The Statue of Flora ( ; ) is a

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sculpture in

Szczecin Szczecin ( , , ; ; ; or ) is the capital city, capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the Poland-Germany border, German border, it is a major port, seaport, the la ...

, Poland, placed at the

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. It consists of a statue of

Flora Flora (: floras or florae) is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring (indigenous (ecology), indigenous) native plant, native plants. The corresponding term for animals is ''fauna'', and for f ...

, goddess of flowers and spring in

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, with two

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standing next to her legs, one with a flower basket, and one with a

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. It was designed by Johann Konrad Koch, and sculptured by

Johann Georg Glume Johann, typically a male given name, is the German language, German form of ''Iohannes'', which is the Latin language, Latin form of the Greek language, Greek name ''Iōánnēs'' (), itself derived from Hebrew language, Hebrew name ''Johanan (name ...

around 1730.

History

The Statue of Flora was designed by Johann Konrad Koch, and sculptured by Johann Georg Glume around 1730. It was made from

imported from

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in Germany. It was originally placed in the centre of

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of the Grumbkow Palace in

, where it replaced a wooden statue of a sitting woman, made by Erhard Lőffler, and probably designed by Johann Georg Glume. The change was most likely caused by the renovations done after the building was bought by merchant Jacob Frederick Wietzlow. In the second half of the 19th century, it was moved to the palace garden where it stayed until the building was deconstructed in 1890. In 1906, it was placed in front of the Park Hotel in the Żeromski Park (then known as the ''Grabowo Gardens'').Tadeusz Białecki (editor): ''Encyklopedia Szczecina, tom 2.: P–Ż'', Szczecin: University of Szczecin, Zakład Historii Pomorza Zachodniego, 1999, p. 147. ISBN 83-87341-45-2. (in Polish) In 1945, following the end of

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, the sculpture was found lying in the ruins in front of the Palace of the Pomeranian Estates Assembly. It was damaged, missing its arms, and two accompanying it

. After undergoing renovations, it was placed at the boundary of the Żeromski Park, and in 1957, was moved next to the King's Gate. In 1986, it was relocated to the intersection of Panieńska and Kuśnierska, and following extensive renovations, and moved to the

Characteristics

The

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sculpture consists of three statues.

, goddess of flowers and spring in the

, stands in centre, depicted in a dynamic pose, holding a flower basket in her right hand, and reaching to it with her left hand. She is dressed in a draped dress, grided with a flower

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. Next to her legs stand two

, figures of chubby male children, depicted naked and with wings. The one to her sits putting flowers to a basket, while the other, stands resting on her leg, on top of a

. The sculpture has the height of 290 cm, and width of 250 cm.

References

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