Tuesday, June 21, 2005

Poland in pictures: Warsaw Day 1

Warsaw was completely destroyed during WWII in retaliation to an uprising during the German occupation.


In the sixty years after the war, it was completely rebuilt, based on a series of Italian paintings commissioned by one of Poland's last kings.



No effort was spared in recreating the charming bustle of its narrow cobbled streets...



The Old Town wall...



Its rooftop residents...



And every piece of enchanting motif that adorned the facades of the shop houses.



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