{"id":3641,"date":"2017-08-12T15:38:10","date_gmt":"2017-08-12T15:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aphimages.wpengine.com\/?p=3641"},"modified":"2023-03-09T13:34:53","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T13:34:53","slug":"warsaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2017\/08\/warsaw\/","title":{"rendered":"Warsaw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A very short set of pictures from a conference visit to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Warsaw\">Warsaw<\/a> in early July.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/WarsawPalaceScienceCulture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3642\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/WarsawPalaceScienceCulture-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/WarsawPalaceScienceCulture-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/WarsawPalaceScienceCulture-768x588.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/WarsawPalaceScienceCulture.jpg 1660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Originally the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palace_of_Culture_and_Science\">Joseph Stalin Palace of Science and Culture<\/a> (the Stalin reference has subsequently been erased), this 1955 &#8220;gift&#8221; from Russia to Poland is the tallest building in the country (231 m).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/WarsawHotels.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3643\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/WarsawHotels-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/WarsawHotels-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/WarsawHotels-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/WarsawHotels.jpg 1780w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The dominating (and arguably oppressive) nature of the Palace of Science &amp; Culture has now been offset by a number of skyscrapers, such as the Lebeskind-designed <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Z%C5%82ota_44\">Z&#322;ota 44<\/a> tower on the left.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/WarsawOldTownSquare.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3645\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/WarsawOldTownSquare-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/WarsawOldTownSquare-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/WarsawOldTownSquare-768x522.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/WarsawOldTownSquare.jpg 1750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Old_Town_Market_Place,_Warsaw\">Old Town Market Place<\/a> was deliberately destroyed by the Nazi&#8217;s following the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Warsaw_Uprising\">Warsaw Uprising<\/a>. It was rebuilt to its original form in the 1950s, giving it a slightly strange theme park quality.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/WarsawMuseumChapel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3644\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/WarsawMuseumChapel-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/WarsawMuseumChapel-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/WarsawMuseumChapel-768x533.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/WarsawMuseumChapel.jpg 1730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Catholic chapel in the excellent <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Warsaw_Uprising_Museum\">Warsaw Uprising Museum<\/a>. There wouldn&#8217;t be many museums in Western Europe with a chapel attached!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A very short set of pictures from a conference visit to Warsaw in early July.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,2,13],"tags":[46,184,79],"class_list":["post-3641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-europe-other","category-places","category-work","tag-church","tag-eastern-europe","tag-museum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3641\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}