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Sigismund's Column

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

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N 52° 14.838' E 021° 00.805' (WGS84)

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 Ocultos en: 14. julio 2015
 Publicado en: 14. julio 2015
 Última actualización: 14. julio 2015
 Listado: 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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encuentran 15. agosto 2025, 11:44 pernice89 ha encontrado el geocache

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I'm here in Warsaw, let's have a picture with this nice column!
Grazie GeoLog81!
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encuentran 04. agosto 2025, 22:05 Masltov ha encontrado el geocache

Auf unserer Geocaching-Runde besucht. Danke fürs Herlocken.

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encuentran 12. julio 2025, 13:06 Iksnigor ha encontrado el geocache

Found during a Guns n Roses weekend in Warsaw. Before the gig we went to  a very pleasant family stroll around the city center. Big thanks for setting the cache.

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encuentran 14. junio 2025, 20:30 viciu ha encontrado el geocache

Veni, vidi, viciu!
I cyk, odhaczone.
DZS!

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encuentran 27. enero 2025, 18:16 Cezex ha encontrado el geocache

3system geohunt in this area.

That was a bad time for photos but good for grabe around some geocaches with real boxes.

Thank you for create of this virtual one too.

See yaa on the field.

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