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(Redirected from Beetle statue) Monument in Szczebrzeszyn, Poland
Beetle Monument
The monument in 2018.
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. 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).

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

First monument

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. It is located near the Zygmunt Kulikowski [pl] Street by the source of a spring flowing to the nearby Wieprz river.

Second monument

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. 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").

References

  1. ^ "Chrząszcz z brązu już stoi (zdjęcia i wideo)". szczebrzeszyn.info (in Polish). 20 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Chrząszcz brzmi w trzcinie w Szczebrzeszynie". gazetawroclawska.pl (in Polish).
  3. 10 Craziest Polish Tongue Twisters
  4. Kiedy pasikonik chce być chrząszczem, Lajf, a Lublin magazine, December 30, 2015
  5. Trudne pytanie o chrząszcza ze Szczebrzeszyna w Milionerach, March 23, 2023
  6. POMNIK CHRZĄSZCZA, szczebrzeszyn.info
  7. Szczebrzeszyn - pomnik chrząszcza
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