Sculpture "Giraffe"
Warsaw,
Poland
Poland
aleja "Solidarności", 03-461, Warsaw, Poland
The Giraffe sculpture, made of acid-resistant stainless steel and standing at 13-meters tall, was placed in the Praga Park, located in the Nowa Praga district of Warsaw in 1981.
It was gifted to the park by the Warsaw Zoo specifically for children. The sculpture, created by artist Władysław Frycza, was designed to blend in with its natural surroundings.
- It features small holes in place of the giraffe's "patches" where sparrows often build their nests.
- Władysław Frycza also created a second giraffe sculpture, located at 140 Wolska Street in Warsaw, which was erected in 2010.
- Since 2010, the Praga Północ District Office has been organizing summer chess tournaments near the sculpture on Sundays, starting from 2012.