 The monument in 2018. | |
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| 50°42′41.31″N 22°58′43.83″E / 50.7114750°N 22.9788417°E | |
| Location | Kościuszko Square, Szczebrzeszyn, Poland |
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| Designer | Zygmunt Jarmuł |
| Type | Statue |
| Material | Bronze |
| Height | 2 m |
| Opening date | 23 July 2011 |
The Beetle Monuments (Polish: Pomniki chrząszcza) are two similar monuments in Szczebrzeszyn, Poland, statues of an amphomorphic beetle wearing a dinner suit and a top hat, and playing on a fiddle.[1][2] The monuments allude to the Polish tongue twister poem Chrząszcz by Jan Brzechwa, which the town is widely associated with among the Poles. Its first line reads: W Szczebrzeszynie chrząszcz brzmi w trzcinie (translation: In Szczebrzeszyn a beetle buzzes in the reeds).[3]
In fact, the statues present an insect from the orthoptera order (grasshopper or a cricket), rather than a beetle,[4] a subject of a trick question at the game show Milionerzy (a Polish version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?) .[5]
- ^ "Chrząszcz z brązu już stoi (zdjęcia i wideo)". szczebrzeszyn.info (in Polish). 20 July 2011.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
gwwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ 10 Craziest Polish Tongue Twisters
- ^ Kiedy pasikonik chce być chrząszczem, Lajf, a Lublin magazine, December 30, 2015
- ^ Trudne pytanie o chrząszcza ze Szczebrzeszyna w Milionerach, March 23, 2023