Warsaw Insurgents Monument
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| Location | Warsaw Insurgents Square, Downtown, Warsaw, Poland |
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| Coordinates | 52°14′09.2″N 21°00′47.1″E / 52.235889°N 21.013083°E |
| Designer | Andrzej Domański |
| Type | Sculpture |
| Opening date | 1 August 1979 |
| Dedicated to | Kiliński Battalion |
The Warsaw Insurgents Monument (Polish: Pomnik Powstańców Warszawy) is a sculpture in Warsaw, Poland, located at the Warsaw Insurgents Square, in the Downtown district. It commemorates the insurgents of the Kiliński Battalion of the Warsaw Uprising fought in 1944 during the Second World War. The sculpture has a form of a commemorative plaque mounted to the ground surrounded by 63 cuboids of varying lengths and sizes, symbolising the number of days the uprising lasted. It was designed by Andrzej Domański, and unveiled on 1 August 1979.
The monument was designed by Andrzej Domański, and unveiled on 1 August 1979, on the 35th anniversary of the begging of the Warsaw Uprising.[1]
