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"Keep smiling because we have built your dreamland"! – this is the motto of The Lower Silesia Monument's Miniatures Park. "Keep smiling because we have built your dreamland"! – this is the ...
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This southeastern region of Poland features medium-size mountains and picturesque landscapes. Here we find wooden Orthodox and Roman- Catholic churches perfectly fitted into their natural environment....
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This historic city with old walls and numerous museums used to be a royal residence and a center of civilization spreading culture all over Poland. The Old Town together with the Wawel Hill a...
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One of Poland's major pilgrimage destinations as well as one of the most beautiful Calvary complexes in Europe, the little town of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska is set amidst hills about 30 kilometers south-w...
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Wang Church was built at the turn of 12th century in Vang which accounts for its present name. Vang was a settlement at Lake Vang in southern Norway. About a thousa...
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A very unique museum underneath Rynek Glowny (Main Market Square) is opening in Krakow. A very unique museum underneath Rynek Glowny (Main Market Square) is opening in Krakow. ...
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“Krzyżtopór” Castle erected by Wawrzyniec Senes in the years 1631–1644 in Ujazd had been the largest castle in Europe until the Versaille castle was built... ...
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The church, monastery and the pilgrimage park of the Bernardine complex in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska is on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The church, monastery and the pilgrimage park of the B...
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Gdansk – the capital of amber – the Baltic’s gold, has always been the trading city also... Gdansk – the capital of amber – the Baltic’s gold, has always been the trading city also due to i...
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It is not a frequent occurrence that a building merely 100 years old is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Construction of the Centennial Hall is one of the turning points in the history of th...
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Together with the neighboring Bochnia it is one of the oldest salt mines in the world. These are also one of the oldest running companies. Let us take a walk through some of the 20 large chambers of t...
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Zamość, often referred to as the Pearl of Renaissance and the City of Arcades, is a fortress established in 1580 surrounding a luxurious housing estate. Zamość, often referred to as the Pearl of...
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In case of these 17th century churches both the timber-frame construction and the story behind are a stunner. UNESCO Conference on the List of World Heritage took place in Helsinki in Decem...
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Both temples were not supposed to be reminiscent of traditional churches. Their architectural value is much less important than the message that they carry. Both Protestant half-timber churches...
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Toruń’s historic core, represented by its well preserved complex of medieval architecture and the original urban layout, was included on UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 1997. Thanks to the ...
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This town was built by will and brain of Jan Zamoyski, chancellor and commander in chief of the Crown, who intended to create a perfect city and a residence adequate to his position in the state. ...
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World War II brought total destruction to the oldest part of the city, but... The historic center of Warsaw constitutes an exception on UNESCO’s World Cultural Heritage List. It’s the only urban ...
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The Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum and Memorial is visited by great numbers of pilgrims. Many heads of state on official visits to Poland come here to pay homage to the victims of Nazi genocide. Th...
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The Warsaw National Museum contains masterpieces of Polish and international art which can be viewed every day except Monday. Its pride of place goes to... The Warsaw National M...
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The Baroque and neo-classical palace of the Zamoyski family at Kozłówka is the best-preserved magnate residence in Poland. The Baroque and neo-classical palace of th...
