Skaryszewski Park

Location and Name

Monuments

• Bust of Ignacy Jan Paderewski. Stands at the entrance to the park. Founded by Janina and Zbigniew Porczyńscy.
• Dancer. Situated in the rose garden. Sculpture of a young women dancing in ecstasy.
• Bathing woman. Situated on a small hill by the lake. Sculpture of a bathing woman.
• Monument to Edward Mandell House. House, the most trusted advisor of the American President Thomas Woodrow Wilson, advocated Poland’s independence after World War I. The original sculpture was founded by Ignacy Jan Paderewski. The monument survived the World War II, yet was destroyed in 1951.
• Monument to the Red Army Soldiers. Originally built over a grave of twenty six Soviet soldiers, killed between 10-15 September, 1944 during the heavy fighting in the area. In 1968, the bodies were buried in a cemetery and the monument relocated to its present location. After 1989, it was devastated and restored on multiple occasions. Despite Russia’s protests, the monument has been demolished in October, 2018.
• Monument to British pilots. Situated in the rose garden near the dancer’s sculpture. It commemorates the death of British pilots whose Consolidated B-24 Liberator was shot down by the Germans on 13 August 1944 during the Warsaw Uprising, and crashed on this site. It was unveiled in 1988 by Margaret Thatcher in the presence of Sergeant Henry Lloyd Lane, the only survivor of the crash.

  Other interesting objects

• Kamionkowskie Lake. Vistula’s old river bed, now a centre of recreation. Canoe and pedalos are available for rental.
• Amphitheatre. A place where numerous cultural events, concerts and movie shows are held.
• Shrine. Constructed in white concrete.