Monuments in Warsaw
Warsaw Uprising Monument was built in 1989, 45 years after Warsaw Uprising. It symbolizes the soldiers' fighting on the barricades and coming down to the sewage channels.

Frédéric Chopin Monument is a replica made in 1957 – 1958 of a sculpture that dates back to 1904. The original one was cast in Paris. It was built in Secesja (art noveau) style and the monument that can be seen nowadays has been made based on the models and photographs of the original statue.

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a symbolic monument in honor to all the unknown soldiers who died for Poland. It was destroyed in 1944 and later rebuilt.

Monument to the Battle of Monte Cassino: it honors the 2nd Polish Corps. It was raised in May 1999.

Ignacy Jan Paderewski Monument: This patriot was one of the founders of the Polish Independent State. He died in 1942 in the US, and besides, he was a famous pianist and composer, politician and social militant.

Adam Mickiewicz Monument: He was the greatest Polish poet. The monument was built in 1898, in the 100th anniversary of the poet’s birth.

Juliusz Słowacki Monument: He was a famous romantic Polish poet of the 19th Century.

The Monument to the Fallen and Murdered in the East is a train platform like the one used to transport Polish people into the Soviet Union. The platform has crosses, which symbolize the dead people. It was raised in September 1995.

Jan Kiliński Monument: He was the leader of Warsaw burghers in the Kościuszko Insurrection.

Monument to Pawiak Victims: This monument consists of a dead tree with obituary notices of the killed prisoners.

The Monument to the Heroes of the Ghetto was designed by Natan Rappaport. It was financed by Jewish organizations and raised in the ruins of the Ghetto in 1948, on the fifth anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

Nicholas Copernicus Monument: The statue of this famous astronomer was designed by B. Thorvaldsen. In 1944 the monument was attacked and it was later restored.