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This medal has been cast in 1984 to honour the visit of the Pope John Paul II to
This medal has been designed by the outstanding artist, sculptor, medalist, Czeslaw DZWIGAJ.
Profs Czesław Dźwigaj; (born June 18, 1950 in Nowy Wiśnicz) is a Polish artist, sculptor, and professor. Creator of numerous monuments, he is most often associated with monuments of Pope John Paul II, almost 50 of which have left his workshop.
size - 145 mm x 133 mm, (ca 5⅞“ x 5⅛“)
weight – over 600 gr
metal – bronze, mint artistic patina
Notable works by Profs Czeslaw Dzwigaj
- The Monument to the Victims of December 1970 in Szczecin. Unveiled on 28 August 2005 on plac Solidarności on the 25th anniversary of the founding of Solidarity, this 11-metre-tall and nearly 9-and-a-half-ton bronze monument commemorates the tragic events of December 1970, when, following workers’ demonstrations on the streets of
- A landmark sculpture of Christ the King in front of St. Mary of Częstochowa in Cicero, a Neogothic church built in the so-called 'Polish Cathedral' style along with the monumental bronze doors at St. Hyacinth's Basilica in Chicago, as well as monuments of Pope John Paul II in both Wyandotte, Michigan and Chicago.
- The Tolerance Monument unveiled in Jerusalem in 2008, in collaboration with sculptor Michal Kubiak. It is situated on a hill marking the divide between Jewish Armon Hanatziv and Arab Jebl Mukaber, standing opposite the United Nations headquarters in Jerusalem in a park near Goldman Promenade.
- A monumental bas-relief of the Tree of Jesse incorporated into the Church of the Nativity brought by Pope Benedict XVI during his trip to the Holy Land offered as a gift to the people of Bethlehem. Measuring in at 3 and a quarter meters wide and 4 meters in height, its corpus represents an olive tree figuring as the Tree of Jesse diplaying Christ's lineage from Abraham through St. Joseph along with other biblical motifs. Situated along the passage used by pilgrims making their way to the Grotto of the Nativity, the bas relief also incorporates symbolism from the Old Testament. The upper portion is dominated by a crowned figure of Christ the King in an open-armed pose blessing the Earth.[2]
Sites outside Poland
- Chicago (2)
- Wyandotte, Michigan
- Rome, Italy
- Hanover, Germany
- Šiluva, Lithuania
- Fátima, Portugal
- Posadas, Argentina
