In Honour of Slaughtered Animals Monument

The "In Honour of Slaughtered Animals" monument is a group of sculptures of slaughter animals standing on Stare Jatki lane in Wrocław's Old Town, near the Market Square. The work recalls the role that butcher's shops played on this spot for centuries.

Origin of the name Stare Jatki

From 1242, butcher's shops, or "jatki", clustered along this lane. It is from them that the whole street, and in time the whole quarter of the Old Town, took the name Stare Jatki (Old Shambles). The monument refers directly to this centuries-old tradition of the butcher's craft in this place.

Animal sculptures

The figures of slaughter animals were created gradually between 1997 and 2017. Authorship of the individual sculptures is described as collective, with no single creator named as responsible for the whole group.

Practical information

• Address: Stare Jatki lane, Old Town, Wrocław
• Location: a few hundred metres from the Wrocław Town Hall and the Wrocław Market Hall
• What to expect: a group of sculptures set along a narrow lane, worth seeing while strolling around the Old Town