Warsaw

Poland - June 2017
P000 - IMG_0318 Warsaw (Warszawa), the largest city and sprawling capital of Poland, located in the central-eastern part of the country...
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P001 - P1130236 ... its widely varied architecture reflecting the city's long and turbulent history, from Gothic churches and neoclassical palaces to Soviet-era blocks and...
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P002 - IMG_0400 Poland, a country of central Europe, located at a geographic crossroads linking the forested lands of northwestern Europe to the sea lanes of the Atlantic Ocean...
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P003 - IMG_0418 ... now bound to the north by the Baltic Sea and seven nations (the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad to the north, Lithuania to the north-northeast, to the east...
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P004 - P1130251 ... in the early Middle Ages, Poland’s small principalities and townships were subjugated by successive waves of invaders, from Germans and Balts to Mongols; in...
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P005 - IMG_0500 ... restored as a nation in 1918 but ravaged by two world wars, Poland suffered tremendously throughout the course of the 20th century. World War II was...
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P006 - IMG_0501 ... with the fall of the Third Reich (Nazi Germany in the years of 1933 to 1945), Poland effectively lost its independence once again, becoming a communist...
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P007 - IMG_0483 ... in the late 1970s, beginning in the shipyards of northern Gdańsk city on the Baltic coast, those workers formed a nationwide movement called Solidarity...
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P008 - IMG_0405 ... by the turn of the 21st century, Poland was a market-based democracy, abundant in products of all kinds and a member of both NATO (North Atlantic Treaty...
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P009 - IMG_0473 ... a land of striking beauty, Poland is punctuated by great forests and rivers, broad plains, and tall mountains - Warsaw (Warszawa), the country’s capital,...
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P010 - IMG_2052 ... once called
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P011 - IMG_0425 ... lying on the Vistula River some 260 miles southeast of the small northern town of Władysławowo on the south coast of Baltic Sea, the capital city is...
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P012 - P1130143 ... albeit the first traces of human settlement date back to the turn of the 10th and 11th centuries, true development of the city began in the 13th century...
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P013 - P1130118 ... the city developed rapidly in the years 1918-1939, and was dubbed the “Paris of the North” for a reason. Yet after a brief peaceful interlude, Warsaw was to...
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P014 - P1130112 ... in 1945, the people of Warsaw (Varsovians) returned, and the city resumed its role as the capital of Poland and the country’s center of social, political,...
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P015 - P1130088 ... with the demise of the communist government in Poland in 1989, Warsaw underwent a rapid transition from command to market economy, and the Warsaw Stock...
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P016 - IMG_0297 ... the multinational population of Warsaw transformed as a result of World War II, and today the city is composed almost entirely of Poles; though for...
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P017 - IMG_0295 ... the size of Warsaw reflects the historical fortunes of the city - from about 0.5 square mile in the 17th century, it expanded to 50 square miles by 1937...
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P018 - IMG_0323 ... growth has continued since late 1950s - the subdivision into seven districts [Śródmieście (the city center), Żoliborz, Wola, Ochota, Mokotów, Praga-Południe...
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P019 - P1130102 ... the changes reflect a conscious planning of social and economic functions - industries and warehouses are located on the outskirts or between modern housing...
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