On June 5, 1999, Pope John Paul II celebrated Mass at the Sopot Hippodrome at an altar designed by the renowned set designer Marian Kołodziej. The altar was composed of sculptures of crosses, saints, and chapels created by folk artists. One of them, 'The Holy Trinity' by Paweł Rybczyński, was later placed in the spot where the Pope entered the hippodrome. It depicts God holding the cross on which Jesus Christ suffers. At the foot of the cross, the words were engraved on a stone: "There is no solidarity without love." Sopot residents call this place the Pope's garden.