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Beetle Monuments

Monument in Szczebrzeszyn, Poland
Beetle Monument
The monument in 2018.
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50°42′41.31′′N 22°58′43.83′′E / 50.7114750°N 22.9788417°E / 50.7114750; 22.9788417
LocationKościuszko Square, Szczebrzeszyn, Poland
DesignerZygmunt Jarmuł
TypeStatue
MaterialBronze
Height2 m
Opening date23 July 2011

The Beetle Monuments (Polish: Pomniki chrząszcza) are two similar monuments in Szczebrzeszyn, Poland, statues of an amphomorphic beetle wearing a dinner suit and a top hat, and playing on a fiddle.[1] [2] The monuments allude to the Polish tongue twister poem Chrząszcz by Jan Brzechwa, which the town is widely associated with among the Poles. Its first line reads: W Szczebrzeszynie chrząszcz brzmi w trzcinie (translation: In Szczebrzeszyn a beetle buzzes in the reeds).[3]

In fact, the statues present an insect from the orthoptera order (grasshopper or a cricket), rather than a beetle,[4] a subject of a trick question at the game show Milionerzy (a Polish version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? ) .[5]

First monument

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The wooden statue of the beetle, unveiled in 2002
50°41′27′′N 22°58′29′′E / 50.6908621°N 22.9747933°E / 50.6908621; 22.9747933

In September 2002, at Klukowskiego Street in Szczebrzeszyn, at the foot of the Castle Hill, a statue was unveiled of an amphomorphic beetle playing on a fiddle. It is made from linden wood and placed on a stone pedestal. It has a height of 3 m and width of 1 m. It was created by students of the Zamość Liceum of Arts under the supervision of professor Zygmunt Jarmuł.[6] [1] It is located near the Zygmunt Kulikowski  [pl] Street by the source of a spring flowing to the nearby Wieprz river.[7]

Second monument

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Since wood is a perishable material, the city of Szczebrzeszyn commissioned Zygmunt Jarmuł to create a more durable statue of a beetle. It was unveiled by the Szczebrzeszyn ratusz (town hall) at the market square (part of the Kościuszko Square) on 23 July 2011.[1] [2] It consists of a bronze statue of an anthropomorphic beetle wearing a dinner suit and a top hat, and playing on a fiddle. It has a height of about 2 m. It was 70% funded by the EU withiun the project "Z kulturalną wizytą w chrząszczowym grodzie" ("On a cultural visit to the beetle town").[1]

References

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