King Jagiello Monument - New York, New York, USA
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N 40° 46.735 W 073° 58.002
18T E 587192 N 4514728
This is the King Jagiello monument in Central Park which was donated by Poland.
Waymark Code: WM5N76
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 01/24/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Marine Biologist
Views: 28
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From the park site:
Sculptor: Stanislaw Kazimierz Ostrowski(1879-1947)
Date: 1939
Placed in Park: 1945
Donor: Gift of the King Jagiello

The sculpture was chosen for the 1939 World's Fair in New York. Later that year, the Nazis invaded Poland, preventing the sculpture's return to its homeland. In 1945, it was placed in Central Park by the Polish government as a symbol of the proud and courageous Polish people. It portrays King Jagiello, the Grand Duke of Lithuania, who united Lithuania and Poland and became king after marrying the Queen of Poland in 1386. The monument depicts the moment at the Battle of Grunewald of 1410 when the King crossed over his head the two swords handed to him by his adversaries, the Teutonic Knights of the Cross.
Country or International City that Gave the Gift: Poland

Country or International City that Received the Gift: The city of New York and the United States

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