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Sigismund's Column
Monument4.7 · 18 1464.1 · 634≈ 22 minFree entry1.8 km from the center
Standing proudly in Castle Square at the entrance to Warsaw's Old Town, this monument was erected in 1644 by King Władysław IV Vasa. It honors his father, Sigismund III Vasa, who transferred Poland's capital from Kraków to Warsaw in 1596. The 22-meter Corinthian column is crowned with a bronze statue of the king holding a cross and sabre. Destroyed during the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, it was rebuilt in 1949 using Finnish granite.
Highlights
- One of Europe's oldest secular column monuments, first raised in 1644
- Bronze statue of King Sigismund III Vasa bearing a cross and curved sabre
- Central landmark and gathering point in Castle Square by the Royal Castle
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