The bronze figure of the Polish king Jan III Sobieski, seated on horseback and armed mace, created by sculptor Tadeusz Boroncha in 1897. This monument with a difficult history greets residents and visitors to Gdansk Targu villages. Interestingly, it was created for a completely different city. In 1883, divided between the different countries of Poland celebrated the bicentennial of the victory over the Turks at the Battle of Vienna. In Lviv, to this date we have decided to erect a monument to King Jan III Sobieski, which announced a fundraiser. The required amount appeared only after 10 years. Polish kings local sculptor Tadeusz Boronch molded with a simple merchant Lviv Marian Stipalya. The king is depicted in the Polish national costume.

Monument 7 tons produced master Arthur Krupp, and in 1897 took him to the city of Vienna. For it was chosen area on Hetman Valach - one of the central streets of Lviv. Neither the first nor the second world war did not affect the status of the monument, but the Soviet authorities did not like it to the point that from it was decided to make a monument to Bohdan Khmelnytsky. However, common sense prevailed and the monument to one of the Polish kings gave a neighboring state. In 1950 he moved to Warsaw park. It would have remained until now this sculpture in a deserted place, if not the request of several cities, including Krakow and Wroclaw, to move the monument. Suddenly, all presented monument Gdansk, where in 1965 he was officially installed.