🗻️ Aviators Square (Szczecin)

The Aviators Square, until 1945 known as the Augusta Square, is an urban square in Szczecin, Poland, located in the neighbourhood of Centre within the Downtown district. Placed on the axis of Pope John Paul II Avenue, it forms a square-shaped roundabout, intersecting with Jagiellońska, Kaszubska, Małopolska, and Mazurska Streets. It was opened in the 1890s, originally taking form of a garden square, being transformed into an urban square in 2002. It is surrounded by tenements and apartment buidlings. It features the equestrian statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni, a copy of the 1488 statue by Andrea del Verrocchio, unveiled at the square in 2002.