Cemeteries and monuments
an equestrian copy of Verrocchio's monument from 1909, taken to Warsaw and returned to the city in 2002
Cemeteries and monuments
a copper sculpture of a helmsman at the ship's wheel, the work of Ryszard Chachulski of 1980
Cemeteries and monuments
a column over 22 m high with three eagles in Kasprowicz Park, unveiled in 1979
Cemeteries and monuments
a bronze bench from 2022 with a figure of the inventor of three-phase current, in Turzyn
Cemeteries and monuments
a sculpture by Ludwig Manzel from 1916 on the Chrobry Embankment
Cemeteries and monuments
bronze monument of the Pope as St Peter walking on the waves, unveiled in 1995
Cemeteries and monuments
the city's first monument in the form of a bench, a traveller on a trunk in Anders Park
Cemeteries and monuments
sandstone ducal couple by the Ducal Castle, unveiled in 1974
Cemeteries and monuments
monument to General Józef Haller in the form of a bench, in front of the barracks of the brigade named after him
Cemeteries and monuments
a 145-centimetre figure in pink granite from 1961, in honour of Janusz Korczak
Cemeteries and monuments
baroque group of Flora with two putti that has moved through several places in the city
Cemeteries and monuments
monument from 1960 showing the poet as a pensive pilgrim with a book
Cemeteries and monuments
bronze sculpture of an artist and founder of aid for poor girls, seated on a bench by a park
Cemeteries and monuments
sandstone sculpture by Georg Morin from the late 1930s in front of the hospital management building
Sculpture in Szczecin: a dozen or so monuments, benches and figures, from Hercules on the Chrobry Embankment to King Matt the First and bronze benches.
Szczecin's outdoor sculptures range from Baroque figures to bronze benches of recent years. They stand in the Old Town, in Centrum, in Pogodno and in parks, so they are easy to weave into an ordinary walk.
Four sculptures in the Old Town are easy to cover in a single walk: Hercules, Flora, the ducal couple by the castle and the monument to Mickiewicz. They lie a short distance from one another.
Hercules Fighting the Centaur was placed on the terrace of the National Museum building on Wały Chrobrego. Ludwig Manzel carved the 2.4-metre sandstone work, unveiled in 1916, and the two figures locked in struggle are shown with great energy. The Statue of Flora in Szczecin on White Eagle Square forms a Baroque sandstone ensemble. The goddess carries a basket of flowers while two cherubs play beside her. The figures were taken from the roof edge of the Grumbkow Palace. Beside the Bell Tower, in the castle's north-west corner, you can find the Monument to Duke Bogislaw X and his wife Princess Anna Jagiellon in Szczecin in yellow sandstone, unveiled in 1974. On Mickiewicz Square you find the Adam Mickiewicz Monument in Szczecin by Sławomir Lewiński from 1960, showing the poet as a pensive pilgrim.
In Centrum the main sculptures stand by Lotników and Grunwaldzki squares and on Rayskiego Street. Each has its own history and material.
The Bartolomeo Colleoni Monument in Szczecin on Lotników Square is an equestrian statue of a condottiere, a replica of the Venetian Renaissance original, made by electroforming in Geislingen in 1909. The Sailor Monument in Szczecin by Grunwaldzki Square is a copper helmsman with a windblown scarf, made by Ryszard Chachulski in 1980 and renovated in 2007. On Rayskiego Street stands the King Matt the First Monument, a figure in rose-coloured granite showing the title character of a Janusz Korczak novel; it is 145 cm high and was unveiled on 1 June 1961.
Outside the centre, sculptures stand in Turzyn, Łękno, Pogodno, Żelechowa and Głębokie. Among them are benches with figures of people tied to the city.
Kasprowicz Park holds the Monument to Polish Achievement in Szczecin (Pomnik Czynu Polaków), a column of stainless steel, roughly 22.5 m high, topped with three bronze eagles, by Gustaw Zemła, from 1979. Opposite, on Jasne Błonia, is the Monument to John Paul II in Szczecin from 1995, recalling the pope's Mass of 1987. In Turzyn sits the Michał Doliwo-Dobrowolski Bench, unveiled in 2022 and, according to the encyclopedia entry, the first monument to the inventor in the world. In General Anders Park, Jan Czekanowski, an anthropologist and researcher of Africa, sits on a travelling trunk. In Żelechowa, at Robotnicza and Dębogórska streets, waits the Sophie Caroline Auguste Tilebein Bench in Szczecin, recalling a German artist and the founder of aid for poor girls. In Głębokie, before the barracks, stands the Józef Haller Bench in Szczecin from 2021, and in Pogodno, in front of a hospital, the sandstone Good Samaritan Monument in Szczecin, by Georg Morin from the late 1930s. A fuller overview of sculpture is on the Rzeźba page, and the city as a whole is described on Szczecin.
The oldest work in this set is the Statue of Flora on White Eagle Square, a Baroque figure from around 1730. Some sources point instead to the 1780s.
Hercules in combat with a centaur, made by Ludwig Manzel in 1916, is on the terrace of the National Museum building.
On Lotników Square in Centrum. It is an electroformed copy of the Venetian statue, made in 1909.
Yes, benches commemorate Michał Doliwo-Dobrowolski, Józef Haller and Sophie Tilebein, while Jan Czekanowski sits on a travelling trunk.
