Memorial to Fallen Workers 1970
The Monument to the Fallen Shipyard Workers 1970 was unveiled on 16 December 1980 near the entrance to what was then the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, on the Baltic coast of northern Poland.Photo: Avi1111, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Lestath, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Memorial
- Description: monument (Gdańsk, Poland)
- Also known as: “Monument to the Fallen Shipyard Workers of 1970”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Solidarity Museum (European Solidarity Centre) and Gate No. 2 of the Gdańsk Shipyard.
Solidarity Museum (European Solidarity Centre)
Museum
Photo: Fallaner, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The European Solidarity Centre is a museum and library in Gdańsk, Poland, devoted to the history of Solidarity, the Polish trade union and civil resistance movement, and other opposition movements of Communist Eastern Europe. It opened on 31 August 2014.
Gate No. 2 of the Gdańsk Shipyard
Photo: Gower, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Gate No. 2 of the Gdańsk Shipyard is one of the gates leading into Gdańsk Shipyard. Because of the gate's proximity to the Shipyard's management buildings as well as its good access to Gdańsk Main City and Gdańsk Główny railway station, the Gate is commonly considered to be the main entrance to the Shipyard.
Center for worker protection of Gdansk shipyard
Museum
Photo: Gower, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Center for worker protection of Gdansk shipyard is a museum, which is situated 220 metres northeast of Memorial to Fallen Workers 1970.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Old Town and Grodzisko.
Old Town
Quarter
Photo: Silar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Old Town is a quarter of Śródmieście, a district of Gdańsk. It is the oldest area of the city to be granted city rights or privileges.
Grodzisko
Neighborhood
Photo: Maciej Błędkowski, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Grodzisko, historically known as Góra Gradowa, is a quarter of Śródmieście, a district of Gdańsk.
Ołowianka
Quarter
Ołowianka is an island located east of the city center in Gdańsk, Poland. The island is enclosed by the Motława from the north and west and Stepka Channel from the east. It is one of the two islands located on the Motława, alongside Granary Island.
Memorial to Fallen Workers 1970
- Categories: cenotaph, architectural heritage monument, and historic site
- Location: Gdańsk, Pomorskie, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
54.36054° or 54° 21′ 38″ northLongitude
18.64903° or 18° 38′ 57″ eastOpen location code
9F6W9J6X+6JOpenStreetMap ID
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historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q764396
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Vietnamese—“Memorial to Fallen Workers 1970” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Помнік забітым работнікам верфі”
- Belarusian: “Помнік паўшым працаўнікам верфі”
- Belarusian: “Помнік паўшым работнікам верфі”
- Catalan: “Monument als treballadors de la drassana caiguts el 1970”
- Chinese: “1970年死难造船厂工人纪念碑”
- French: “monument aux ouvriers du chantier naval tombés en 1970”
- French: “Monument aux ouvriers du chantier naval tombés en 1970”
- German: “Pomnik Poległych Stoczniowców 1970”
- Greek: “Μνημείο των Πεσόντων Εργατών του Ναυπηγείου το 1970 (Γκντανσκ)”
- Hebrew: “האנדרטה לזכר חללי פועלי המספנות של 1970”
- Italian: “Monumento agli operai del cantiere navale caduti nel 1970”
- Korean: “1970년 조선소 노동자 희생자 기념비”
- Polish: “Pomnik Poległych Stoczniowców 1970”
- Polish: “Pomnik Stoczniowców 1970”
- Polish: “Pomnik Stoczniowców”
- Polish: “Pomnik Trzech Krzyży”
- Russian: “Памятник павшим рабочим верфи”
- Spanish: “Monumento a los trabajadores del astillero caídos en 1970”
- Ukrainian: “Пам’ятник полеглим робітникам верфі”
- Vietnamese: “Đài tưởng niệm Công nhân Xưởng đóng tàu đã hy sinh năm 1970”
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Highlights include Plac Solidarności and Wydział Zabaw.
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