Adam Mickiewicz Monument, Navahrudak, Bronze monument in Navahrudak, Belarus.
The Adam Mickiewicz Monument in Navahrudak is a 3.1-metre bronze figure of the young poet with flowing hair and a long cloak, one hand slightly raised. It stands on a field boulder on Maly Zamok Street near Castle Hill, close to the Mickiewicz Mound, Navahrudak Castle and the Far Church where he was baptised.
A stela with a mosaic portrait of Mickiewicz, made by V. Grek, stood on this spot from 1975. The bronze figure by sculptor Valerian Yanushkevich was unveiled on 12 September 1992 during an international festival honouring the poet. Deputy Polish culture minister Michał Jagiełło and Poland's first ambassador to Belarus, Elżbieta Smułkowa, attended, the same day the renovated Mickiewicz House-Museum reopened.
This monument honors a poet whose works remain deeply rooted in the region's literary consciousness. The placement in the town center reflects his importance to the local and broader cultural identity.
The sculpture is located in a central spot that is easy to find when walking through town. You can visit at any time since it stands in an open public space with no access restrictions.
Before the bronze figure was placed here, the spot held a stele with a mosaic portrait of Mickiewicz, installed in 1975 by artist V. Grek. The stele was replaced when the monument was unveiled on 12 September 1992, during an international festival honouring the poet.
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