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The King Matt the First Monument [a] is a monument in Szczecin, Poland, placed in front of the 54th Primary School, at 9 Rayskiego Street. It is dedicated to writer Janusz Korczak and consists of a statue depicting the titular character from his 1923 children's novel King Matt the First .
King Matt the First (Polish: Król Maciuś Pierwszy) is a children's novel published in 1923 by Polish author, pediatrician, and child pedagogue Janusz Korczak.In addition to telling the story of a young king's adventures, it describes many social reforms, particularly targeting children, some of which Korczak enacted in his own orphanage, and is a thinly veiled allegory of contemporary and ...
Korczak was born in Warsaw in 1878. He was unsure of his birth date, which he attributed to his father's failure to promptly acquire a birth certificate for him. [4] His parents were Józef Goldszmit, [1] a respected lawyer from a family of proponents of the haskalah, [5] and Cecylia née Gębicka, daughter of a prominent Kalisz family. [6]
The first in the series was installed temporarily in Sarasota, Florida, then was moved to San Diego, California, and New York City. Other copies have been installed in Hamilton, New Jersey; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; and Normandy, France. Johnson later identified the statue at exhibitions as "Embracing Peace" for the risqué double entendre when spoken.
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The first draft of a treaty was agreed upon on 28 March 1478, and the text was completed by the end of 1477. [115] The treaty authorized both monarchs to use the title of King of Bohemia although Vladislaus could omit to style Matthias as such in their correspondence, and the Lands of the Bohemian Crown were divided between them. Vladislaus ...
Awaji Kannon or World Peace Giant Kannon, was a large gypsum statue, museum and temple complex on Awaji Island, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. The statue, which was one of the tallest in the world, had an observation deck at the top. It opened in 1982. Despite lots of visitors when it first opened, the statue fell into disrepair and was closed in 2006.
Statue of Sir John Cass on the façade of 31 Jewry Street in the City of London, the headquarters of Sir John Cass's Foundation. This statue is a fiberglass replica of the original. [423] [428] [429] Statue and bust of Sir John Cass: London: Jun 16, 2020: Removed by owner Statue and bust of Sir John Cass at Sir John Cass Redcoat School, Stepney ...