Hercules Fighting with a Centaur
Hercules Fighting with a Centaur (Polish: Herkules walczący z centaurem; German: Herkules im Kampf mit dem Zentauren), also known as The Fight of a Lapith with a Centaur (Polish: Walka Lapity z centaurem; German: Der Kampf eines Lapithen mit dem Zentauren), is a 1916 sandstone sculpture by Ludwig Manzel, displayed in Szczecin, Poland, within the neighbourhood of Old Town. It is placed at the Bolesław I the Brave Embankment in front of the Main Building of Szczecin National Museum. Created in modernist style with allusions to the neoclassicical movement, it depicts two figures embraces in a combat, between a naked, muscular man, and a male centaur, a creature from the Greek mythology with the upper body of a human and the lower body and legs of a horse. The human is interpreted by art critics and historians as either Hercules, a demigod of strength and adventurer in the Roman mythology, or a Lapith, a member of a group of legendary people in the Greek mythology, who fought a battle against centaurs, known as the Centauromachy.
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Komandorska, Szczecin Stare Miasto
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| N 53.429722222222 ° | E 14.565833333333 ° |
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Herkules walczący z centaurem (Walka Lapity z centaurem)
Komandorska
70-500 Szczecin, Stare Miasto
West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
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