📌Monument to the Deed of Poles, mostly known as Three Eagles Monument. Located in Kasprowicz Park, opposite Jasne Błonia. It was designed by Gustaw Zemła and unveiled in 1979.
It is an expression of respect and thanks to the society of Szczecin for rebuilding and expanding the city after World War II.
The eagles were cast in bronze in Warsaw, while the steel pedestal was cast in the Szczecin Shipyard.
👌🏼Fun Fact. Monument had rather interesting logistics. From Warsaw, the eagles were transported along the Vistula River to the port of Gdańsk, and then along the Baltic Sea to the port in Świnoujście, and then through the Szczecin Lagoon to the port in Szczecin. Finally through the city streets to Kasprowicz Park.
The pedestal had a much shorter route: Shipyard-Park Kasprowicz.
The monument depicts three eagles taking flight. Each of the birds symbolizes one of the three generations of Poles
⭐️Polish community in Szczecin before World War II,
⭐️Pioneers of post-war Szczecin,
⭐️The generation rebuilding the city
🪨The material from which the monument was made had a symbolic meaning. “Granite is as hard as the Pomeranian people. Bronze as in the tradition of knightly swords and the Zygmunt Bell in Krakow. Steel is modernity, because the best ships in the world were built in Szczecin and were made of this raw material.»
✨The height of the Monument – 22.5 m, wingspan – 6.5 m, the weight of the monument is about 143 tons. More than 4 meters of the column is below the ground surface and this part is embedded in an approximately 150-ton block of concrete. In this underground part of the column there is a protective chamber, from where two ladders lead to the inside of the eagles. They are used to operate and maintain the structure from the inside.
