Sigismund's Column

The Sigismund's Column, located in the heart of the city on Palace Square, is one of the landmarks of the Polish capital Warsaw.

The baroque column was erected in 1644 by King Władysław IV Vasa in memory of his father Sigismund, who had declared the capital of Warsaw in 1596.

The design of the monument came from Constantino Tencalla, involvement in the arrangement of the square of Augustyn Locci. The Warsaw Glockengiesser Daniel Tym poured the statue after created by the Italian sculptor Clemente Molli model in bronze. The eight-foot -winning statue in the royal robes of a large cross in one hand and a sword in the other hand, was placed on a 20 -meter-high column. At the base four panels were attached to that list the major achievements of the king. In its design, the column is more reminiscent of religious and national symbols to what is seen as an indication of the close connection Zygmunt the Catholic Church.

The Sigismund column was destroyed in 1944 by the Germans, but already almost rebuilt old place five years later, now also as a symbol of the reconstruction of the devastated city.