Adam Mickiewicz, Monument to a poet in Mickiewicz Square, Lviv, Ukraine.

The Adam Mickiewicz Monument in Lviv is a 21-meter Neo-classical column on Mariacki Square (now Mickiewicz Square). The bronze figure of the poet, 3.3 meters tall, stands at the foot of the column, not on top; above him hovers a winged Genius of Poetry. The column is crowned by a gilded flame.

The monument was initiated in 1897 by the Lviv Literary Society on the centenary of Mickiewicz's birth, though the poet never visited the city. A committee led by Bronisław Radziszewski and Adam Krechowiecki chose Antoni Popiel's design from 28 entries in 1898. Construction lasted from 1902 to 1904, and the column was unveiled on 30 October 1904.

Mickiewicz never visited Lviv, yet the city's Literary Society launched the monument in 1897 for the centenary of his birth. The committee's first members each paid 50 crowns, and Henryk Sienkiewicz donated the proceeds of his Lviv readings. A "Komitet Pań" collected money from women across the city.

The memorial sits at the intersection of major streets in central Lviv, making it easy to reach from different parts of the city. The open plaza setting allows you to walk around it and view it from all angles.

The monument stands on thirteen piles driven into the ground because the underground river Poltva runs beneath the square; engineer Wincenty Rawski had warned that this made a massive monument risky. The flame atop the column was gilded, and the statue survived intact through the 20th century.