The Tadeusz Kościuszko Monument, also known as the Tadeusz Kościuszko Memorial and the Thaddeus Kosciuszko Memorial,
is an outdoor sculpture by artist
Kazimierz Chodziński
Kazimierz Chodziński (Casimir) (1861 – 1919 or 1921) was a Polish sculptor, and a student of Jan Matejko academy in Kraków. He sculpted over a hundred different statues in partitioned Poland, as well as some other European cities, such as Vienn ...
depicting
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 ...
, installed in the median of East Solidarity Drive, near
Chicago
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's
Shedd Aquarium
Shedd Aquarium (formally the John G. Shedd Aquarium) is an indoor public aquarium in Chicago. Opened on May 30, 1930, the aquarium holds about 32,000 animals. It is the third largest aquarium in the Western Hemisphere (after the Georgia Aquariu ...
, in the
U.S. state
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of
Illinois
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. The statue was created in 1904, and was originally located in
Humboldt Park.
See also
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1904 in art
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Commemoration of Tadeusz Kościuszko
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Kosciuszko Park (Chicago)
Kosciuszko Park is a park located at 2732 N. Avers Ave. Situated along the northern boundary of Chicago's Logan Square, Chicago, Logan Square Community Areas of Chicago, community area at Diversey Parkway (Chicago), Diversey, it is heavily freq ...
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List of things named after Tadeusz Kościuszko
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Tadeusz Kościuszko Monument, Kraków
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Tadeusz Kościuszko Monument, Warsaw
References
External links
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1904 sculptures
Equestrian statues in Illinois
Monuments and memorials in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of Unite ...
Outdoor sculptures in Chicago
Sculptures of men in Illinois
Statues in Chicago
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