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