Monument to the fallen for Těšín Silesia

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Monument to fallen for Těšín Silesia (Czech: Pomník padlým za Těšínsko) is a monument in Orlová commemorating Czech victims of the Polish–Czechoslovak War and the following plebiscite period during the Polish–Czechoslovak dispute over Cieszyn Silesia (1919–1920). The monument was built in 1928, damaged during the Polish annexation of the territory in 1938–1939 and after the end of the World War II partially reconstructed.

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Monument to the fallen for Těšín Silesia
Klášterní, okres Karviná

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Pomník padlým za Těšínsko

Klášterní
735 11 okres Karviná, Město
Moravia-Silesia, Czechia
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