Monument of Sailor

Monument of Sailor[lower-alpha 1] is a monument in Szczecin, Poland at the Grunwald Square at the John Paul II Avenue. It was designed by Ryszard Chachulski and completed on 19 June 1980.[1][2]

Monument of Sailor
Pomnik Marynarza (Polish)
Monument of Sailor in 2012.
53°25′56″N 14°32′55″E
LocationGrunwald Square, Szczecin, Poland
DesignerRyszard Chachulski
TypeStatue
Materialcopper plate, concrete
Height3 85 cm (12.6 ft) (statue)
495 cm (16.3 ft) (total)
Completion date19 June 1980
Dedicated toSailors

Description
Monument of Sailor dressed up as Santa Claus in December 2020.

The monument has a form of statue of the helmsman sailor standing behind ship's wheel. It is made out of copper plate and stands on the concrete plinth veneered with gray granite plates. The height of the statue is 385 cm (12.6 ft) and total height of the monument is 495 cm (16.3 ft).[1][2]

Christmas season

Every year since 2017, on 1 December, the monument is dressed up in the costume of Santa Claus, with given the mantle, trousers, hat and beard. The event is organised by Polsteam as part of a promotional campaign of the local Christmas market that takes place on Kwiatowa Avenue, and at Żołnierza Polskiego and Lotników Squares.[3][4][5]

It takes 1.5 hours to dress up the statue. The costume was made by team of three people, including Ewelina Szubartowska, and required around 25 metres of the material, three metres of sheepskin coat and 10 metres of zipper.[2]

Explanatory notes
  1. Polish: Pomnik Marynarza

Citations
  1. "Pomniki i tablice w Szczecinie". um.szczecin.pl (in Polish). Szczecin City Hall. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  2. "Miedziany mikołaj odzyskał czapkę. Na miejsce wróciła w tajemniczych okolicznościach". szczecin.wyborcza.pl (in Polish). 12 December 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  3. "Marynarz przebrany za Mikołaja nie wszystkim się podoba". wszczecinie.pl (in Polish). 30 November 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  4. "Szczeciński Marynarz wkrótce zmieni się w Świętego Mikołaja". infoludek.pl (in Polish). 30 November 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  5. "Świąteczny klimat w Szczecinie. Marynarz już w stroju Mikołaja. ZDJĘCIA". szczecin.naszemiasto.pl (in Polish). 1 December 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2021.

General bibliography
  • Encyklopedia Szczecina, vol. 2, Szczecin, 2000, ISBN 83-7241-089-5.
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