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President names new monuments to Polish history

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Alicja Baczyńska 11.12.2018 08:30
President Andrzej Duda has named 14 new monuments to Poland’s history to mark the anniversary of the country’s independence.
Polish President Andrzej Duda. Photo: PAP/Jacek TurczykPolish President Andrzej Duda. Photo: PAP/Jacek Turczyk

In a speech delivered at a gala at Warsaw’s National Theatre, Duda said Poland “has 105 monuments to history on [its] independence centenary.”

The Gdańsk shipyard, the birthplace of the anti-communist Solidarity movement, was chosen as the 100th monument.

Duda said: “The Gdańsk shipyard is the symbol of Solidarity, the struggle for freedom and the symbol of [Poland’s] revival.”

He added: “It is thanks to Solidarity members and their fight without weapons … which ended in victory that [Poles] enjoy a free, independent and self-governing country.”

Other sites listed as monuments to Polish history include the Christ the King and St. Rocco church complex in the eastern city of Białystok, the Bóbrka oil mine in southeastern Poland alongside the Dobrzyca palace and park complex in the central part of the country.

The monuments to Polish history project began in 1994. It includes sites of great cultural and historical importance for the country.

(aba/pk)

Source: PAP

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