Poland; Krak體; Main Square (Polish: Rynek Gl體ny): Allegoric statue of Motherland (also: Homeland) at bottom of Adam Mickiewicz Monument (Polish: pomnik Adama Mickiewicza w Krakowie); unveiled 1898; the bronze monument for Polish Romantic poet Adam Mickiewicz (1798 - 1855) was designed by sculptor Teodor Rygier (1841 - 1913) and unveiled at the 100th anniversary of his birth. The monument was destroyed by Nazi German troops; in 1940; and restaured; in 1955. At the bottom of the monument there are four allegoric groups: the Motherland (from the face of the monument along Sienna Street); Science (facing north); Courage (facing Sukiennice Hall); and Poetry (facing Church of St. Wojciech; south).