Adam Mickiewicz Monument (Lviv)
The Adam Mickiewicz monument was unveiled in 1904 on what was then Marienplatz in Lviv , now Lviv in Ukraine .
The monument is one of the few Polish monuments that survived the stormy events of the 20th century undamaged.
The idea was born on the occasion of the centenary of the birth of the most important Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz . The column shape was specified in the competition guidelines. The work by Antoni Popiel was chosen from the 28 submitted projects, which depicted the poet standing in front of the column with the figure of a winged genius hovering above him with a lyre in his hand. The column was topped with a gilded replica of an eternal fire.
On November 16, 1899, Popiel presented the final version of the draft. The K. u. Construction approved by the Austro-Hungarian authorities was completed on October 25, 1904 and ceremonially unveiled on October 30. Since then, the 21 meter high monument has stood unchanged and undamaged in its place in the center of Lviv.
In the meantime, Lviv, the capital of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria , became Polish in 1918–1939 , then fell under Soviet rule for two years, became the capital of the Galicia District in the General Government from 1941–1944 , then reintegrated into the Soviet Union and finally one important city of Ukraine. Marienplatz was renamed Adam-Mickiewicz-Platz (ukr. Площа Міцкевича ), the neighboring statue of Mary was first torn down and then rebuilt.
literature
- A. Srebrakowski: Kolumna Mickiewicza we Lwowie , in: Spotkania z Zabytkami, No. 5/1992, pp. 18-20.
Web links
- Danuta Łomaczewska - Lwowski pomnik Adama Mickiewicza
- Piotr Marek Stański - Stulecie lwowskiej Columny Mickiewicza
Coordinates: 49 ° 50 '22.2 " N , 24 ° 1' 47.5" E