King John III Sobieski Monument (Gdańsk)

King John III Sobieski Monument

View of the John III Sobieski Monument in Gdańsk, 2019

Location| Gdańsk, Poland
Coordinates| 54°21′7.6″N 18°38′54.5″E﻿ / ﻿54.352111°N 18.648472°E﻿ / 54.352111; 18.648472
Designer| Tadeusz Barącz [pl]
Type| equestrian statue
Material| bronze
Height| 8 meters (26 ft)
Opening date| 20 November, 1898, (Lviv)
26 June, 1965 (Gdańsk)
Dedicated to| John III Sobieski

Historic Monument of Poland

Designated| 1994-09-08
Part of| Gdańsk – city within the 17th-century fortifications
Reference no.| M.P. 1994 nr 50 poz. 415[1]

The King John III Sobieski Monument (Polish: Pomnik króla Jana III Sobieskiego) is an equestrian statue of the King of Poland John III Sobieski (1629-1696). Originally built in Lviv in 1898, the monument was transferred to Gdańsk in 1965.

## History

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John III Sobieski Monument in Lviv, ca. 1900

The monument was funded by the city of Lviv, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire). It was officially unveiled on 20 November 1898. The equestrian statue of the Polish king was designed by sculptor Tadeusz Barącz and cast in bronze by the Viennese company owned by Artur Krupp. The large Neo-Baroque pedestal of the monument made of grey Ternopil sandstone was created in Julian Markowski's sculpture studio in Lviv. The design of the king was modelled on a Lviv entrepreneur Marian Stipal. It was erected at a garden square along the Wały Hetmańskie Avenue (currently Freedom Avenue), one of the most representational pedestrian boulevards of the city. At present, a monument dedicated to Taras Shevchenko is located in that place.[2][3][4]

Sobieski, the only King of Poland hailing from the Lviv region (he was born in Olesko, frequently visited the town of Żółkiew and owned a royal townhouse in Lviv), was depicted in a festive national costume (wearing żupan and kontusz) jumping on horseback over a fallen enemy cannon and smashed remnants on the battlefield including a broken gun carriage. The figure of the king faced the south-eastern direction from where Lviv was frequently subjected to attacks by invading forces.[5][6]

Tadeusz Barącz's work stylistically resembles earlier depictions of the king, especially the statue in the Łazienki Park in Warsaw unveiled in 1787, in both cases the proportions of the horse and the rider seem to be questionable.[7]

When Lviv was re-captured by the USSR in 1944, a suggestion was put forward in order to remodel the statue to resemble Bohdan Khmelnytsky, the national hero of Ukraine. However, in 1950 the statue was handed over to Polish authorities. For 16 years, it was displayed in a park near the Wilanów Palace, one of the monarch's residences, before it was moved to Gdańsk. The city officials from Kraków and Wrocław were also interested in acquiring the monument but their bids to host it proved unsuccessful. The monument is located in one of the major parks of Gdańsk's Old Town, the Drzewny Targ (Wooden Market), and it was ceremonially unveiled on 26 June 1965. The king faces the western direction. The original plaque with the inscription Królowi Janowi III, miasto Lwów, MDCCCXCVIII ("To King John III, the City of Lviv, 1898") was fitted after 1989. In 2000, the monument became illuminated.[7][8]

The monument weighs approximately 7 tonnes and is over 8 metres high. In 2019, the city authorities announced plans to construct an illuminated fountain in front of the monument.[9]

## Gallery

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* The king's Janina coat of arms with an eagle and Pogonia

* Targ Drzewny and the Monument to John III Sobieski

* Illumination of the John III Sobieski Monument

* Front view

* Rear view

* Dates of the king's victorious battles

* Original plaque with dedication

## See also

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to John III Sobieski Monument in Gdańsk.

* Tadeusz Kościuszko Monument, Kraków
* Monument to Prince Józef Poniatowski in Warsaw
* Aleksander Fredro Monument in Wrocław

## References

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1. ^ Zarządzenie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 8 września 1994 r. w sprawie uznania za pomnik historii., M.P., 1994, vol. 50, No. 415
2. ^ "Pomnik króla Jana III Sobieskiego". Retrieved 2019-07-26.
3. ^ "Jan III Sobieski Monument". Retrieved 2019-07-26.
4. ^ "PROSP. SVOBODY – FORMER MONUMENT TO JAN III SOBIESKI". Retrieved 2019-07-26.
5. ^ "Ze Lwowa przez Warszawę do Gdańska. Historia pomnika króla Jana III Sobieskiego". Retrieved 2019-07-26.
6. ^ "Pomnik Jana III Sobieskiego". Retrieved 2019-07-26.
7. ^ a b "Pomnik króla Jana III Sobieskiego". Retrieved 2019-07-26.
8. ^ "PROSP. SVOBODY – FORMER MONUMENT TO JAN III SOBIESKI". Retrieved 2019-07-26.
9. ^ "Powstanie fontanna przed pomnikiem Jana III Sobieskiego". Retrieved 2019-07-26.

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