Millennium Monument Brest established in 2009, despite the fact that 1000 years of Brest will be only in 2019. The monument was built on donations of citizens and city funds. Authors - the sculptor and architect Alex Paulyuchuk Alex Andreyuk.
The total height of the monument 15 meters. It is crowned by a statue of the Guardian Angel blessing facing toward the face of the Brest Fortress, which was once the ancient city began Berestye. Originally wanted to install a statue of the Virgin, but in a multicultural city could not agree on the canonical image of the Mother of God acceptable to believers of all faiths.
Shaded angel wings are legendary figures of historical figures and allegorical images of the Mother, and the Chronicler Nameless Soldier.
Volyn Prince Vladimir Vasilkovich holding Vezha Brest - Donjon tower, built in 1276-88 to them, and the Ipatiev chronicle, which was first mentioned Brest. Grand Duke of Lithuania Vytautas crowned and holding a sword - a symbol of grandeur and invincibility, which is famous for The Brest land. Illuminator Nikolai Radziwill the Black holding a Bible, which was printed by his order. Mother figure symbolizes the people of Brest filial love for their land. Chronicler represents 1000 years of history of the city and the ring of soldiers - one of those defenders who defended Brest from the enemy during World War II.
In 2011, a monument to install additional high relief (sculpture, in which a convex image appears above the plane of the background for more than half of the total), representing the six episodes in the history of Brest. The first episode - the legend of the founding of Brest "Went merchant and got stuck in the swamp. And to get out of it, he ordered his servants to put causeway made of birch bark ", the second - the construction of the city, the third - the Battle of Grunwald, the fourth - the history of printing Beresteis'ka Bible, the fifth - the heroic defense of the Brest Fortress, the sixth - the development of Belarusians space (among the pioneers of space was a Belarusian Peter Klimuk).
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