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Discover The First Constitution for Europe: A Visionary Warsaw Exhibition on Its 190th Anniversary

Explore Wojciech Jastrzębowski's pioneering ideas for European unity and their lasting impact on contemporary legal frameworks.

This outdoor exhibition in Warsaw commemorates the 190th anniversary of Wojciech Jastrzębowski's groundbreaking "Constitution for Europe." Delve into his visionary document, which proposed a European republic founded on uniform law and a common government. The display explores Jastrzębowski's life and ideas, highlighting their remarkable foresight and surprising connections to today's European legal acts and political philosophy.

About The first Constitution for Europe – the 190th anniversary. Warsaw, 1831-2021 at History Meeting House in Warsaw

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Exhibition summary

This outdoor exhibition commemorates the 190th anniversary of Wojciech Jastrzębowski's "Constitution for Europe," a visionary document advocating for a European republic with uniform law and common government. It explores Jastrzębowski's life and ideas, highlighting their surprising relevance to contemporary European legal acts.

Curatorial context

The exhibition "The first Constitution for Europe – the 190th anniversary. Warsaw, 1831-2021" sheds light on Wojciech Bogumił Jastrzębowski, a participant in the November Uprising and a visionary thinker. Inspired by his experiences and the anniversary of Poland's first modern constitution, Jastrzębowski published his "Constitution for Europe" on May 3, 1831. This document proposed a European republic with a unified legal system and common government, where disputes would be resolved by a democratically elected European Congress. Jastrzębowski advocated for democracy, individual rights, and respect for all European nations, ideas that were suppressed after the fall of the November Uprising. Despite being banned by the Tsar, Jastrzębowski's concepts resonate with modern European legal frameworks, such as the 1993 Treaty on European Union. The exhibition, presented on eleven boards and available in Polish and English, details Jastrzębowski's life, explains the crucial and still relevant parts of his declaration, and explores its historical context. It aims to bring the important declaration and its author to a wider audience, recognizing Jastrzębowski as a scholar, naturalist, ecologist, and patriot ahead of his time.

Admission and ticket notes

The exhibition is an outdoor display and is available in Polish and English. Specific ticketing information for this exhibition is not provided, but it is located by the Mikołaj Kopernik monument in Krakowskie Przedmieście Street.

The first Constitution for Europe – the 190th anniversary. Warsaw, 1831-2021 key exhibition facts

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Venue
History Meeting House
Current status
Completed
Exhibition schedule
May 9, 2021 – May 30, 2021
Artist line / attribution
Texts by Alicja Wejner. Graphic design by studio elipsy. Project coordinator: Barbara Roszuk-Galus.
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