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Warsaw - Presidential Palace In 1955 the Warsaw Pact was signed here; since 1995 it has been the official...
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Warsaw - Presidential Palace One of two lion guardians at the entrance to the palace which became...
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Warsaw - Adam Mickiewicz Monument This impressive monument of the greatest Polish poet, Adam Mickiewicz, was...
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Warsaw - Adam Mickiewicz Monument This impressive monument of Adam Mickiewicz, considered to be the greatest...
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Warsaw - Carmelite Church The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, known as the Carmelite Church, was...
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Warsaw - Carmelite Church - interior The facade of the Neo-Classical structure dates from about 1782, and the...
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Warsaw - Carmelite Church - interior The church escaped severe damage during World War II.
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Warsaw - Carmelite Church - interior The interior contains an 18th century high altar designed by the famous...
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Warsaw - Cardinal Wyszynski Monument Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski (1901-1981) was the primate of Poland from...
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Warsaw - Europejski Hotel Our home for four nights, the Europejski Hotel opened in 1857 and is...
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Warsaw - Tomb of the Unknown Soldier The military guarding the tomb is changed hourly. Saxon Gardens' fountain...
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Warsaw - Saxon Gardens Near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Saxon Gardens was laid out in the early...
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Warsaw - Saxon Gardens The fountain was on the main promenade. To the right of the picture is...
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Warsaw - Ghetto Heroes Monument Monument to the Ghetto Heroes was unveiled on April 19, 1948. The...
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Warsaw - Ghetto Heroes Memorial This bas-relief sculpture on the back wall of the monument shows a...
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Warsaw-Lazienki Park, Myslewicki Palace Located in Lazienki Park, this secluded hunting lodge - actually a Baroque...
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Warsaw - Lazienki Park, Palace on Water Considered one of the finest examples of Neo-Clasical architecture in Poland,...
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Warsaw - Potocki Mausolem Located near the entrance to the grandest of Warsaw's palaces,...
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Warsaw - St. Anne's Church The domed 18th-century church is located near the restaurant where we...
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Warsaw - St. Anne's Church While waiting for the group to finish lunch, I walked into St. Anne's...
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Warsaw - Citibank in new "Old Town Hall" The reconstruction of the Warsaw City Hall follows its intentional...
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Warsaw - Grand Opera and Ballet Theatre During the battle of Warsaw in 1939 the Grand Theatre was bombed with...
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Warsaw - Grand Opera and Ballet Theatre During the battle of Warsaw in 1939 the Grand Theatre was bombed with...
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Warsaw - St. Stanisaw Kostka's Church Parish church of Solidarity priest Jerzy Popieluszko, when he was murdered in...
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Warsaw - St. Stanisaw Kostka's Church Solidarity priest Jerzy Popieluszko is buried near the entrance of his parish...
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Warsaw - St. Stanisaw Kostka's Church The lighted church, which we visited in the late afternoon, was a...
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Warsaw - St. John's Cathedral The original St.John's Cathedral was the oldest church in Warsaw,...
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Warsaw - St. John's Cathedral The chuch was rebuilt in the 17th and 18th centuries. Following considerable...
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Warsaw - St. John's Cathedral Some of the bitterest fighting of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising happened...
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Warsaw - Old Town Square The compact Old Town Square is one of the most remarkable bits of postwar...
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Warsaw - Old Town Square Restaurants, museums, and residences surround the square.
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Warsaw - Old Town Square The Old Town is liveliest by day.
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Warsaw - old city walls Sections of the walls, split-level fortifications with ramparts, and rebuilt...
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Warsaw - old city walls Some areas of the walls were being rebuilt, while other areas provided ample...
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Warsaw - Jan Kilinski statue Jan Kilinski, originally a cobbler who became a colonel in the army, became a...
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Warsaw - Barbakan The 16th-century structure formerly guarded the northern entrance to the city...
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Warsaw - Castle Square One of the main entrances to Old Town is through Castle Square. Some of...
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Warsaw - Castle Square The Royal Castle faces this square. Some of Warsaw's older...
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Warsaw - Royal Castle On the east side of Castle Square is the former Royal Castle, once...
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Warsaw - Royal Castle Dynamited by German troops in the aftermath of the Warsaw Uprising,...
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Warsaw - Royal Castle An inner courtyard of the castle shows several styles of architecture used...
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Warsaw - Royal Castle Additional types of architectural styles appear on these two walls of the...
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Warsaw - Royal Castle - interior Rebuilding of the castle after World War II was financed almost entirely by...
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Warsaw - Royal Castle - interior Although the structure is a replica, many of its furnishings are...
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Warsaw - Royal Castle - interior Admission to the castle was not included in our tour program, although it was...
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Warsaw - Royal Castle - interior Along with its attraction to tourists, the castle regularly serves as a...
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Warsaw - Royal Castle - interior Clear explanations in English were posted in each room as to its contents and...
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Warsaw - Royal Castle - interior Please read descriptions under first five pictures showing the...
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Warsaw - Royal Castle - interior Please read descriptions under first five pictures showing the...
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Warsaw - Royal Castle - interior Please read descriptions under first five pictures showing the...
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Warsaw - Royal Castle - interior Please read descriptions under first five pictures showing the...
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Warsaw - Frederic Chopin's birthplace Thirty miles west of Warsaw, Zelazowa Wola is the birthplace of composer and...
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Warsaw - Frederic Chopin statue Chopin's statue is on the grounds of the traditional country...
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Warsaw - Lowicz - Local Museum The Local Museum in Lowicz, on a day's outing from Warsaw, had two old...
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Warsaw - Lowicz - Local Museum The Local Museum in Lowicz, on a day's outing from Warsaw, had two old...
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Warsaw - Lowicz - Local Museum The town of Lowicz is the center of what many consider to be...
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Warsaw - Lowicz - Local Museum The town of Lowicz is the center of what many consider to be...
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Warsaw - Lowicz - Beehives On the grounds of the Local Museum were several unusually shaped beehives.
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Warsaw - Lowicz - "Jan Pawel II" statue The statue is near the Collegiate Church, a brick 15th-century building...
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Warsaw - Sromow - Crafts Museum This private Crafts Museum was founded by a family of skilled artisans...
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Warsaw - Sromow - Crafts Museum Set in a large garden of gnomes, the museum is housed in three modern...
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Warsaw - Sromow - Crafts Museum The museum is a series of animated historical scenes and village life - a...
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Warsaw - Sromow - Crafts Museum In addition to the animated scenes, paper cut-outs, regional costumes, folk...
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Warsaw - Lowicz During the excursion from Warsaw, we were served lunch by a young...
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Warsaw - Lowicz Polish turkeys being raised by the couple amid the castle ruins are no...
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Warsaw - Lowicz - Regional Folk Band The regional folk band offered a grand welcome and continued to play during...
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