Maszt Wolności, Flag mast monument in Wola, Warsaw, Poland
Maszt Wolności is a 63-metre flag mast in the western part of Rondo Zgrupowania AK "Radosław", in the Wola district of Warsaw. The steel structure has a spindle shape, wider in the middle, and rests on a V-shaped foundation of nine piles. A 100-square-metre flag is hoisted electrically at the top.
The mast was erected in 2014 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising and Poland's decade of European Union membership. This construction merged two major milestones in the country's recent history.
The roundabout was renamed in 2011 after the Home Army unit "Radosław" that fought in the Warsaw Uprising. Each 1 August the mast flies a flag bearing the Fighting Poland anchor for 63 days, the length of the uprising; for the other 302 days it carries the national flag. Information boards shaped like benches stand at its base.
The site is located on an open roundabout in Żoliborz and is accessible from several directions. Visitors can view the structure from different distances and angles throughout the day without barriers.
The mast stands in the western part of the roundabout, between Aleja Jana Pawła II and Okopowa Street, in Wola. Its steel structure was made at H. Cegielski in Poznań, and installing it required moving tram traction cables. The flag is raised electrically and a rotating joint keeps it from wrapping around the mast.
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