Warsaw Mermaid
The Mermaid Monument is a zinc sculpture placed at the Old Town Market Place in Warsaw, Poland. The contemporary sculpture is a 2008 replica, with the original, designed by Konstanty Hegel and unveiled in 1855, currently being held in the nearby Museum of Warsaw.Photo: Grzegorz Polak, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: monument in Warsaw
- Also known as: “Mermaid monument” and “Mermaid Monument”
- Address: Rynek Starego Miasta
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St. John’s Archcathedral and Adam Mickiewicz Museum of Literature.
St. John’s Archcathedral
Church
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St John's Archcathedral is a Catholic church within the Old Town precinct in Warsaw, Poland. The Brick Gothic structure stands on Świętojańska Street, adjacent to the Jesuit Church. St. John’s Archcathedral is situated 140 metres southeast of Warsaw Mermaid.
Adam Mickiewicz Museum of Literature
Museum
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The Adam Mickiewicz Museum of Literature is a museum named for noted Polish poet and essayist Adam Mickiewicz in Warsaw, Poland. It was established in 1950.
Museum of Warsaw
Museum
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Museum of Warsaw is a museum in the Old Town Market Place in Warsaw, Poland. It was established in 1936.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Old and New Town and New Town, Warsaw.
Old and New Town
Photo: Olaf1541, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Old Town and New Town are the two oldest parts of Warsaw. Administratively, they are neighbourhoods in the district of Śródmieście. The Old Town is comparatively small to the old towns of many other European cities, as during the time of its development Warsaw was a small town of mostly local importance and not yet the capital of Poland.
New Town, Warsaw
Quarter
Photo: SchiDD, CC BY-SA 4.0.
New Town, Polish: Nowe Miasto, historically known as New Warsaw is a neighbourhood, and an area of the City Information System, in the city of Warsaw, Poland, located within the district of Śródmieście.
Mariensztat
Neighborhood
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Mariensztat is a historic neighbourhood along the Vistula river in central Warsaw, the capital of Poland. Situated between the riverbank and the UNESCO-protected Old Town, Mariensztat is part of the larger Śródmieście borough and is one of the city's smallest neighbourhoods.
Warsaw Mermaid
- Categories: monument, statue, tourism, historic site, and memorial
- Location: Śródmieście, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
52.24979° or 52° 14′ 59″ northLongitude
21.01217° or 21° 0′ 44″ eastOpen location code
9G4362X6+WVOpenStreetMap ID
way 404150162OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q25413410
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Russian—“Warsaw Mermaid” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Сірэна Варшаўская”
- Chinese: “華沙美人魚雕像 (老城區)”
- Chinese: “華沙美人魚雕像”
- French: “Statue de la Sirène de Varsovie”
- German: “Syrenka-Denkmal (Konstanty Hegel)”
- German: “Syrenka-Denkmal”
- German: “Warschauer Seejungfer”
- Polish: “Pomnik Syreny w Warszawie (Stare Miasto)”
- Polish: “Pomnik Syreny w Warszawie”
- Polish: “Syrenka Warszawska”
- Russian: “Статуя Сиренки”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dom Sztuki Ludowej and Kamienica Winklerowska.
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