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Statue of Adam Mickiewicz in Kraków (colloquially called "Adaś" by Krakow's inhabitants) is a monument located in Kraków on the eastern side of the Main Square, between the Cloth Hall and the end of Sienna Street.

History
The monument was designed by Teodor Rygier, the ceremonial unveiling of the monument took place on June 26, 1898, in the hundredth year of Adam Mickiewicz's birth. The design of the monument was presented by Teodor Rygier during the competition for the Bard's monument, organized in Krakow in 1880–1890. The choice of Teodora Rygiera for the project was met with criticism, which was reflected in numerous press polemics and separate publications devoted to this issue.

The monument, 10 m high, depicts the poet standing on a pedestal, at the foot of which there are four allegories on a multi-step pedestal: Fatherland, Courage, Science and Poetry. There is a dedication on the pedestal: "Adamowi Mickiewiczowi Naród".

On August 17, 1940, the monument was destroyed by the Nazis occupying the city. After the war, it was reconstructed from elements found in 1946 in a scrapyard in Hamburg. The stone elements were made of Kośmin granodiorite mined in Piława Górna in Lower Silesia. The unveiling of the reconstructed monument took place on November 26, 1955, on the hundredth anniversary of the bard's death.

The Adam Mickiewicz monument is the most frequently photographed and most recognizable monument in Kraków. During the Euro 2012, the monument was decorated with a cotillion in the national colors of Poland and the Netherlands, England or Italy on the days when they played their matches at the championship.