Warsaw Uprising Monument

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The Warsaw Uprising Monument is a major public memorial in Warsaw honoring the Polish resistance fighters who rose against Nazi occupation in 1944.


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf monument
war memorial
architect Jacek Budyn
category Monuments and memorials in Warsaw
Outdoor sculptures in Warsaw
World War II memorials in Poland
commemorates Home Army
Polish resistance fighters
Warsaw Uprising
conflict World War II
coordinates 52.247°N 21.001°E
country Poland
dedicatedTo Warsaw Uprising insurgents
civilian participants in the Warsaw Uprising
designer Wincenty Kućma
hasEvent annual wreath-laying ceremonies
military honor guards on anniversary dates
hasLanguageOfInscriptions Polish
hasNearbyBuilding Supreme Court of Poland
hasNearbySite Krasinski Palace
hasPart figures descending into a sewer entrance
group of insurgent figures attacking from behind a barricade
hasTheme patriotism
sacrifice in war
urban resistance
hasType figurative sculpture
heritageDesignation cultural monument of Warsaw
inception 1980s
locatedIn Warsaw
Warsaw Old Town
locatedOn Krasinski Square
maintainedBy City of Warsaw authorities
material bronze
granite
memorialType national memorial
municipality Warsaw
opposingForce Nazi Germany
significance major symbol of Warsaw Uprising remembrance in Poland
subjectOf commemorative ceremonies on 1 August each year
symbolizes Polish resistance
urban guerrilla warfare
use of Warsaw sewers by insurgents
unveiledInYear 1989
unveiledOn 1989-08-01
unveiledOnAnniversaryOf 45th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising
voivodeship Masovian Voivodeship
yearOfUprising 1944


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