King Jagiello Monument
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The King Jagiełło Monument is an equestrian monument of Władysław II Jagiełło, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, located in Central Park, New York City.
The King Jagiello Monument in 2010.
The monument in 1939
The monument and path by the pond
Battle of Grunwald
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The Battle of Grunwald, also known as the Battle of Tannenberg or the Battle of Žalgiris, was fought on 15 July 1410 during the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War. The alliance of the Crown of the Kingdom
King Jagiello Monument
…monument of Władysław II Jagiełło, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, located in Central Park, New York City. The monument commemorates the Battle of Grunwald, a decisive defeat of the Teutonic Order in 1410. Initially made by Stanisław K. Ostrowski for the Polish 1939 New York World's Fair pavilion, the…
Battle of Grunwald by Jan Matejko (1878)
The most important source about the battle is Cronica conflictus Wladislai Regis Poloniae cum cruciferis anno Christi 1410
Lithuanians fighting with Teutonic knights (14th-century bas-relief from the Malbork Castle)
The Teutonic Order presents the Grunwald Swords as a gift to King Władysław II Jagiełło (painting by Wojciech Kossak).