🏟️ Statue of the Beetle

The statue of the Beetle is a bronze statue in the town of Szczebrzeszyn in Lublin Voivodeship, Poland. It is placed in front of the Szczebrzeszy Town Hall at 1 Kościuszko Square. It depicts an amphomorphic insect wearing a dinner suit and a top hat, and playing on a fiddle. While claimed to depict a beetle, it is closer in appearance to orthoptera order. It was designed by Zygmunt Jarmuł and unveiled on 23 July 2011. The sculpture commemorates the Polish tongue twister poem Chrząszcz by Jan Brzechwa, which the town is widely associated. Its first line reads: W Szczebrzeszynie chrząszcz brzmi w trzcinie