John III Sobieski Monument

The Monument of Jan III Sobieski, located on Agrykola Street, is a large-sized structure in which the central position is occupied by the figure of a king on a horse who rushes to a gallop. The king is dressed in knight's armor and a helmet with a panache, and the hooves of his horse trample the defeated Turkish soldiers. The sides of the monument are decorated with shields with inscriptions. The location of the monument is also a vantage point of the Royal Łazienki.

The royal monument in every way strengthen the observer in the conviction of his victory over the Turks, as evidenced by both the figures of soldiers, and the heap of weapons on which shields are supported. Such a composition was created on the orders of King Stanisław August Poniatowski himself, and its aim was to weaken the sympathy of the population towards the Turks in the face of the Russian-Turkish war. To make the monument Andrzej Le Brun used the block of Szydłowiec sandstone.

The monument is 4 m high and is modeled after the monument of Jan III Sobieski standing in Wilanów. The whole was set on a bridge reinforced with two spans and a section with an arcade. On the shields there are inscriptions in Polish and Latin. One of them is dedicated to the late King Jan III.