Memorial or cemetery · 1929
Lydia Koidula Monument
Pärnu doctor Jaan Kukk started the campaign for a monument to Lydia Koidula, the poet of the national awakening who once lived in Pärnu with her father. A committee was formed in 1923 and money was raised by public collections, events and a gift from the State Elder. Six artists sent designs, and Amandus Adamson's was chosen. It became his last work. The bronze Koidula was cast in Italy and shipped home via Livorno, Hamburg and Tallinn. The granite pedestal came from Finland. In 1928 the town chose a site on the filled-in old moat, and architects Erich von Wolffeldt and Aleksander Nürnberg designed the square around it. The monument was unveiled in June 1929, and Koidula park grew up around it.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Pärnu linnaarst Jaan Kukk algatas Lydia Koidula ausamba püstitamise. Komitee loodi 1923. aastal ning raha koguti korjanduste, ürituste ja riigivanema annetusega. Kavandeid esitas kuus kunstnikku ja valituks osutus Amandus Adamsoni oma. See jäi tema viimaseks tööks. Pronksist Koidula valati Itaalias ja toodi koju Livorno, Hamburgi ja Tallinna kaudu. Graniidist alus pärines Soomest. 1928. aastal otsustas linn paigutada samba täidetud vana vallikraavi otsa ning ümbritseva väljaku kavandasid arhitektid Erich von Wolffeldt ja Aleksander Nürnberg. Monument avati 1929. aasta juunis ja selle ümber kujunes Koidula park.