Warsaw – Equestrian statues https://equestrianstatue.org by Kees van Tilburg Mon, 14 Dec 2020 11:21:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.11 Polish-American volunteer army memorial https://equestrianstatue.org/polish-american-volunteer-army-memorial/ Sat, 10 Aug 2019 14:25:08 +0000 https://equestrianstatue.org/?p=22321 Built in 1998 to honor the American army volunteers who returned to fight for Poland . The monument symbolically shows soldiers of the Haller Army / Blue Army crossing the vast waters of the Atlantic to come to Poland’s aid. The Blue Army or Haller’s Army, was a Polish military contingent created in France  in 1917, and was made up … Continue reading "Polish-American volunteer army memorial"

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]]> Colleoni, Bartolomeo https://equestrianstatue.org/colleoni-bartolomeo-3/ Thu, 12 Jan 2017 12:15:15 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=14477 See original. first picture by Marcin Zglínski

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]]> Cavalry memorial https://equestrianstatue.org/cavalry-memorial-polish-cavalry-monument/ Wed, 18 May 2016 15:22:46 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/cavalry-memorial-polish-cavalry-monument/ The initiative to build the monument (also known as the Millennium Polish Cavalry Monument) commemorating the Polish cavalry started in 1978, and in 1981 a committee was formed to organize the construction of the monument. In 1984, there was a design competition for the monument and from 13 entries, the design by sculptor and designer … Continue reading "Cavalry memorial"

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]]> Poniatowski, Josef August https://equestrianstatue.org/poniatowski-josef-august-prince/ Wed, 06 Apr 2016 09:00:00 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=1816 In front of the presidential palace in Warsaw stands a very classical equestrian statue of Poniatowski. The Germans also destroyed this in World War II. Making use of the plaster model in the Thorvaldsen Museum in Copenhagen, a new statue was cast in 1951.

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]]> Sobieski, Jan III https://equestrianstatue.org/sobieski-jan-iii-2/ Wed, 06 Apr 2016 09:00:00 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=1979 The post Sobieski, Jan III appeared first on Equestrian statues.

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