The Wikipedia Monument is a sculpture in the Polish town of Slubice, close to the border with Germany. It was designed by the Armenian sculptor Mihran Hakobyan and unveiled in 2014 in a public ceremony. It is the first monument anywhere dedicated to Wikipedia and shows four figures holding up a puzzle globe, the symbol of the encyclopaedia, to honour the people who write and edit it. The idea came from a university cooperation centre in the town, which wanted to thank the volunteer community. The statue stands in a small square near the Collegium Polonicum, a joint institute of Polish and German universities.
Before and after
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- from 26 September 2014 to 15 December 20142014 Hong Kong protests
- 20 October 2014Rise of PEGIDA
- 22 October 2014Wikipedia Monument
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- 3 November 2014Construction of One World Trade Center
- 3 November 2014Creation of Android Lollipop
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