52°12′37″N 20°58′33″E / 52.210259°N 20.975908°E | |
Location | Grójecka Street, Ochota, Warsaw, Poland |
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Designer | Julian Pałka |
Type | Sculpture |
Material | Concrete |
Opening date | 12 September 1979 |
The September Barricade Monument (Polish: Pomnik Barykada Września) is a brutalist mounument in Warsaw, Poland. It is located in the district of Ochota, at Grójecka Street, near the intersection with Opaczewska Street. The monument commemorates a barricade that was constructed by the Polish Armed Forces during the Siege of Warsaw, and used between 8 and 27 September 1939. It consists of three large concrete sculptures, depicting numerals of dates 8-IX (8 September), the day the barricade was erected, 1939, the year of the siege, and 27-IX (27 September), the day the city capitulated. It was designed by Julian Pałka, and unveiled on 12 September 1979.