug":"monuments-and-statues-in-tarnow","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.it.tarnow.pl\/en\/worth-seeing\/tarnow-13\/monuments-and-statues-in-tarnow\/","title":{"rendered":"Monuments and Statues in Tarn\u00f3w"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
1. <\/b>Statue of <\/b>John Paul II<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Location: pl. Katedralny, S-E corner of the Cathedral
\r\nSculptor: Bronis\u0142aw Chromy
\r\nDate of unveiling: 29 June, 1981
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Relevance to Tarn\u00f3w: Karol Wojty\u0142a often visited Tarn\u00f3w during his service as a Bishop and Metropolitan of Cracow. Pope John Paul II stayed in Tarn\u00f3w on 9th and 10th of June, 1987. At that time, during his meeting with the citizens of Tarn\u00f3w he said: \u201cYou do not realize how I have always enjoyed my visits to Tarn\u00f3w\u201d. It is one of the first statues of pope John Paul II in Poland! It is situated on pl. Katedralny, next to the southern wall of the Cathedral chancel. Bronze statue presents Pope in a canonical dress with wide open arms.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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\u00a02. Victims of War and <\/b>Fascism <\/b>Monument<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Location: ul. Narutowicza, in front of the Old Cemetery
\r\nSculptors: Bogdana and Anatol Drwal
\r\nDate of unveiling: 19 June, 1966 (26th<\/sup> anniversary of the first transport of prisoners to KL Auschwitz)<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n

The monument consists of two parts: three expressive kneeling figures constitute first part of the monument, second part is a concrete architectural structure with two \u201cGrunwald\u201d swords rising over it as well as a crying child by the wall (a symbol of life after the loss of the intimates). On the site facing Narutowicza street the two dates are engraved: 1939-1945, whereas the back wall was engraved with the following words: \u201cIn honor of 45 000 inhabitants of Tarn\u00f3w region – the slaughtered victims of German fascism, the heroes who died for the independence of our homeland in the years 1939-1945\u201d.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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\u00a03. Sandor Pet\u0151fi Monument <\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Location: pl. Pet\u0151fiego by ul. Krakowska
\r\nSculptor: bust by\u00a0Gustaw P\u00e1lfy,\u00a0Hungarian artist\u00a0
\r\nComposition of the monument:\u00a0Andrzej Trybulski\u00a0
\r\nDate of unveiling: 1986, funded by the Hungarians as a gift for Tarn\u00f3w<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n

Relevance to Tarn\u00f3w: Sandor Pet\u0151fi (1823-1849), was Hungarian poet and adjutant of general J\u00f3zef Bem during Hungarian revolution in the years 1848-1849. Bronze bust of the poet is placed on the granite pedestal against a background of a concrete three-dimensional composition. Monument is surrounded with green square with entrance through Sz\u00e9kely Gate from Krakowska Street. Sz\u00e9kely Gate was put in place in May 2001 by the Sz\u00e9kelys.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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4. Bust of Adam Mickiewicz<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Location: center of pl. Kazimierza Wielkiego
\r\nSculptor: Tadeusz B\u0142otnicki
\r\nDate of unveiling: 26 November, 1900
\r\nHeight: 4,5 meters (1,1 m bust, 3,4 m pedestal)<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n

The citizens of Tarn\u00f3w commemorated the 100th<\/sup> anniversary of birth and the 45th<\/sup> anniversary of death of Adam Mickiewicz, one of the Three Bards (national poets of Polish Romantic Literature) by founding this statue. The bronze bust placed on a tall pedestal was installed between two ornamented candelabras. It is believed that the monument managed to survive German occupation as they assumed it was a bust of Goethe\u2026<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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5. Statue of Mercury <\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Location: Sanguszk\u00f3w Park in Tarn\u00f3w-Gumniska, in the backyard of Sanguszk\u00f3w palace<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n

It is a replica of “flying” Mercury (Roman god of trade) statue from 1580 located in Florence. The statue presents a nude young boy wearing helmet with wings, similar wings growing from his feet and holding a staff (caduceus). The whole figure stands poised on the toes of the left foot. It is believed that statue was brought to Tarn\u00f3w by one of the members of Sanguszko family – the then owners of the palace in Gumniska.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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6. <\/b>Statue of <\/b>Wincenty Witos <\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n

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Location: pl. Drzewny by ul. Lwowska
\r\nSculptor: J\u00f3zef Pot\u0119pa from Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow
\r\nDesigners of the pedestal and the arrangement: Julian Klimek from Cracow, architect, and Inga K\u0142osowicz from Tarn\u00f3w, engineer
\r\nDate of unveiling: 8th October 1988
\r\nHeight: 6,15 m: 1,65 m pedestal; 4,5 m figure (weight: 3,5 t)<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n

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Relevance to Tarn\u00f3w: Wincenty Witos (1874-1945) was the initiator and activist of Polish people\u2019s movement, born in a nearby Wierzchos\u0142awice. Witos was a member of a parliament and thrice prime minister of the Republic of Poland in the interwar period. An imposing monument: the figure of Witos is presented upright, cast in bronze and placed on the granite pedestal.<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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7. Tomb of the Unknown Soldier<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Location: pl. Ofiar Katynia (Victims of Katyn Massacre Square) near ul. Wa\u0142owa
\r\nSculptor: Bronis\u0142aw Kukla
\r\nDate of unveiling: 28 June, 1931<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
The first monument of unknown soldier was actually a plaque with an inscription: \u201cTo the Unknown Polish Soldier who sacrificed his life for the freedom of our homeland 1914-1920\u201d. Anonymous author left the plaque by Adam Mickiewicz’s monument on plac Kazimierza Wielkiego on the night of 20 June, 1925. Erection of the monument in its present form was inspired by Tarn\u00f3w branch of Towarzystwo Opieki nad Grobami Bohater\u00f3w in 1931. It is designed as a tumulus, made of porphyry and scattered rocks. It is crowned with a polyhedron modernistic pedestal with an iron light symbolizing an oil lamp (a few months after the unveiling urn with a soil from Cmentarz Legionist\u00f3w in \u0141owcz\u00f3wek – the Polish Legions Cemetery – was placed inside).<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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8. Kazimierz Brodzi\u0144ski Monument <\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Location: ul. Pi\u0142sudskiego, in front of I Liceum Og\u00f3lnokszta\u0142c\u0105ce (high school)
\r\nSculptor: Walery Gadomski
\r\nDate of unveiling: 17 July, 1884<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Relevance to Tarn\u00f3w: Kazimierz Brodzi\u0144ski, Polish Romantic poet and publicist, was born on 8 March, 1791, in Kr\u00f3l\u00f3wka near Bochnia, and died on 10 October, 1835, in Dresden. He attended High School in Tarn\u00f3w where he became familiarized with German language and literature. Bronis\u0142aw Trzaskowski, headmaster of High School Number 1 in Tarn\u00f3w, decided to commemorate Brodzi\u0144ski with a monument which would be situated nearby School’s main entrance. It is a bronze bust placed on a high stone pedestal. Original figure was destroyed by Germans in 1940 and than reconstructed in 1974.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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9. J\u00f3zef Szujski Monument<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Location: ul. Pi\u0142sudskiego, in front of I Liceum Og\u00f3lnokszta\u0142c\u0105ce (high school)\u00a0
\r\nSculptor: Piotr Kozakiewicz
\r\nDesigner of the pedestal: Jan Czuba, local stone-mason
\r\nDate of unveiling: 1886<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Relevance to Tarn\u00f3w: J\u00f3zef Szujski was born on 16th of June 1835 in Tarn\u00f3w and died on 7th of February 1883 in Cracow. He was one of the greatest Polish historians of his times, professor of the Jagiellonian University in Cracow and a co-founder of Przegl\u0105d Polski, monthly magazine dedicated to science and literature. He was also a member of a political group \u201cSta\u0144czyki\u201d. The idea of erecting this statue was also Bronis\u0142aw Trzaskowski’s, headmaster of High School Number 1 in Tarn\u00f3w. It is a bronze bust placed on a tall stone pedestal.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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10. Ludwik Solski Monument<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Location: ul. Mickiewicza, in front of the Ludwik Solski Theater
\r\nSculptor: Xavery Dunikowski
\r\nDate of realization: 1905
\r\nDate of unveiling in Tarn\u00f3w: 11th June 1972<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Relevance to Tarn\u00f3w: In September 1945, in a newly created Municipal Home of Culture (cultural center located in a building which earlier served as a seat of \u201cSok\u00f3\u0142\u201d – Polish Gymnastic Society) the Old Theater was established, renamed to Ludwik Solski Municipal Theater on 28th of October of the same year. Solski – one of the greatest Polish actors, still performing at the time the Theater was created, not only agreed to use his name but also directed and performed on stage in Tarn\u00f3w. The bronze bust figure presents Solski in one of his roles. It is a gift from the actor to his theater.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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11. First Transport of Prisoners to KL Auschwitz Monument<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Location: Plac Wi\u0119\u017ani\u00f3w KL Auschwitz (Prisoners of KL Auschwitz Square) in front of former Jewish bathhouse (Mikvah)
\r\nSculptor: Otto Schier, Tarn\u00f3w architect
\r\nDate of unveiling: 14th June 1975 (on the 35th anniversary of the transport)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Relevance to Tarn\u00f3w: The monument was erected in place from which a group of 728 people (Poles from Tarn\u00f3w and its region) was taken by Nazis to the first transport to the concentration camp KL Auschwitz. The monument is made of stone and concrete (symbolizes Auschwitz striped garments) and iron elements. An iron frieze with figures (symbolizes march to Auschwitz) was realized by Marian Biedro\u0144ski’s works, plastic elements on the concrete were forged by Alfred Gucwa’s stone works.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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12. The Victims of Stalinizm Monument<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Location: Plac Ofiar Stalinizmu (Victims of Stalinizm Square) by Lwowska street
\r\nOriginators: professor Stefan Daus, a sculptor and Wojciech Kosi\u0144ski, doctor and architect
\r\nDate of unveiling: 17th September 2000<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
It is the first monument of that kind in Poland. Its corner stone was sacred by Pope John Paul II 16th June 1999 during a mass in Stary S\u0105cz. The figure of woman symbolizes Poland from which three eagles fly away. The figure of woman was cast in bronze and the rocks are of red granite.
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\r\n\u201cIn honor of the victims of stalinism in the years 1939-1956\u201d. Tragic life of the victims is expressed in the form of an injured bird connected to the other birds by the V sign. This 6 meters high sculpture was cast in bronze and mounted atop granite pedestal (in the form of two cracked plates symbolizing tear of Poland after the outbreak of WWII. Stone elements are enriched with bronze bas-reliefs presenting the symbols of: the Kotwica or Polska Walcz\u0105ca (Fighting Poland – a World War II emblem of the Polish Underground State and AK (Armia Krajowa – Home Army), Sybiracy Association, Katy\u0144 Massacre, Political Prisoners of Stalinism Association and dates of the phases of rebuilding new homeland. The stone plate was placed in front of the monument which allows people to put flowers. The idea of the monument was initiated by Social Committee for Building a Monument to Victims of Stalinism in Tarn\u00f3w and is a tribute of the whole society of Ma\u0142opolska region to the victims of stalinism and repressions in years 1939-1956. The monument is devoted to the following: Poles slaughtered in Katy\u0144, Chark\u00f3w, Twer and other places of execution in the Soviet Union; Home Army soldiers slaughtered or repressed by NKVD; members of anti-communist Polish resistance movements sentenced to death or long-term imprisonment by Polish People’s Republic courts.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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13. General J\u00f3zef Bem Monument<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Location: ul. Wa\u0142owa, opposite to Plac Bohater\u00f3w Getta
\r\nOriginators of the monument: Bogdana Drwal, local sculptor and Stefan Niedorezo, graduate from Cracow Academy of Fine Arts
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\r\nsculptor: Eugeniusz K\u0142ak, stone work craftsman
\r\nDate of unveiling: 11 May 1985
\r\nHeight: 2,5 m (the figure itself)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Relevance to Tarn\u00f3w: General J\u00f3zef Bem, National Hero of Poland and Hungary, was born in Tarn\u00f3w on March 14, 1794 and died in Aleppo (Syria) on December 10, 1850. His ashes were ceremonially brought back to Poland in 1929 and laid in a grand Mausoleum in Strzelecki Park. As a result of his conversion to Islam (consequently, he changed his name for Murad Pasza), Bem could not be buried in the Tarn\u00f3w Cathedral. The monument was initiated by Tarn\u00f3w Friends of Hungary Association and erected in 1985. It presents a standing general wearing Hungarian uniform. His figure was cast in bronze in the Tarn\u00f3w casting works of Roman Sapa and was mounted atop a granite pedestal. Other Bem’s monuments can be found in Ostro\u0142\u0119ka, Poland and Budapest, Hungary. Bemowo – one of the districts of Warsaw was named after General.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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14. General J\u00f3zef Bem’s Mausoleum <\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Location:\u00a0Strzelecki\u00a0Park\u00a0
\r\nOriginator: Adolf Szyszko-Bohusz (rector of Cracow Academy of Fine Arts in years 1922-1927)
\r\nDate of unveiling: June 30, 1929<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n

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Relevance to Tarn\u00f3w: General J\u00f3zef Bem, the hero of Poland and Hungary, was born in Tarn\u00f3w 14th March 1794 and died in Aleppo(Syria) 10th December 1850. The ashes of the general were ceremonially brought to Poland in 1929 and buried in a magnificent mausoleum in Park Strzelecki. As a result of the change of denomination(consequently he changed his name for Murad Pasza) could not be buried in the Tarn\u00f3w Cathedral. In Park Strzelecki in the middle of a park pond there was erected a mausoleum-sarcophagus resting on six Corinthian columns.<\/p>\r\n

Its walls are inscribed with:
\r\n– dates: 1794 (year of birth), 1850 (his death), 1929 (his ashes were brought to Tarn\u00f3w)
\r\n– inscriptions: in Polish \u201cJ\u00f3zef Bem\u201d, in Hungarian \u201cDaddy Bem”, the greatest leader of the Hungarian independence movement\u201d, in Arab \u201cFerik Murad Pasza\u201d. The pillars of the mausoleum were placed on a two-stage plate which rises from water and were surrounded with stone balls symbolizing artillery in which general Bem served. These balls are linked by the gun metal chains cast from melt cannons.<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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15. St. Francis Monument<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Location: ul. Bernardy\u0144ska 13, an outside courtyard of the Bernadine monastery
\r\nOriginator: Stefan Niedorezo-Cracow sculptor, co-author of Bem Monument next to Wa\u0142owa street
\r\nDate of unveiling: 1985<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
It is the figure of St. Francis cast in artificial stone and presenting the whole saint with a dog at his feet.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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16. The Victims of the Galician Slaughter of 1846 Monument <\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Place: Old Cemetery in Zab\u0142ocie, Tarn\u00f3w (in the vicinity of the monument of insurgents of the January Uprising of 1863)
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The monument is made from granite and marble cobblestones. The monument is engraved with inscription from the Bible: \u201cHe said, What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground<\/i>\u201d. Engraved are names of 53 people who lost their lives at the time.<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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17. The Fallen Fighters of the January Uprising of 1863 Monument <\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n

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Place: Old Cemetery in Zab\u0142ocie, Tarn\u00f3w (in the vicinity of the Victims of the Galician Slaughter of 1846 Monument)
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The monument is a mound made of sandstone crowned with a large cross. It carries a plaque with an inscription: \u201cTo those who died for the Homeland in 1863\u201d. Another 300 marble tablets carry the names of the fallen insurgents. The monument is surrounded with the graves of the soldiers of Polish Legions and a tombstone of Rufin Piotrowski – an insurgent, a diarist and a teacher in Tarn\u00f3w schools, who died in 1872 in Tarn\u00f3w.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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18. The Slaughtered Jews Monument<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Place: Jewish Cemetery, ul. Szpitalna
\r\n\u00a0Originator: Dawid Beker – a sculptor
\r\n\u00a0Date of unveiling: 1946<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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This monument commemorates the Tarn\u00f3w Jews who were slaughtered by Nazis on the area of the Jewish cemetery. It is in the form of a broken stone column(the only preserved element of the Tarn\u00f3w New Synagogue, which was destroyed in years 1939-1941). On the column there is a plaque: \u201cHere are buried 2 000 Jews who were savagely slaughtered by the German thugs from 11 June 1942 to 5 September 1943\u201d. <\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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19. The monument – Mausoleum in memory of the “Szarych Szereg\u00f3w” soldiers<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Place: The Communal Cemetery in Tarn\u00f3w-Mo\u015bcice, ul. Czarna Droga
\r\n\u00a0Author of the project: mgr in\u017c. Jacek Sumara
\r\n\u00a0Contractor: Azoty Chemical Works in Tarn\u00f3w as well as \u201cChemobudowa\u201d in Cracow
\r\n\u00a0Date of erection and unveiling: 30th September 1975<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
The elements of the monument: a plate with four plaques, two high pillars embellished with some elements containing the quotes of B. Jastrun: \u201cTo co si\u0119 stanie z kodeksem dziej\u00f3w…Wy\u015bcie pisali krwi\u0105 i nadziej\u0105\u201d. After the victory of the \u201cSolidarity\u201dan iron cross(resembling that of Pope) was added. On the monument there are engraved 23 names of the fallen of whom the youngest was 12 years old and the eldest was 47. One of the inscriptions says: \u201cThey were killed struggling against Nazi occupiers in years 1939-1945. Honour to their remembrance\u201d<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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20. The 5th Regiment of Mounted Riflemen<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Place: al. Matki Boskiej Fatimskiej 2, next to ambulance service
\r\n\u00a0Originator: lieutenant Ujejski
\r\n\u00a0Date of unveiling: 9th September 1923
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The 3 metre high monument was initiated by commander of the regiment Aleksander Ehbar on the area of the K\u0142uszy\u0144ska Cavalry barracks in Tarn\u00f3w. It is devoted to the fallen soldiers and officers of the regiment. It is made of concrete in the form of an obelisk crowned with an eagle with extended wings. The front plate is engraved with an inscription: \u201cTo soldiers and officers of the 5th regiment of mounted riflemen who died for our homeland-comrades in arms. 1920-1923\u201d.<\/p>\r\n

Next to the monument in August 2002 four small obelisks were unveiled, first of them is devoted to Sybiracy, second one to WiN organization, third to political prisoners of stalinism and fourth to those who were conscripted into \u201cMining Battalions\u201d instead of the army.<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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\u00a021. Polish soldiers fallen on 6th and 7th September 1939 Monument<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Place: ul. Krzyska, Municipal Cemetery in Tarn\u00f3w-Krzy\u017c
\r\n\u00a0Originator: Marian Skoczek
\r\n\u00a0Date of unveiling: 1951<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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It is made of concrete and Pi\u0144cz\u00f3w sandstone with a cast iron Piast eagle on the top. On the monument there is a plaque with an inscription: \u201cEternal glory to the heroes fallen for our homeland. 1945\u201d and about 100 names of the fallen soldiers.<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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22. Soviet soldiers monument<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Place: ul. Krzyska, Municipal Cemetery in Tarn\u00f3w-Krzy\u017c
\r\n\u00a0Date of unveiling: 1948<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
The monument is in the form of a marble cuboid crowned with a sandstone obelisk devoted to those who died during the liberation of Tarn\u00f3w region in years 1944-1945. On the front stone plaque there is an inscription: \u201cHonor and glory to those who died for the independence of Soviet Union and Poland\u201d.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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23. Bimah-remnants of the old Tarn\u00f3w synagogue <\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Place: skwer Starej Synagogi\/ul. \u017bydowska<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
\u00a0It is the remnant of the oldest Tarn\u00f3w synagogue. The Tarn\u00f3w \u201cOld\u201d Synagogue was erected around 1630 or 1660. It was a Baroque brick building dominating over the neighboring residential buildings. During the occupation in November 1939 it was burnt and destroyed by Nazis three years later. The only preserved part is bimah. The \u201cNew\u201d Synagogue (built in 1908) was also destroyed by Nazis.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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24. St. Stanislas Monument<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Place: ul. Pszenna, next to the St. Stanislas Kostka church (Tarn\u00f3w-Zbylitowska G\u00f3ra)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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25. \u201cA warning to the drivers\u201d Monument<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Place: ul. Krakowska, crossroads with ul. Li\u015bciasta<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
On the monument there are four crosses and a steering wheel. Every cross symbolizes a child who was run over there by a drunken driver in June 1990. It cautions against irresponsible driving under the influence of alcohol. On the monument there is an inscription: \u201cDo not drink, driver, you may kill someone!\u201d.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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26. Jan Szczepanik Monument<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Place: pl. Szczepanika, by ul. Mickiewicza
\r\nOriginator: Micha\u0142 Por\u0119ba
\r\nDate of unveiling: 2002<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Relevance to Tarn\u00f3w: Jan Szczepanik, \u201cPolish Edison\u201d, was born on 13th June 1872 in Rudniki near Mo\u015bciska(Ukraine) and died 8th November 1926 in Tarn\u00f3w. He was connected with Tarn\u00f3w since 1902 when he married Wanda Dzikowska (born in 1879) in the Tarn\u00f3w cathedral, she was a daughter of a famous Tarn\u00f3w district doctor – Zygmunt Dzikowski. Szczepanik was connected with Vienna and Drezno by his occupation but he always returned to his family in Tarn\u00f3w. After death he was buried in a grave of Dzikowscy family at the Old Cemetery in Tarn\u00f3w. It is the first in the world monument of a gifted inventor-the pioneer of a colour photography, television and film,the precursor of a modern weaving industry and a bulletproof vest.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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27. Holy Virgin Mary Figure<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Place: pl. Katedralny
\r\nDate of unveiling: 14th November 1884.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
The founder of the figure was the then Bishop of Tarn\u00f3w J\u00f3zef Alojzy Pukalski. The monument was unveiled on the 30th anniversary of the announcement of the dogma concerning the immaculate conception and presents the Holy Virgin standing on the globe with a crescent moon at her foot. Furthermore, she is wearing a crown with twelve stars. The socle is engraved with: \u201cPray for us, Queen of Poland\u201d.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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28. \u201cThe Elephant\u201d<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Place: ul. Krakowska\/ul. Nowy \u015awiat
\r\nThe author of the project: Tarn\u00f3w sculptor Jacek Kucaba
\r\nDate of unveiling: 2001<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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The elephant was sculpted during summer holidays near Palace of the Youth in 2001. The same year the elephant was transported near CH Krakus at the crossroads of Krakowska, Nowy \u015awiat and Mo\u015bcickiego streets. Originally it was white however, it was painted by children in 2003. It is a common \u201cmeeting point\u201damong the youth of Tarn\u00f3w.<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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29. Poets\u2019 Bench<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Place: ul. Wa\u0142owa, next to the \u201cMirror Ballroom\u201d
\r\n\u00a0Originator: Tarn\u00f3w sculptor Jacek Kucaba
\r\n\u00a0Date of unveiling: 3rd December 2004<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
The figures of Agnieszka Osiecka, Zbigniew Herbert and Jan Brzechwa sitting on the main pedestrianized street of the city-Wa\u0142owa street on the bench in front of the building which houses the Mirror Room. The boxes placed next to them contain books with their works.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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30.The tram stop<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Place: ul. Wa\u0142owa, near the place of the former tram stop
\r\n\u00a0Date of unveiling: May 2004<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
In years 1911-1942 Tarn\u00f3w was the only provincial town of Galicia where trams run. Tarn\u00f3w trams in red with blue and gold coat of arms were called \u201cthe ladybirds\u201d. The length of the tram line was 2,5 kilometers. Every day from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. with the frequency of 6 minutes run 6 trams.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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\u00a031. Targ S\u0142\u00f3w \u201cthe Word Market\u201d<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Place: pl. Alicji i Jana Preiss\u00f3w, near the crossroads of Nowy \u015awiat and Kopernika streets
\r\n\u00a0The author of project: Tarn\u00f3w sculptor Jacek Kucaba<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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32. Maszkaron \u201cThe Mascaron\u201d<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Place: Wielkie Schody street
\r\nOriginator: architect Witold Gizbert Studnicki, realizator of the sculpture: Henryk Hoch (Heschel) 1881-1943
\r\nDate of unveiling: 1936<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
The author was inspired by the masks of the Tarn\u00f3w Town Hall. The inhabitants of the then Tarn\u00f3w originally thought it was the monument of the the founder of the city-Spycimir Leliwita. From the beginning it became the object frequently painted with graffiti; a photo from the thirties of the 20th century presents the mask painted with the inscriptions by the local communists.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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33. The Monument to the 14th Ko\u0142obrzeg Mechanised Regiment<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Place: ul. Szkotnik (the area of the former so called \u201clower barracks\u201d)
\r\n\u00a0The author of the project: Jerzy Martyn\u00f3w
\r\n\u00a0Realization: Franciszek Machowski, Tarn\u00f3w stone mason
\r\n\u00a0Date of unveiling: 20th May 2004<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Relevance to Tarn\u00f3w: In years 1947-1993 in the so called \u201clower barracks\u201d in Tarn\u00f3w there were stationed the 14th Ko\u0142obrzeg Mechanised Regiment.
\r\nThe soldiers took part in the fights for Warszawa, Ko\u0142obrzeg as well as in the bloody fights for the breaking of Wa\u0142 Pomorski where a heavy toll was taken as a result of a severely fortified area. During the ceremony of the unveiling of the monument an urn containing earth coming from battle fields(where 355 soldiers died) was placed. On the granite socle there is a large white Piast eagle and at the foot of the monument an inscription: \u201cin this place there is buried an earth with blood of the fallen soldiers of the 14th Infantry Regiment from the battle fields of WWII\u201d was engraved.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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34. The monument – boulder \u201cIn memory to the fallen for our homeland\u201d<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Place: ul. Panny Marii (the area of Our Lady of Scapular Sanctuary)
\r\n\u00a0Date of unveiling: 26th April 1992<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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This boulder commemorates patriotic celebrations which took place in this church during PRL period, for example on the anniversary of the outbreak of WWII and many more.<\/p>\r\n

On the monument there is an inscription: \u201cTo the fallen for our homeland\u201d<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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35. Rufin Piotrowski Tombstone<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Place: Old Cemetery in Zab\u0142ocie, Tarn\u00f3w (in the vicinity of the Victims of the 1846 Galician Slaughter monument)
\r\nThe author of the project: Antoni Kurzawa (sculptor) together with A. Pisz; realizator: W\u0142adys\u0142aw Eliasz
\r\nDate of unveiling: 1876 (four years after Piotrowski\u2019s death)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Relevance to Tarn\u00f3w: Rufin Piotrowski: an insurgent, a diarist and a teacher in schools of Tarn\u00f3w, died in 1872 in Tarn\u00f3w The monument is composed of stone blocks in the form of a steep pyramid on which a figure of a woman was placed (she symbolizes our homeland). In one hand she holds a medallion presenting the head of a man, in the other she keeps a laurel wreath. On the monument there is also placed a chain with broken shackles.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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36. Brama Seklerska “Sekely Gate”<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Place: pl. Pet\u00f6fiego, by ul. Krakowska
\r\n\u00a0Date of unveiling: 26th May 2001<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Relevance to Tarn\u00f3w: Sz\u00e9kely Gate named after J\u00f3zef Bem and Sandor Pet\u00f6fi is a gift of a Hungarian foundation Irott Sz\u00f3 and Sepsiszentgy\u0151rgy city for Tarn\u00f3w city. It is the second, except for Stary S\u0105cz, such gate in Poland. The day of the passing of the gate was connected with the 170th anniversary of the battle of Ostro\u0142\u0119ka – one of the battles of the Polish November uprising in which J\u00f3zef Bem participated.
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\r\nThe word \u201cSz\u00e9kely\u201d (Siculi) means folk, nation and the mission of the defense of south-eastern borders of the Hungarian Kingdom. The Sz\u00e9kely reside in the area located the farthest in the east in the Carpathian Mountains. They have played an important role in the Hungarian history and intellectual life. The medieval Sz\u00e9kely self-government and military democracy was a one-of-a-kind phenomenon in feudal Europe.
\r\n\u00a0Till the 14th century the notion of Sz\u00e9kely-siculitas-was tantamount to the notion of nobility. Modern history has been the sequence of various battles for rights. Sz\u00e9kely gates constitute the embodiment of a peculiar folk awareness. They were made of different kinds of good quality oak trees and less frequently of pine trees. The structure of the gates resemble European craftsmanship technique whereas the layout of the ornaments (sculpted plants, mustaches and other symbols) symbolizes another world and have its source in the reality before the conquest of Hungarians who came from east.\r\n\r\n

Among the gates built ages before on the large areas of eastern Europe the most numerous and technically interesting ones are preserved in Transylvania. Unfortunately they are completely forgotten in Europe. The traditional Sz\u00e9kely hospitality does not allow gates to be closed. They are open to everybody, both happy and miserable, like open and philanthropic hearts of the Sz\u00e9kely. It is expressed by the inscriptions on the arches of the gates: \u201cPeace to the newcomers, blessing with the leavers\u201d.<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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37. The 16th Infantry Regiment of Tarn\u00f3w Region Monument <\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Place: ul. Mo\u015bcickiego, corner of ul. Szkotnik (the area of the so called \u201clower barracks)\u201d
\r\n\u00a0Date of unveiling: 2002<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Relevance to Tarn\u00f3w: In years 1918-1939 in the so called \u201clower barracks\u201d in Tarn\u00f3w there were stationed the 16th Infantry Regiment. During the September campaign it constituted the Cracow Army. In years 1939-1945 the soldiers of this regiment struggled for the independence of our homeland in partisan detachments of the Home Army.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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38. The Slaughtered Young Poles Monument<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Place: ul. PTTK (St. Martin Hill, east from the children’s playground)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
On the small square covered with granite cobblestones there was placed a boulder with a cross(resembling that of scouts) and in the middle of the cross there is an inscription: \u201cHere was murdered a group of young Poles slaughtered by Nazis 23rd December 1939…\u201d<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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39. The Victims of WWII from Krzy\u017c Monument<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Place: ul. Krzyska, Parish Cemetery in Tarn\u00f3w-Krzy\u017c<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
It is a tapering sandstone obelisk with a cross on its top. It is devoted to the inhabitants of the then Krzy\u017c village near Tarn\u00f3w, who were killed during WWII. Two inscriptions engraved on the monument: \u201cTo God for glory, to people in order to remember the victims of WWII from our parish. The parishioners\u201d. And below: \u201cTo the victims of concentration camps and WWII fronts\u201d.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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40. The Victims of WWII from Klikowa Monument<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Place: ul. Zagumnie, Parish Cemetery in Tarn\u00f3w-Klikowa<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
The monument is in the form of an altar with two granite polished stones. On first of them, a rectangular one there is an inscription: \u201cAnd when years pass and the descendants forget about the fearful days of 1939-1945…\u201dThe second one is engraved with the map of Poland with the V-sign in the middle.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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41. Wincenty Mucha Monument<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Place: ul. Zbylitowska (Tarn\u00f3w-Mo\u015bcice, Wincenty Mucha Park)
\r\n\u00a0Date of unveiling: 1998<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Relevance to Tarn\u00f3w: Wincenty Mucha was a leader of the scouting regiment and the founder of the Grey Ranks in Mo\u015bcice. The monument was erected by the living scouts of the Grey Ranks. It commemorates scoutmaster W. Mucha and the scouts who struggled for an independent homeland.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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42. Monument in the form of a stone, commemorating the establishment of the district \u201eZa Torem\u201d<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Location: square at the intersection of ul. Obro\u0144c\u00f3w Lwowa and ul. Czerwona in Tarn\u00f3w \u2013 Mo\u015bcice
\r\nDate of unveiling:1998<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
The monument commemorates the establishment of a new district on 2nd June 1934. The ceremony of laying the foundation stone was attended by Polish President Ignacy Mo\u015bcicki and Tarnovian Bishop Franciszek Lisowski. The commission responsible for drawing up plans of the new district comprised of A. Miziewicz, S. Hupsch and E. Mrowiec.\r\n\r\n

This modest monument was founded by the inhabitants of Mo\u015bcice to commemorate this event as well as the 80th anniversary of gaining independence and protecting Lvov.<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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43. Statue of Roman Brandstaetter<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Location: corner of ul. Wa\u0142owa and ul. Rybna\u00a0
\r\nDate of unveiling: 10th June 2008\u00a0
\r\nAuthor: Jacek Kucaba, a sculptor from Tarn\u00f3w<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Relevance to Tarn\u00f3w: Roman Brandstaetter, a brilliant expert on the Holy Bible, was born on 3rd January 1906 in Tarn\u00f3w and died on 28th September 1987. He came from an intellectual Jewish family. In 1946 Brandstaetter changed his denomination and was baptized a Catholic in Rome.\r\n\r\n

\u00a0The monument is a two-meter-high sculpture of the Tarnovian writer, poet, dramatist and translator. The figure of Brandstaetter, dressed in a beret, is leaning against the corner of a tenement house, smoking a pipe and looking at passers-by.<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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44. “Kopijnik” situated between The Sekler Gate and the Monument of Sandor Petofi<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Location: pl. Petofiego by ul. Krakowska
\r\nDate of unveiling: 10th June 2006 in honour of Forgon Mihaly and 14th June 2008 in honour of Norbert Lipp\u00f3czy<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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\u201cKopijnik\u201d is a gift donated to Tarn\u00f3w by Hungarian cities.<\/b>
\r\n\u201cKopijnik\u201d is the Polish equivalent of the Hungarian word \u201cKopjafa\u201d, meaning a wooden pole traditionally placed on the tombs of warriors in Hungary to honor their heroic deeds. A few similar poles were placed in other Polish cities. The pole in Tarn\u00f3w was set up in 2006 to commemorate Furgon Mihaly, a Hungarian lawyer, historian and soldier who died of wounds received during the liberation of the fortress in Przemy\u015bl in 1914. After the fight he was taken to Tarn\u00f3w, where he died and was buried.<\/p>\r\n

In 2008 another \u201ckopijnik\u201d was placed in Tarn\u00f3w in honor of Norbert Lipp\u00f3czy, a Hungarian who settled in Tarn\u00f3w before the war to run a family winery and stayed in the city for the rest of his life. Lipp\u00f3czy was regarded as an active social worker, history and art lover and sophisticated collector. Additionally, one of his greatest achievements was tightening relations between Poland and Hungary.
\r\n\u201cKopijnik\u201d is located in a special area of the city dedicated to Hungarian culture and history, the main part of which is the bust of Sandor Petofi, a poet and aide-de-camp of General Bem. The area also includes formerly placed poles and the Sekler Gate symbolizing the friendship between the two nations.<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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45. The Way of the Cross in Tarn\u00f3w \u2013 Krzy\u017c<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Location: ul. Krzyska 112, next to the church
\r\n\u00a0Date of unveiling the Way: 17th September 1989 (by archbishop Jerzy Ablewicz)
\r\n\u00a0Date of unveiling the figure of the Resurrected Christ: 16th December 1990 (by archbishop Jerzy Ablewicz)
\r\n\u00a0Author of the project\/Design of 14 stations: Anna Paw\u0142owska
\r\n\u00a0Author of the project\/Design of the Resurrected Christ figure: Mieczys\u0142aw Stobierski<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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The Way of the Cross comprises 14 chapels, which are over three meters high and crowned with metal cases. The cases contain canvases presenting the Passion of Christ, which were painted in the second half of the 19th century by Italian painter Luigi Morgari. Later Anna Paw\u0142owska and Zofia Paw\u0142owska from the Restoration Workshop at the Diocesan Museum in Tarn\u00f3w worked on the conservation of the paintings. On the square where the Way of the Cross is located you can also see an imposing cross made of oak.<\/p>\r\n

\u00a0At the end of the Way you will encounter a statue of Christ placed on a 1,9 meter high socle. The stone sculpture, which was made in the years 1989-1990, depicts Christ in the moment of Resurrection.<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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46. The Cross<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Location: ul. Mo\u015bcickiego 177
\r\n\u00a0Date of unveiling: 1888
\r\n\u00a0Founders: Marcin Kozio\u0142, Marianna Kapust, Marcin Solok<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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47. The Cross<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Location: ul. Mo\u015bcickiego 143
\r\n\u00a0Date of unveiling: 1925
\r\n\u00a0Founders: Ignacy and Maria Zaj\u0105c<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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48. The statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Immaculate Conception<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Location: ul. Mo\u015bcickiego 203
\r\n\u00a0Date of unveiling: 1928
\r\n\u00a0Founder: Micha\u0142 Rog\u00f3\u017c<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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49. The statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Immaculate Conception<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Location: ul. Chopina 15, at the corner of ul. Matejki\u00a0
\r\n\u00a0Date of unveiling: 1890
\r\n\u00a0Founders: Micha\u0142 and Apolonia Mondel<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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50. Monument to Andrzej Ma\u0142kowski<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Location: pl. Andrzeja Ma\u0142kowskiego, at the intersection of ul. Krakowska, ul. Bema and ul. Bandrowskiego\u00a0
\r\n\u00a0Author: Micha\u0142 Por\u0119ba
\r\n\u00a0Date of unveiling: 19th September 2008<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Relevance to Tarn\u00f3w: Andrzej Ma\u0142kowski was educated in Tarn\u00f3w. Andrzej Ma\u0142kowski is one of the creators of Polish scouting, its excellent trainer and theorist. He was also an activist in Polish youth and independence movements. The monument (bust) is made from sandstone.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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51. The Monument of John Paul II – \u201cThe Effulgent Pope\u201d<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/td>\r\nLocation: pl. Ojca \u015aw. Jana Paw\u0142a II, next to Bl. Karolina K\u00f3zka Church
\r\nAuthor: Tarnow sculptor Jacek Kucaba
\r\nDate of Unveiling: 16th October 2008
\r\nHeight: the socle is integral with the sculpture: 10 m; the sculpture alone is 3.3-m-high<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Relevance to Tarn\u00f3w: Karol Wojty\u0142a often visited Tarn\u00f3w during his service as a Bishop and Metropolitan of Cracow. Pope John Paul II stayed in Tarn\u00f3w 9th and 10th June 1987. At that time, during his meeting with the inhabitants of Tarn\u00f3w he said: \u201cYou don\u2019t even realize how much I like to visit Tarn\u00f3w\u201d. The monument is placed on the same spot where on 10th June 1987 the Pope beatified Karolina K\u00f3zk\u00f3wna. 2 million people were present there, mostly farmers from all of Poland. Before the Pope started the liturgy, he had said: \u201cI am happy to be here with you, this land has always been close to me\u201d\r\n\r\n

The sculpture of the Holy Father pervades compositionally the socle, which is made of reinforced concrete covered with granite. There are flowers, in Papal and national colours, placed in the hollows of the socle.<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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52. \u201cThe Grave of People exiled to Siberia\u201d<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/td>\r\nLocation: Old Cemetery (burial plot XIV), ul. Narutowicza
\r\nHeight: about 2 metres
\r\nThe project and realization: Olgierd W\u00f3jcik and Olgierd Sakowicz (with help of Otto Schier)
\r\nDate of unveiling: 29th September 1996<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
The monument is composed a two-metre-high white, stone cross placed on a rather low socle. There is an eagle (a Polish ensign) as well as a symbol of people exiled to Siberia (braided letters S and Z) placed on the cross. There is an inscription on the socle: \u201cTo pay homage to Siberia and Katy\u0144, and for knowledge and remembrance of the living 1939 \u2013 1956\u201d.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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53. Post-glacial granite boulder \u201cThe Pilgrim\u201d<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Location: al. Tarnowskich
\r\nDimensions: height: 1,5 m, perimeter: 1,75 m, weight: around 1 t
\r\nDate of unveiling: 1983<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n

Placed in 1983 at the intersection of 21′ E meridian and 50′ N parallel. The initiator of placing the boulder was dr Franciszek Pulit.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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54. Post-glacial boulders \u201cThe Triplets\u201d<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/td>\r\nLocation: ul. Pi\u0142sudskiego, vis-a-vis the swimming pool, on parking lot
\r\nDimensions: height: 2 m, perimeter: 10,2 m,
\r\nWeight: around 28 t<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Three erratic boulders (one bigger than others) called \u201cThe Triplets\u201d were found in 2001 in Rz\u0119dzin District on Tadeusz Wi\u0119ckowski\u2019s field (behind Bl. Karolina K\u00f3zk\u00f3wna Church) and moved to the current location.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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55. Plaque (obelisk) commemorating construction of Zak\u0142ady Azotowe w Tarnowie \u2013 Mo\u015bcicach<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Location: ul. Kwiatkowskiego, in front of head office of the factory
\r\nDate of unveiling: 12th October 1990<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
A replica of the plaque placed on the wall of the building of Oddzial Kwasu Azotowego, commemorating the opening of Pa\u0144stwowe Zak\u0142ady Azotowe w Mo\u015bcicach (the biggest factory in Tarn\u00f3w) on 18th January 1930.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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56. The assemblage of four small boulders arranged on the 5th Regiment of Mounted Riflemen square in memory of \u201cMiners – Soldiers\u201d, WiN organization, Political Prisoners <\/b>and people exiled to Siberia<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Location: pl. 5. Pu\u0142ku Strzelc\u00f3w Konnych (al. M.B. Fatimskiej)
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\r\n\u201cMiners \u2013 Soldiers\u201d: 1995
\r\nWiN organization: 25th August 2002
\r\nPolitical Prisoners: 25th August 2002
\r\n\u00a0People exiled to Siberia: 2002<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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57. The obelisk commemorating the death of fire-fighters in 2004 in Tarn\u00f3w<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Location: ul. Klikowska 39, in front of the Fire Brigade Headquarters
\r\nDate of unveiling: 14 May, 2005<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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The obelisk commemorating the death of Roman Rogozi\u0144ski and Grzegorz Wolak, firefighters\u00a0who died during the night of the 12\/13 June 2004 while putting out the fire of the restaurant \u201cPodzamcze\u201d, located on St. Martin Hill. The year 2004 was the most tragic in the history of Tarn\u00f3w Fire Service.<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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58. The Monument of Mother of God Queen of Poland surrounded by King John II Casimir, M. Kolbe and S. Kostka<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Location: ul. Zbylitowska 5, in front of parish church in Tarn\u00f3w \u2013 Mo\u015bcice
\r\nDate of unveiling: 1984<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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The group of figures consists of 4 statues: in the middle the biggest one, the statue of Mother of God, on the right side is the statue of king of Poland John II Casimir, who is offering a crown to her, which is illustrating his vows from 1965. On the left are much smaller statues of Maximilian Kolbe and Stanislaw Kostka.<\/p>\r\n

The monumental concrete figures constituted the main altar of the Holy Virgin Mary Queen of Poland Church, completed in 1963. As a result of complete reconstruction of the main altar, carried out on a large scale in 1984, the statues were moved to the current location.<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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59. The Monument of King W\u0142adys\u0142aw \u0141okietek<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Location: Square at ul. Wa\u0142owa 7, against the City Walls
\r\n\u00a0Author: Czes\u0142aw D\u017awigaj (professor of the Academy of Fine Arts in Krak\u00f3w)
\r\n\u00a0Date of unveiling: July 2, 2009
\r\n\u00a0Height: 3,5 m figure, 1,5 m socle<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Relevance to Tarn\u00f3w: On 7 March 1330, king \u0141okietek issued to Spycimir Leliwita document granting Tarn\u00f3w city rights. It allowed location of the town on Magdeburg Law, introducing the right to self-governance and criminal court. The document was issued in recognition of numerous services and contributions (servicia plurima et merita) Spycimir had made to the King W\u0142adys\u0142aw \u0141okietek and his courage in a battle against Hungarians. Spycimir has located town on a top of a hill (226 m above sea level). The oldest copy of the document is kept at Czartoryskich Museum in Krak\u00f3w and the second one in Regional Museum in Tarn\u00f3w. On 15 May 2008 members of the Tarn\u00f3w City Council passed a resolution No XXI\/311\/2008 allowing the erection of the statue of king W\u0142adys\u0142aw \u0141okietek on ul. Wa\u0142owa 7.\r\n\r\n

Chamber of Commerce in Tarn\u00f3w, TK Development \u2013 developer of “Tarnovia” Shopping Mall and the Local Government of Tarn\u00f3w has contributed to creation of the monument and its surroundings.<\/p>\r\n

It is believed that touching King\u2019s shoe with right hand brings luck and makes dreams come true.<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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60. Oaks of Katy\u0144 Ave<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Location: ul. Wojska Polskiego, facing Legion\u00f3w H. D\u0105browskiego residential area
\r\nDate of unveiling: 20th of April 2009<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Relevance to Tarn\u00f3w: In April 2009, twenty six oaks commemorating the 69th<\/sup> anniversary of the Katy\u0144 Massacre were planted. Each oak represents one citizen of Tarn\u00f3w (or localities) murdered by the Russian secret police. They were killed with a shot in the back of the head in Katy\u0144 in 1940.\r\n\r\n

In April 2010, nine more oaks were planted \u2013 eight to commemorate the victims of 1940 massacre, and one to honor the victims of the presidential plane crash in Smole\u0144sk. The passengers were on their way to official celebrations of the 70th<\/sup> anniversary of the Katy\u0144 Massacre. Among the victims were: Lech Kaczy\u0144ski, President of the Republic of Poland, and his wife; S\u0142awomir Skrzypek, president of the National Bank of Poland and Wies\u0142aw Woda, MP from Tarn\u00f3w. None of the 96 passengers aboard survived the crash.<\/p>\r\n

Each of the oaks is accompanied by information plaque. Several metal figures of soldiers, arranged in a little birch copse, complete the monument. Oaks of Katy\u0144 Ave in Tarn\u00f3w is a part of a nation-wide program \u2013 ‘Katy\u0144\u2026 save from oblivion’ (\u201cKaty\u0144… ocali\u0107 od zapomnienia\u201d).<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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61. Black Oaks in Tarn\u00f3w<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/td>\r\nLocation: parking lot of \u201cZajazd pod D\u0119bem\u201d Inn, ul. H. Marusarz 9B
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Relevance to Tarn\u00f3w: In the 1980s, ten thousand-year-old black oaks were dug out from the gravel-pit on the river Wis\u0142oka in Latoszyn, near D\u0119bica. After being transported to Tarn\u00f3w, the oaks were placed in front of an inn, which was just about to be opened, giving the newly established accommodation facility its name \u2013 \u201cPod D\u0119bami\u201d, or ‘the Oaks Inn’.<\/p>\r\n

At first, the oaks were planned to be placed at St Martin’s Hill, marking a symbolic border of the Carpathian Mountains (St. Martin’s Hill is the northernmost hill of the Carpathians).<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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62. Obelisk Commemorating the First Transport of Prisoners to KL Auschwitz<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Location: Platform no.1, main train station in Tarn\u00f3w
\r\nDate of unveiling: 14th<\/sup> of June 2010 (70th<\/sup> anniversary of the Transport)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Relevance to Tarn\u00f3w: On 14th<\/sup> of June 1940, from the train station in Tarn\u00f3w, a transport of 728 prisoners left for Auschwitz. They were mostly political prisoners held imprisoned in Tarn\u00f3w. They became the first victims of the most fatal concentration camp in the history of the World, where the Nazis murdered over one and a half million people of many nations. Over 50 transports of prisoners, totaling to 7,000 people, were sent from Tarn\u00f3w to Auschwitz between the years 1940 and 1943.<\/p>\r\n

728 names are inscribed on the monument.<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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63. Monument to St Maximilian Kolbe<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Location: square at the intersection of ul. Bajana and ul. D\u0105bka
\r\nAuthor: Ewa Fleszar
\r\nDate of unveiling: 14th<\/sup> of August 2010 (69th<\/sup> anniversary of Kolbe’s death)
\r\nHeight: some 2 meters<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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The monument is made of bronze and stands on a granite plinth. The Saint wears a habit and stretches his hands in a gesture of love. A striped garment, wore by all prisoners of the KL Auschwitz, is presented on front of the plinth.<\/p>\r\n

The monument has been placed in a so-called ‘district of heroes’, section of Tarn\u00f3w (the streets are named after Polish heroes, for example major H. Sucharski, colonel S. D\u0105bek, general H. Kleeberg). The monument was unveiled at the beginning of ‘the Year of Kolbe’ in the Catholic Church, which preceded the 70th<\/sup> anniversary of the martyrdom of St Maximilian Maria Kolbe in concentration camp in Auschwitz.<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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64. Th<\/b>e Sculpture by Wilhelm Sasnal <\/b>in Tarn\u00f3w \u2013 Mo\u015bcice<\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n

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Location: ul. Chemiczna, next to Tarn\u00f3w-Mo\u015bcice train station
\r\nAuthor: Wilhelm Sasnal
\r\nDate of unveiling: 29th<\/sup> of August 2010
\r\nHeight: around 4 meters<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Mo\u015bcice is a industrial section of Tarn\u00f3w, where Wilhelm Sasnal grew up. The Sculpture is in a form of pyramid made of cement rings and covered with adhesive. Inside one of the rings a date: 28.03.1983 is inscribed. The author explains that random date as a symbol of an incident that might have, but has never occurred. It recalls the years of Russian occupation of Poland, after the WWII, and state of permanent stress and threat among citizens of Mo\u015bcice, assuming that the nearby Nitrogen Works is target for the missiles from beyond the Iron Curtain.<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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65. Statue of Our Lady in Tarn\u00f3w-Mo\u015bcice<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/td>\r\nLocation: corner of ul. ks. Indyka and ul. Traugutta
\r\nDate of unveiling: 26 October, 2002
\r\nHeight: 5 m<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
The Statue is located on site of St\u00a0Therese of the Child Jesus\u00a0chapel which stood there between 1931 and 1956. The statue was funded by Zak\u0142ady Azotowe w Tarnowie-Mo\u015bcicach S.A. (Grupa Azoty<\/a> ) in 2002.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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66. Crucifix and Statue of Our Lady in Tarn\u00f3w-Mo\u015bcice, os. D\u0105br\u00f3wka<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/td>\r\nLocation: corner of ul. Zbylitowska and ul. Czarna Droga
\r\nDate of unveiling: May 2002
\r\nHeight: 3,5 m<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
The present Crucifix replaced an earlier one as the heritage protection department dates the cast iron figure of Jesus Christ to 1860. In 2002 figure of Our Lady of Piekary \u015al\u0105skie was added.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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67. Crucifix and Statue of Our Lady in Tarn\u00f3w-Mo\u015bcice (\u015awierczk\u00f3w)<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/td>\r\nLocation: corner of ul. Witosa and ul. Azotowa
\r\nDate of unveiling: after WWI<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
The Carpathian Front of WWI cut off the people of \u015awierczk\u00f3w from a cemetery located in neighboring Zbylitowska G\u00f3ra, forcing them to bury the deceased in other location. Total of 5 adults and 2 children rested there. The Crucifix was placed on site of that temporary graveyard. Shrine of Our Lady and few benches were added in the 1970’s. May Devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary are held there.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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68. Statue of Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Location: ul. Kwiatkowskiego, outside Grupa Azoty head office\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Author: Stanis\u0142aw Szwechowicz\u00a0
\r\nDate of unveiling: 9 October, 2012\u00a0(to celebrate the 85th<\/sup>\u00a0year of operation)
\r\nHeight: 3,96 m<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n

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Structure of the monument refers to an earlier work of Stanis\u0142aw Czechowicz also dedicated to Kwiatkowski, which author created in Gdynia. It has however been adjusted to suite the location. A 2.48 m long sash symbolizes great Vision and Action, two distinctive qualities of Kwiatkowski, pragmatic scientist and engineer yet romantic seer.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Relevance to Tarn\u00f3w: From 1931 to 1935 Kwiatkowski was the CEO of two chemical plants – in Chorz\u00f3w and the one in Tarn\u00f3w-Mo\u015bcice. Then, he moved to Warsaw and became the vice-Prime Minister and the Secretary of the Treasury until 30 September, 1939. He wrote his monumental economic thesis “Dysproporcje. Rzecz o Polsce przesz\u0142ej i obecnej”.<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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69. Busts of Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski and Ignacy Mo\u015bcicki<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Location: ul. Jarz\u0119binowa (Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski Park), in backyard of Dyrektor\u00f3wka or Dom Chemika (home of the company CEOs) \u00a0
\r\nDate of unveiling: 2012<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Relevance to Tarn\u00f3w:\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

From 1931 to 1935 Kwiatkowski was the CEO of two chemical plants – in Chorz\u00f3w and the one in Tarn\u00f3w-Mo\u015bcice. Then, he moved to Warsaw and became the vice-Prime Minister and the Secretary of the Treasury until 30 September, 1939. He wrote his monumental economic thesis “Dysproporcje. Rzecz o Polsce przesz\u0142ej i obecnej”.<\/p>\r\n\r\nIgnacy Mo\u015bcicki, President of Poland, was the father of Pa\u0144stwowa Fabryka Zwi\u0105zk\u00f3w Azotowych (chemical company, its present name is Grupa Azoty). The whole site where new investment was located was named after the President. The “Mo\u015bcice” won national contest for a name of new locality.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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70. Bust of John Paul II<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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\r\nSculptor: Bart\u0142omiej Ba\u0142ut, local artist
\r\nDate of unveiling: 17 September, 2006 (consecrated by Wiktor Skworc, Bishop of Tarn\u00f3w)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Karol Wojtyla often visited Tarn\u00f3w during his service as a Bishop and Metropolitan of Cracow. Pope John Paul II stayed in Tarn\u00f3w 9th and 10th June 1987. At that time, during his meeting with the inhabitants of Tarn\u00f3w he said: \u201cYou don\u2019t even realise how much I like to visit Tarn\u00f3w\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\nThe bust is located in Krzy\u017c district, in front of the Saint John Paul II Gimnazjum. It is cast in bronze and rests atop granite pedestal inscribed with the Pope’s sentence in Polish, meaning: “You must be strong with the strength of faith. You must be strong with the strength of hope. You must be strong with the love that rejoices in the right.”<\/i><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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71. Monument of John Paul II<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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\r\nSculptor: Zdzis\u0142aw Majchrowicz
\r\nHeight: natural size<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Karol Wojty\u0142a often visited Tarn\u00f3w during his service as a Bishop and Metropolitan of Cracow. Pope John Paul II stayed in Tarn\u00f3w 9th and 10th June 1987. At that time, during his meeting with the inhabitants of Tarn\u00f3w he said: \u201cYou don\u2019t even realize how much I like to visit Tarn\u00f3w\u201d.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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72. Katy\u0144 Boulder Memorial Monument<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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\r\nDate of unveiling: 20 April, 2009 – on the 69th anniversary of the Katy\u0144 Masacre<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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73. Group of Four “Spatial Sculptures” inspired by the visions of Dagarama<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/td>\r\nLocation: E. Kwiatkowskiego Park in Tarn\u00f3w-Mo\u015bcice
\r\nAuthor: Marcin Zarzeka\u00a0
\r\nDate of unveiling: August, 2011
\r\nHeight: 1.5 – 2 m<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Relevance to Tarn\u00f3w: Jan G\u0142uszak Dagarama (1937-2000), visionary born in Tarn\u00f3w, had to quit architecture at the Krak\u00f3w University of Technology because of schizophrenia. He did, however, managed to learn works of various architects-visionaries which inspired his own creations. None of his visions has ever been physically realized, nevertheless won wide recognition and appreciation. He ended up working at District Museum in Tarn\u00f3w as a night guard. The Museum has commemorated Dagarama with a plaque (maintains constant temperature of 37.5\u00a0<\/sup>C all-year-round) mounted against a facade of a house Rynek 21.\r\n\r\n

The four sculptures were unveiled as part of “Tarn\u00f3w. 1000 years of modernity” project by BWA Tarn\u00f3w Art Gallery.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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74. Cenotaph of Sybiracy (Poles exiled to Siberia)<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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\r\nAuthors: Olgierd W\u00f3jcik, Olgierd Sakowicz, Otto Schier\u00a0
\r\nDate of unveiling: 29 September, 1996
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Tall cross made of white stone adorn with national emblem of Poland and logo of Zwi\u0105zek Sybirak\u00f3w (Sybiracy Association) atop a pedestal with an inscribed plaque in Polish, meaning: “To honor all victims of Siberia and Katy\u0144 and for the living ones to learn and remember 1939-1956”.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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75. Kataryniarz – Organ Grinder<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Location: pl. gen. J\u00f3zefa Bema, N-E corner of popular “Burek” marketplace \u00a0
\r\nAuthors: Arkadiusz Latos (idea and inspiration: Jacek Adamczyk)\u00a0
\r\nDate of unveiling: 5 July, 2014
\r\nHeight: 2.3 m<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Relevance to Tarn\u00f3w: According to historic records and old postcards, organ grinders were instantly present on the streets of prewar Tarn\u00f3w. One of their favorite places was exactly the site where the monument is located. Bronze cast figure of an organ grinder is shaped in their most recognizable pose, with hand organs and a parrot sitting on his shoulder. The instrument is adorned with reliefs representing 3 most widely recognizable of Tarn\u00f3w monuments: Town Hall, Cathedral and the Bimah. The statue plays several standards of the organ grinders’ repertoire upon approach allowing more intense experience of the past.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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76. Bust of Hetman Jan Tarnowski<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Location: ul. Mickiewicza 16, in front of III Liceum Og\u00f3lnokszta\u0142c\u0105ce (high school)\u00a0
\r\nAuthor: Micha\u0142 Por\u0119ba\u00a0\u00a0
\r\nDate of unveiling: 22 September, 2018
\r\nHeight: 2,55 m<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n

Relevance to Tarn\u00f3w: born in Tarn\u00f3w, considered one of the greatest military commanders in Polish history, Grand Crown Hetman since 1527, castellan of Krak\u00f3w and Wojnicz, voivode of the Ruthenian and Krak\u00f3w Voivodeships.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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77. Statue of Tadeusz Tertil<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Location: western side of Rynek – the Town Square, by the entrance to Pasa\u017c Tertila\u00a0\u00a0
\r\nAuthor: Arkadiusz Latos from Kielce (on the initiative of Rada Osiedla “Star\u00f3wka”)\u00a0 \u00a0
\r\nDate of unveiling: 30 October, 2018
\r\nHeight: 2,50 m<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n

Relevance to Tarn\u00f3w: born in Tarn\u00f3w, Mayor of the city from 1907 to 1923. The statue is a life-sized figure of Tertil (commonly called “the Mayor of Independence”) standing in front of his house and presenting four of the city’s greatest investments that he made while in the office: power station, water supply system, train station and tram line.\u00a0<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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78. Borderland Mound<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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\r\nDate of unveiling:\u00a0 2nd\u00a0 June 2001<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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On the cemetery wall there is a commemorative plaque. Underneath it, the mound made of stones surmounted with a white cross which is rooted into the mound, was made. On the stones inscriptional boards were placed\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Inscription on the plaque: In tribute to our compatriots from Lviv and from south-eastern borderlands of\u00a0 the 2nd Republic of Poland, who died for their homeland and to those who were murdered in years 1939-1947 \/ Towarzystwo Mi\u0142o\u015bnik\u00f3w Lwowa i Kres\u00f3w Po\u0142udniowo-Wschodnich. (This society cultivates the memory of Lviv and the south-eastern borderlands.)<\/p>\r\n

Inscriptions on the boards:<\/p>\r\n

\u00a0In tribute and in order of eternal memory to Heroical Lviv Eaglets\u00a0 \/ community of primary school nr 9 im. Orl\u0105t Lwowskich w Tarnowie.<\/p>\r\n

Volyn and eastern Lesservoivodeship\u00a0 \/ Ukrainian nationalists from the organisation OUN-UPA killed over 250 000 Poles.<\/p>\r\n

Lviv, for prisons \u201eBrygidki\u201d and \u201e\u0141\u0105ckiego\u201d \/ Places of mass murder of prisoners done by NKWD in 1941.<\/p>\r\n

Murdered by Ukrainian nationalists\/ residents of counties Hrubiesz\u00f3w and Tomasz\u00f3w Lubelski in March 1944 \/ We praise you and remember you!<\/p>\r\n

Eternal peace to fellow countrymen from Kut, murdered by Ukrainian bands in the Second World War.<\/p>\r\n

4th July 1941 \/ Lviv-Wuleckie Hills, place of the massacre of Lviv professors murdered by Nazi German occupation forces and Ukrainian nationalists.<\/p>\r\n\r\nTo murdered by UPA in years 1939-1947 \/ residents of\u00a0 Brze\u017can and of county Brze\u017ca\u0144ski\/ from Borderland citizens.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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79. Jozef Pilsudski Monument<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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\r\nAuthors of the project: Sculptor from Danzig prog.Stanis\u0142aw Szwechowicz and tarnovian architect Artur Grodzi\u0144ski (author of the development of the terrain)
\r\nDate of unveiling: 11th\u00a0 november 2019.
\r\nHeight: The bronze sculpture – 2,20 m(weight: 400 kg) placed on the granit platform ca 3m<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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The monument depicts figure of the Marshal, standing with his hand on a sabre<\/p>\r\n

In the future, around the monument, educational path will be created. Containing the most important dates from the life of the Marshal Pilsudski. Additionally, benches with audio system from which there wil a possibility of listening to the history of his life, will be also placed there.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Connections between Pilsudski and Tarnow:<\/p>\r\n

Did you know that Jozef Pilsudki used to visit Tarnow, e.g. He inspected the drills of local branch of \u201eStrzelec\u201d riflemen’s association \u2013 first time in 1913, and then immediately before the First World War, in July 1914?<\/p>\r\n\r\nDid you know that on 29th November, 1927 prince Roman Sanguszko presented Marshal Pilsudski a thoroughbred stallion from his own stables located in Tarnow. Could the stallion replace Pi\u0142sudski’s beloved mare?<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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80. Kneeling Girl with Braided Hair
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/td>\r\nPlace: ul. Parkowa 25
\r\nAuthor of the project: W\u0142adys\u0142aw Burkat
\r\nDate of unveiling: The sculpture was found while demolishing a house at the corner of al. 1 Maja and ul. Klikowska, in 1975
\r\nHeight: The sculpture ca. 2 m<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
The sculpture was found inside a house at present al. 1 Maja street, which was being demolished at the time. Initially, the sculpture was exhibited at ks. J. Popie\u0142uszko square, in front of Tarnovia hotel before it was moved to its current location at ul. Parkowa 25.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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81. The stone monument commemorating the visit of John Paul II on the Tarn\u00f3w land.
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Location: ul. Traugutta in the direct neigbourhood of Jask\u00f3\u0142ka Tarn\u00f3w Arena<\/p>\r\n

Date of unveiling: 18 May, 2020 (100th anniversary of st John Paul II’s birth)<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n

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The table on the stone bears the following inscription: \u201cFrom this place, on June 9, 1987, Saint John Paul II began his apostolic visit to Tarn\u00f3w. On the hundredth anniversary of the birth of John Paul II. Inhabitants of Mo\u015bcice. Tarn\u00f3w – Mo\u015bcice 2020\u201c<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n

Karol Wojty\u0142a, when he was the Bishop and the Metropolitan of Krakow, he was frequent visitor to Tarn\u00f3w. As the Pope, John Paul II arrived in Tarn\u00f3w from Lublin and landed in Mo\u015bcice on June 9, 1987 about 8:45 P.M. The day after (Wednesday) at 4:45 P.M., he departed for Krak\u00f3w from the same site. The moment before the Pope\u2019s arrival at 8:00 P.M. church bells from all 666 parishes of Tarn\u00f3w Diocese began to ring, including 17 in Tarn\u00f3w.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Among the ones who greeted John Paul II were: Bishop Jerzy Ablewicz together with Bishops (Piotr Bednarczyk, J\u00f3zef Gucwa and W\u0142adys\u0142aw Bobowski), priests (Prelate Dean K.Kos, Prelate Dean J.Rec – the Rector of Mo\u015bcice, Prelate E.\u0141omnicki, Prelate W.Kostrzewa, Professor M.Bednarz, S.Sojka, Professor A.Kokoszka) and two little kids with flowers for the Holy Father.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Provincial and city authorities were represented by: Chairman of the Provincial National Council Mieczys\u0142aw Men\u017cy\u0144ski, Tarn\u00f3w Voivode Stanis\u0142aw Nowak, Vice-voivode of Tarn\u00f3w Marian Chudzik, the President of Tarn\u00f3w Mieczys\u0142aw Strzelecki and the Director of Denominations Department UW – Franciszek Stycze\u0144.<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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82. Monument of Artur Grottger<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n

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Location: at 6 Westwalewicza Street \u2013 grounds of the School of Fine Arts Complex<\/p>\r\n

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Connection to Tarn\u00f3w: Artur Grottger (1837\u20131867) was a Polish painter and one of the leading representatives of Romanticism in Polish painting, as well as an illustrator. He is the patron of the school. The artist\u2019s father, Jan J\u00f3zef, was the illegitimate son of Hilary Siemianowski, a court counselor in Tarn\u00f3w. At birth, he bore his mother\u2019s maiden name \u2014 Grottger \u2014 a French governess who had come from Switzerland. Siemianowski ensured the education and upbringing of his son, funding his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna.
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\r\nHis grandfather, Franciszek Grottger, was a surveyor and district engineer in Tarn\u00f3w. The artist often stayed in Je\u017c\u00f3w, a Gothic-Renaissance defensive manor located over 30 km south of Tarn\u00f3w, which now belongs to the School of Fine Arts Complex.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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83. Monument of Prof. Lech Kaczy\u0144ski, President of the Republic of Poland<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n

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\r\nAuthor: Prof. Stanis\u0142aw Szwechowicz
\r\nDate of unveiling: June 18, 2022
\r\nHeight: approximately 4 meters, including a bronze statue about 1.9 meters tall, set on a pedestal measuring around 2 meters<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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The Monument of Lech Kaczy\u0144ski in Tarn\u00f3w was funded by donations collected by a citizens’ committee. The monument in Tarn\u00f3w is identical to the one in Warsaw, also created by Prof. Szwechowicz. The unveiling took place on what would have been the 73rd birthday of the former President of the Republic of Poland.<\/p>\r\n

Connection to Tarn\u00f3w:
\r\nOn the 90th anniversary of Tarn\u00f3w regaining independence, on October 30, 2008, President Lech Kaczy\u0144ski officially launched the nationwide celebrations of Poland\u2019s regained independence.<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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84. “Memory, Resistance, Warning” \u2013 an installation commemorating the prisoners of the first transport to Auschwitz<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Location: Bartla Street \u2013 railway ramp (behind the railway viaduct, near Krakowska Street)<\/p>\r\n

Author: Sviatoslav Karwat, Artur Majka<\/p>\r\n

Date of unveiling: June 13, 2025 (the eve of the 85th anniversary of the event<\/span> )<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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First part of the installation:<\/strong> 12 figures cut out of sheet metal, two meters hight. Ultimately, there will be 728 figures (the artist plans to complete the installation on the 90th anniversary of the first transport). It will be a spatial monument approximately 100 meters long.<\/p>\r\n

Connection to Tarn\u00f3w:<\/strong> On June 14, 1940, from a railway ramp near Tarn\u00f3w’s train station, the first transport of 728 prisoners departed for Auschwitz. These were political prisoners held in Tarn\u00f3w prison. They became the first victims of the most tragic extermination camp in history, where the Nazis murdered one and a half million people of various nationalities. Between 1940 and 1943, 7,000 prisoners were transported from Tarn\u00f3w to Auschwitz in 50 transports.<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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Original text by Marcin Pa\u0142ach, Tarn\u00f3w Tourist Information Centre
\r\nPhotos: Tarn\u00f3w Tourist Information Centre, City of Tarn\u00f3w\u00a0
\r\nCreated: 01-06-2007; last update: 04-07-2025<\/p>\r\n

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Bibliography<\/b>:
\r\n\u201cTarn\u00f3w-Wielki Przewodnik\u201d joint work, published by Tarnowskie Towarzystwo Kulturalne and Muzeum Okr\u0119gowe in Tarn\u00f3w
\r\n\u201cM\u00f3j Tarn\u00f3w\u201d Antoni Sypek, foundation \u201cTarnowskie Towarzystwo Przemys\u0142owe\u201d and Izba Przemys\u0142owo-Handlowa in Tarn\u00f3w, Tarn\u00f3w 2005
\r\n\u201cPomniki i Miejsca Pami\u0119ci Narodowej\u201d joint work, published by PTTK Oddzia\u0142 \u201cZiemi Tarnowskiej\u201d, Tarn\u00f3w, 1st edition
\r\nTranslated by: Pawe\u0142 Rybak, Magdalena \u0141azarz, Iwona Kras, Wojciech Malig, Katarzyna Balcerek<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"1. Statue of John Paul II Location: pl. 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