Freedom Monument (Bydgoszcz)

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Freedom Monument (Polish: Pomnik Wolności) is a monument in Bydgoszcz commemorating both the fallen Soviet and Polish soldiers who fought during the liberation of the city in January 1945, and the return of Bydgoszcz to Poland on 20 January 1920. The monument has a shape of an obelisk. At the base is a plaque with the inscription: "'Libera Civitas Bydgostiensis'" (City of Bydgoszcz Free). On the front wall of the monument are reliefs and plaques, and on other walls, among others, stands tombstone commemorating eleven Soviet soldiers killed .

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Freedom Monument (Bydgoszcz)
Plac Wolności, Bydgoszcz Śródmieście (Śródmieście-Bocianowo-Stare Miasto)

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Kościół pw. św. Apostołów Piotra i Pawła

Plac Wolności
85-004 Bydgoszcz, Śródmieście (Śródmieście-Bocianowo-Stare Miasto)
Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
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