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The
monument
was
designed
by
sculptor Leonard
Marconi in
1897
in Lviv, Kingdom
of
Galicia
and
Lodomeria (part
of
the Austro-Hungarian
Empire)
and
cast
in
bronze.
The Neo-classical sculpture
features
playwright
Aleksander
Fredro
on
a sandstone pedestal
with
inscriptions
on
three
sides
wearing
a chamarre and
holding
a
roll
of
paper
and
a
goose quill.
The
monument
was
funded
by
the
Lviv
Artistic
and
Literary
Society
(Lwowskie
Koło
Literacko-Artystyczne) and
ceremonially
unveiled
on
October
24,
1897,
at
the
Academic
Square
(currently
Shevchenko
Avenue)
in
Lviv
in
the
presence
of
many
prominent
dignitaries
including
the
Land
Marshal
of
Galicia Stanisław
Marcin
Badeni,
prince Eustachy
Sanguszko, archbishop Izaak
Mikołaj
Isakowicz,
and
mayor
of
Lviv Godzimir
Małachowski.
The
monument
occupied
that
location
until
1950.
After
the Second
World
War,
Lviv
was
incorporated
into
the USSR and
in
1945
in Kiev,
the
Polish
delegation
signed
an
additional
protocol
to
the
1944
agreement
between
the Polish
Committee
of
National
Liberation and
the Ukrainian
SSR,
which
allowed
to
hand
over
to
the
Polish
government
the
national
monuments
in
Lviv
connected
to Polish
culture and history with
the
exception
of
the Adam
Mickiewicz
Monument which
"enjoys
great
popularity
and
is
loved
by
the
Ukrainian
nation".
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