Cemeteries and monuments
marble monument from 1949 in Chopin Park, with a bronze medallion
Cemeteries and monuments
copy of the cast-iron lion from the 1849 monument to victims of the Napoleonic wars
Cemeteries and monuments
an Armenian stone cross of red tuff, a gift from Armenia commemorating the Armenian genocide
Monuments in Gliwice include the marble Chopin in the park, the sleeping lion on Valenciennes Square and an Armenian khachkar by Holy Trinity Church.
The three monuments speak of different things: music, nineteenth-century war victims and remembrance of a genocide. Each stands in the open air, free of charge.
The Frédéric Chopin Monument stands in the Gliwice park named after him. Made of marble with a bronze medallion, it was unveiled on 17 June 1949, in the year of the composer's centenary of death. The idea came from Marcin Kamiński, a pianist who founded the State Music School in Gliwice.
The Sleeping Lion is a 2009 copy today. The original was unveiled on 15 October 1849 as a monument to Prussian soldiers who died in the Gliwice field hospital after the battles of 1813-1814.
The khachkar is an Armenian stele of red tuff in front of Holy Trinity Church on Mikołowska Street. It commemorates the Armenian genocide and is a gift from the Armenian nation.
No, it is a cast made in 2009, a copy of the monument of 1849.
In front of Holy Trinity Church on Mikołowska Street. It is a stone stele of red tuff.
See Gliwice for the city and Monuments for the wider range of memorials.
