Park Staszica in Łódź, Public park in central Łódź, Poland.
Park Staszica is a park in central Łódź bounded by Narutowicza, Uniwersytecka, Jaracza and Wierzbowa streets. It was created in 1901 as the city's fourth public park. The grounds hold four trees and two glacial boulders designated natural monuments, and the park was entered in the monument register in 1992.
The park was created in 1901 as the fourth municipal park in Łódź, then called Ogród na Dzielnej or park miejski Przy Dzielnej. It received its current name in 1918. In 1912 the Pomnik Pracy was erected for the Craft and Industry Exhibition, and a monument to Stanisław Staszic was funded by the Association of Technicians; both were destroyed during World War II. A new Staszic monument by Kazimierz Karpiński was unveiled in 1984. The park was entered in the monument register in 1992.
The park is named after Stanisław Staszic, whom Łódź residents count among the city's "fathers" for his services to its development. A monument by Kazimierz Karpiński was unveiled in 1984 on the Narutowicza Street side during the congress of the Supreme Technical Organization. An earlier Staszic monument, funded by the Technicians' Association, and the 1912 Monument of Labour were destroyed in World War II.
The park can be entered from several directions, with the main entrance located along Narutowicza Street for easy access. Visitors can orient themselves using the four surrounding streets as reference points to find the areas they wish to explore.
Four trees and two glacial boulders in the park are legally protected natural monuments, a status separate from the park's 1992 entry in the monument register. The boulders are erratics, rocks carried here by ice sheets, not local stone.
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