The Tadeusz Kościuszko Monument in Warsaw () is a statue dedicated to commemorate the national hero of Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, and the United States, general

Tadeusz Kościuszko Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko (; 4 or 12 February 174615 October 1817) was a Polish Military engineering, military engineer, statesman, and military leader who then became a national hero in Poland, the United States, Lithuania, and ...

(1746–1817), and situated on the

Iron-Gate Square Iron Gate Square (''Plac Żelaznej Bramy'') is a large open space in the Śródmieście, Warsaw, city center of Warsaw. The square took its name from a large iron gate that once secured the western boundary of the Saxon Garden. History In t ...

in front of the Lubomirski Palace.

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It stands on the main axis of the historical city centre of Warsaw, the

Saxon Axis The Saxon Axis () is a feature of the historical city centre of Warsaw. It is a line running from the Vistula through the Presidential Palace, the Krakowskie Przedmieście, Saxon Square, Saxon Palace, Saxon Garden, Lubomirski Palace to Plac � ...

. The monument is an exact copy of the Statue of Tadeusz Kościuszko at Lafayette Square in

Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River, across from Virginia, and shares land borders with ...

unveiled on 9 May 1910, and designed by the Polish sculptor

Antoni Popiel Antoni Popiel (13 June 1865 – 7 July 1910) was a Polish sculptor. Life He studied at the School of Fine Arts, Kraków from 1882 to 1884, with Izydor Jabłoński, Władysław Łuszczkiewicz and . He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts ...

(1865–1910). The monument replaced the former monument of the ”Dead in the Service and Defense of the Polish People's Republic”, erected in the 1980s by the Communist government and demolished 1991. The investment was financed by the Citi Bank Handlowy and the

Warsaw City Council Warsaw City Council, officially the Council of the Capital City of Warsaw () is a unicameral governing body of the city of Warsaw, the capital of Poland. The council was first created following the location of Warsaw under the terms of the Magdebu ...

. The bronze elements of the monument were moulded by the Technical Appliance Works at

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. The copying of the Washington monument was executed by

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sculptors Anna and Wojciech Siek. The monument was unveiled on 16 November 2010. The monument shows the figure of Tadeusz Kościuszko in the uniform of an American general, holding drawings of the West Point garrison defenses in his hand. On the right side of the monument stands a figure symbolizing the

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and on the left side a figure symbolizing the

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Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...

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