The Wikipedia Monument (), located in SÃ Âubice, Poland, is a statue designed by Armenian sculptor Mihran Hakobyan honoring Wikipedia contributors. It was unveiled in Frankfurt Square (Plac Frankfurcki) on 22 October 2014 in a ceremony that included representatives from both local Wikimedia chapters and the Wikimedia Foundation.
The monument in Sà Âubice depicts four nude figures holding aloft a globe based on the Wikipedia logo, reaching over up. The fiber-and-resin statue was designed by Armenian-born artist Mihran Hakobyan, who graduated from the local Collegium Polonicum. It cost about 50,000 zà Âotys (approximately $13,500; â¬11,700) and was funded by Sà Âubice regional authorities. The monument has the following inscription:<blockquote>With this monument the citizens of Sà Âubice would like to pay homage to thousands of anonymous editors all over the world, who have contributed voluntarily to the creation of Wikipedia, the greatest project co-created by people regardless of political, religious or cultural borders. In the year this monument is unveiled Wikipedia is available in more than 280 languages and contains about 30 million articles. The benefactors behind this monument feel certain that with Wikipedia as one of its pillars the knowledge society will be able to contribute to the sustainable development of our civilization, social justice and peace among nations.</blockquote>
The monument was suggested around 2010 by , a university professor and director of the Collegium Polonicum in Sà Âubice. Polish Wikipedia is a popular website in Poland and, with over a million articles, was the 10th-largest Wikipedia at the time of construction. According to Piotr à Âuczyà Âski, deputy mayor, the memorial "will highlight the town's importance as an academic centre". A Wikimedia Polska representative stated that the organization hopes that this project will "raise awareness of the website and encourage people to contribute."
It was unveiled on 22 October 2014, on the , becoming the world's first monument to the online encyclopedia. Representatives from the Wikimedia Foundation and the Wikimedia chapters for Poland and Germany ( and , respectively) attended the dedication ceremony. Dariusz Jemielniak, a professor of management, Wikimedia activist, and author of the 2014 book Common Knowledge? An Ethnography of Wikipedia, delivered an opening ceremony address.