Beetle Monuments
monument in Szczebrzeszyn, Poland
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). The phrase is a famous Polish tongue twister.
The statues present an insect from the orthoptera order (grasshopper or a cricket), rather than a beetle.
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.
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