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Electio Viritim Monument

The Electio Viritim Monument is located in Wola, Warsaw. It stands in the area where Polish kings were elected during the period from 1575 to 1764. This historical significance connects the monument to the political traditions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the royal elections held on this site. The source text does not provide additional details about its appearance, material, or date of creation, but it identifies the monument as a marker of this important historic location.

Electio Viritim Monument in Warsaw with a bronze plaque below a relief of three historical figures.
The Electio Viritim Monument in Warsaw, showing a relief of historical figures and the memorial plaque beneath it.
April 2011 © Szczebrzeszynski · CC0
Electio Viritim Monument with a bronze relief of three figures on a tall light-grey column.
The Electio Viritim Monument shows a bronze relief of three historical figures mounted on a tall column.
March 2012 © · CC BY-SA 3.0
Electio Viritim Monument with a dark crown atop a light-colored shaft and relief figures on the central panel.
The Electio Viritim Monument in Warsaw, topped with an ornate crown and featuring a relief on its central shaft.
September 2007 © · CC BY-SA 3.0
Electio Viritim Monument, a tall pale column topped with a dark crown and relief carvings, standing on a cobblestone base in a park with autumn trees.
The Electio Viritim Monument stands on a cobblestone base in a tree-lined park in Warsaw.
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Electio Viritim Monument bronze crown on a stone pillar against a blue sky.
The Electio Viritim Monument topped with a weathered bronze crown.
March 2012 © · CC BY-SA 3.0

Identification

Sculpture typeMonument; column

Historical context

Dedication themeCommemorates Warsaw's 400 years as a capital and the historic election field where 10 kings of Poland were elected between 1575 and 1764
Site significanceLocated in the area where Polish kings were elected during 1575–1764 in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Creator

ArtistSculptor Stanisław Michalik

Discovery and provenance

Initiator of constructionOddział Wola of Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Warszawy

Physical characteristics

FormColumn with a granite shaft, without a base or capital, crowned with a bronze crown
ReliefBas-relief depicting three figures from Bernard Bellotto's painting Electio Stanisława Augusta (1778)
Relief locationWestern side of the column shaft
Inscription plaquePlaque below the relief with the inscription: "Obelisk / Electio Viritim / erected for the 400th anniversary / of Warsaw's capital status / on the former / election field / in the place / of the senators' tent / and the knights' circle / where in 1575–1764 / 10 kings of Poland were elected / Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Warszawy / Oddział Wola / 1997 r."
SurroundingsSurrounded by a stone circle with information plaques

Materials

Material of shaftGranite
Crowning elementBronze-cast crown
Shaft sourceFrom the demolition of the Kronenberg Palace, burned in September 1939

Location and ownership

LocationWola, Warsaw, Poland
Location referenced in inscriptionFormer election field, in the place of the senators' tent and the knights' circle