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Heritage

New interactive map celebrates Gdynia’s rich modernist heritage

Marketed as “a virtual compendium of knowledge relating to Gdynia’s architecture”, it is hoped that the exhibition will open the copious glories of Gdynia to a new, wider audience. szklometaldetal.pl

Marketed as “a virtual compendium of knowledge relating to Gdynia’s architecture”, it is hoped that the exhibition will open the copious glories of Gdynia to a new, wider audience.

Cultural and historical heritage of Łódź to regain former splendour with stunning transformation of Karl Scheibler factory

Łódź mayor Hanna Zdanowska said that “at a time when the whole world is facing a pandemic, the market in Łódź continues to grow and projects such as [this] strengthen our city’s position on the economic map of Poland and Europe.”

Hundreds of artwork missing since WWII recovered in police swoop

The works of art which went missing from the Municipal Museum in Bydgoszcz during and shortly after World War II included paintings and graphic works from Leon Wyczółkowski, one of the leading representatives of realistic painting of the Young Poland period.

Town-scape: artist turns head with amazing depictions of cities

Famed for his urban landscapes, Tytus Brzozowski is now working on a project to paint 13 cities with a Polish connection.

Dazzling 13th century Wieliczka Salt Mine to reopen – and here’s a peek at what you’ve been missing!

The stunning mine, carved entirely out of salt and containing over 2,000 different rooms, is on the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list and annually attracts over a million tourists from all over the world.

Poland wants floral rugs and falconry added to UNESCO heritage list

The Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage submitted a motion to include the tradition of floral rugs made for the Catholic festival of Corpus Christi and falconry on the prestigious UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List.

Virtual Auschwitz Museum attracts 50,000 visitors in March

Fifty thousand people visited Poland's Auschwitz Museum in March thanks to virtual online visits, the former Nazi German death camp's authorities announced on Twitter on Thursday.

A stich in time: world famous lace makers get grant to keep their skills safe for years to come

With its unique designs Koniaków Lace is like no other in the world, and now new funding will help ensure its future.

‘Kitschy’ church becomes youngest building to win privileged heritage protection status

With a date of birth that places it at the heart of the millennial generation, the Greek Catholic orthodox church in Western Pomerania is the architectural equivalent of crushed avocado on toast.

Historic Warsaw garden has rosy future after making it on to prestigious heritage list

Heritage conservator Jakub Lewicki justified the entry onto the list saying that the garden has important historical value and pointed out that the garden is a valuable element of one of the oldest representative parts of central Warsaw.

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Art & Culture

Tokarczuk teams up with illustrator Joanna Concejo for latest book described as ‘an experiment with form’

The picture book which was first published in Polish in 2017 as ‘Zagubiona dusza’ has now been translated into English under the title ‘The Lost Soul’.

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‘I grew up in death camp house’: Extraordinary story of women born in Auschwitz and who has lived there ever since

Once asked to draw the view from her bedroom window for homework, Anna Odi couldn’t decide whether to draw the crematorium or the gallows where Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoess was executed. She told TFN: “I think I am a hostage to the stories of people who experienced this hell. I am continuing what my parents started, to be a witness. Like my parents, I owe it to the victims.”

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