During his homily while he celebrated mass at the Wielka Krokiew stadium on June 6th 1997, the Pope said, “ Your forefathers built a cross on Giewont. That cross continues to stand as it always did. The cross may stand mute, but it is a witness to our doings. We can say that the cross is looking out towards Zakopane and Kraków, but also, towards Warsaw and Gdańsk.” After mass, he added: “ All of Poland, from the Baltic to here, must look towards the cross and repeat, ‘ Sursum Corda’, “Lift up your Hearts.” The cross was built by the initiation of Father Kazimierz Kasze lewski in 1901 and blessed on August 19th. Underneath the cross is an inscription that says, “ For our Saviour at the turn of the 1900/1901 centu ry, which was issued by the Zakopane parish.” The 15 metre cross was made in Józef Gorecki’s factory in Kraków. It was separated into four pieces and weighed a total of 1,819 kilograms. During the Pope’s visit and other important events in Zakopane, papal and national flags are hung from the arms of the cross. A year after the Pope’s death, a group of people illuminated the cross at the exact hour when the Pope passed away. Giewont, along with the cross, became the most important symbol in the Tatry mountains and in Zako pane. The cross is also in Zakopane’s coat of arms.