Tadeusz Kościuszko Monument, Bronze memorial statue at Iron-Gate Square, Poland.
The Tadeusz Kościuszko Monument is a bronze statue standing on the Royal Axis in central Warsaw, depicting a general in American military uniform holding fortification plans. At the base of the figure, reliefs show scenes from the general's most important battles.
The monument was unveiled in 2010 as an exact copy of a statue placed in 1910 at Lafayette Square next to the White House in Washington. It replaced a communist-era memorial from the 1980s that had been removed in 1991.
The monument shows Kościuszko in an American military uniform, making visible his service in two revolutions: the American and the Polish one. Visitors who look at the reliefs around the base can recognize scenes from his most important battles.
The monument stands in central Warsaw along the Royal Axis and is easy to reach on foot from the main streets of the area. The space around the statue is open at all times and requires no ticket.
The Warsaw statue is a copy of a work originally created for Washington, which means two identical monuments to the general stand in two different capitals at the same time. The Warsaw project was funded jointly by a private bank and the city council, without national government money.
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