Monument to the Sower

Welcome. Come closer, I invite you. This is finally my place. Not just this sandstone plinth, but everything my eyes see. From the villas that stand behind me, to the chimney that points like a finger to the sky beyond the factory wall. I've been standing here for almost a hundred years and have seen a lot. Let me tell you a little about it.

But first, look at the earth. The same earth I'm pouring in my gesture. Even before the factory was built, before anyone thought of a monument, a completely different life unfolded here. A bustling, rural one. In the 15th century, these fields were ruled by a Poznań burgher, Mikołaj Strosberg. Then the land passed to the city. And for centuries, Poznań reaped the benefits of these lands. Unfortunately, a 17th-century plague decimated the then village of Luboń so much that settlers had to be brought in from far away, all the way from Bamberg, Bavaria. The locals simply called them "Bambergs." But I'd only heard about that, because I wasn't even born then. I was born much later. And from a completely different need...

Monument to the Sower
Monument to the Sower
Text author:
Łukasz
Pośpiech

Łukasz Pośpiech jest socjologiem z wykształcenia, na co dzień jednak redaguje, montuje, zajmuje się copywritingiem. Przede wszystkim jednak żyje w książkowym wieloświecie, w wolnych chwilach poszerzając jego ogromne uniwersum. Jest retromaniakiem, miłośnikiem rocka, westernu i gier video.

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How it working

To listen to the history of monuments as part of the "Discover History" project, you need to follow a few simple steps. Below, we present a short, step-by-step "user manual" to provide a relatively simple way to access the mini-auditions.

STEP 1

You need a smartphone with a camera. The camera lens should be pointed at the information plaque located next to the monument. Below is a view of the plaque itself and its example location next to the Karol Musioł monument in Opole.

STEP 2

After pointing your smartphone's camera at the QR code located on the right side of the plaque, the app's welcome screen will appear, followed by a screen with the name, photo of the monument, and the "START" button.

STEP 3

The "START" button starts the audio recording process.
Your smartphone will prompt you with the next steps after you listen to the story or pause it. Please keep an eye on your smartphone screen!

STEP 4

Other available options: brief information about the monument, author of the text and recording, list of other monuments in the city included in the "Discover History" project, downloadable map of monuments, video, and social media links


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Project partners

Implementing the "Discover history" project in each city requires the involvement of many people: programmers, graphic designers, writers, actors, sound engineers, and coordinators. It is thanks to them that this project came to life.

Our ambition is to continually expand its reach. Therefore, we thank our current partners and invite additional cities, institutions, companies, and individuals to collaborate!


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