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| Keywords: Pomnik Jozefa Poniatowskiego okolo 1925.jpg Equestrian statue of Prince Józef Poniatowski standing before the Saxon Palace Sponsored by Polish aristocracy and executed between 1826-32 by Bertel Thorvaldsen <ref name poniatowski > pl icon date 2010-03-02 </ref> It was deliberately and completely destroyed by the Germans in 1944 blew up on December 16 <ref name poniatowski /> The statue was reconstructed between 1948-51 by Paul Lauritz Rasmussen financed by Danish people <ref name poniatowski /> see Planned destruction of Warsaw Alfred Lauterbach 1925 Warszawa Warsaw Biblioteka Polska http //www warszawa1939 pl/zdjecia/pilsudskiego/old/poniatowskiego jpg ca 1925 Author PD-old Notes Reflist Józef Poniatowski Monument in Warsaw Art destroyed in Poland during World War II Lost sculptures in Poland Saxon Palace Destroyed monuments and memorials in Warsaw | ||||
