Warsaw, Poland - October 23, 2015: King John III Sobieski monument in Lazienki Park. The King Sobieski Monument was designed by Le Brun, who modeled it on the king s equestrian statue at Wilanow, and excused by Pinck. The task was made easier by the fact that a roughly hewn stone block set aside for this purpose had lain at the Szydlowiec quarry since Sobieski s times. The monument depicts a rider in knight s amour astride of a rearing steed, whose hooves are trampling two Ottoman Turks. The monument symbolizes Sobieski s victory over the Turks at the Battle of Vienna.
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