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Cyprian Kamil Norwid Monument (Polish: Pomnik Cypriana Kamila Norwida) is a sculpture in Warsaw, Poland, within the neighbourhood of Ujazdów in the Downtown district, in the Royal Baths Park. It has a form of a white stone sculpture of Cyprian Norwid, a 19th-century writer, poet, painter sculptor, and philosopher, placed on a granite pedestal. The monument was unvailed in 2006, and based on sculpture by Julia Keilowa.




History


The monument was dedicated to Cyprian Norwid, a 19th-century writer, poet, painter sculptor, and philosopher. It was a replica of a sculpture by Julia Keilowa, and unveiled in 2006, the 185th anniversary of the year of Norwid's death.




Characteristics


The monument is placed in the central portion of the Royal Baths Park. It is located within the neighbourhood of Ujazdów in the Downtown district.
The white stone sculpture depicts an upper-half of Cyprian Norwid, wearing a longcoat, and with a hand placed on his chest. His head is tiled down. At the pottom of the sculpture is written "Norwid". It is placed on a granite pedestal, that has text that reads "Cóż wiesz o pięknem?… Kształtem jest miłości", and translates to "And what do you know about beauty?… It is the shape of love". It is a quote from Norwid's 1851 long poem titled Promethidion.




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