Mała (Christ the King Monument)
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Location:
Province: Podkarpackie
District: Ropczycko - Sędziszowski
Parish: Ropczyce
latitude: N 49°96'41.49"
longitude: E 21°51'15.95"
Distance from Tarnow: 50 km
Driving directions from Tarnow: Tarnów – Parkosz (National Road No. 4, towards Rzeszów) – Głobikowa – Mała
In 1937 in the village of Mała Christ the King Monument, patterned after the one in Rio de Janerio, was erected. Wojciech Durek, founder of the monument, was a resident of Mała, who before World War II held an office of a rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. The monument in Mała is 17,5m tall, Christ’s arm-span equals 8m (the monument in Rio de Janerio, unveiled in 1931, is 38m tall).
The monument was put up as a vote of thanksgiving for saving the village of Mała from a hailstorm that devastated neighboring villages.
See more at:
www.ropczyce.umig.gov.pl/o-gminie/solectwa/mala (Polish only)
