Wikipedia Monument
sculpture in Poland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Wikipedia Monument (Polish: Pomnik Wikipedii) is a statue designed by Armenian sculptor Mihran Hakobyan honoring Wikipedia contributors. It is located in Słubice, Poland.
The fiber and resin sculpture cost about 50,000 złotys (about $14,000; 12,000 euros). It was funded by Słubice regional authorities. It was unveiled in Frankfurt Square (Plac Frankfurcki) on 22 October 2014 in a ceremony that included representatives from both local Wikimedia chapters and the Wikimedia Foundation. [1]
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The monument shows four naked people holding up a globe. This globe is based on the Wikipedia logo.[2] The statue is more than two metres (6 ft 7 in) tall.[3][4]
The statue is made of fiber and resin. It was designed by Mihran Hakobyan, an artist from Armenia who graduated from Collegium Polonicum.[2][4][5] The local government of Słubice paid about 50,000 złotys (around $13,500 or €11,700) for it. [2][5] [6]
The monument has this message written on it:
With this monument the citizens of Słubice would like to pay homage to thousands of anonymous editors all over the world, who have contributed voluntarily to the creation of Wikipedia, the greatest project co-created by people regardless of political, religious or cultural borders. In the year this monument is unveiled Wikipedia is available in more than 280 languages and contains about 30 million articles. The benefactors behind this monument feel certain that with Wikipedia as one of its pillars the knowledge society will be able to contribute to the sustainable development of our civilization, social justice and peace among nations.[7]
The final statue includes both men and women.[8][9] The first small model of the statue only showed men.[10][11]
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