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Sigismund's Column

Sigismund's Column (Polish: Kolumna Zygmunta), erected in 1644, is one of Warsaw's most known landmarks

by GeoLog81     Poland > Mazowieckie > Miasto Warszawa

N 52° 14.838' E 021° 00.805' (WGS84)

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 Hidden on: 14 July 2015
 Published on: 14 July 2015
 Last update: 14 July 2015
 Listing: https://opencaching.de/OC1228F

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Sigismund's Column (Polish: Kolumna Zygmunta), erected in 1644, is one of Warsaw's most known landmarks and one of the oldest secular monuments in northern Europe (the oldest in Warsaw). The column and statue commemorate King Sigismund (Zygmunt) III Waza, who in 1596 had moved Poland's capital from Kraków to Warsaw.


King Sigismund III Vasa (Zygmunt III Vasa) was elected as the king of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in the year 1587. His long rule, till his death in 1632, was an uneasy period, marked with wars with Sweden and the Cossac uprisings.  
The column was erected in 1644, on the orders of Sigismund's son and successor, King Wladyslaw IV Vasa. The column was designed by the architect Constantino Tencalla and sculptor Clemente Molli, and casted by the bell-founder Daniel Tym. The sculpture of the king is 2,75 m high, made of bronze.


The column was renovated between 1885 and 1887. The original column cylinder, made of conglomerate from Chęciny, was replaced by the granite one (you can see the original cylinder exposed east from column, near the side entrance to the Royal castle.  
On 1/2nd September 1944, during The Warsaw Uprising, the statue was hit by a German projectile. The column has fallen, but the sculpture was only slightly damaged. After WWII the column was re-erected.

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Found 15 April 2023, 15:18 Kajf666 found the geocache

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Found 29 January 2023, 17:48 tomaszg found the geocache

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Found 17 June 2022 Miki05 found the geocache

Thank You. TFTC!

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Found 18 August 2020, 16:03 Witas86 found the geocache

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Found 12 May 2018, 13:23 Bierfilz found the geocache

Bei der Besichtigung der Warschauer Altstadt kam ich natürlich auch an der Sigismund Säule vorbei. Das Foto mit dem von mir hochgereckten Garmin wurde von meiner Frau geschossen.

Danke für den virtuellen Cache und besonders herzliche Grüße an den mir persönlich bekannten GeoLog81 von Bierfilz aus Nürnberg, Deutschland


When I visited Warsaw's old town, I was also passing by the Sigismund column. The photo with my high stretched Garmin was shot by my wife.

Thanks for the virtual cache and especially warm greetings to the personally known GeoLog81 of Bierfilz from Nuremberg, Germany

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