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[edit] Juliusz Słowacki Theatre
Did you know...
- ...that a church of the Order of the Holy Ghost once stood at the site of the Juliusz Słowacki Theatre (pictured) in Kraków?
[edit] Barbican of Warsaw
Did you know...
- ...that Barbican of Warsaw (pictured) became obsolete almost immediately after its construction in 1548?
[edit] Florian Gate
-- Nishkid64 01:31, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
Did you know...
- ...that of Kraków's eight original medieval city gates, only the Gothic Florian Gate (pictured) remains?
[edit] Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska
--Yomangani talk 00:27, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
Did you know...
- ...that poet and playwright Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska (pictured), known as the Polish Sappho, discussed topics such as abortion, extra-marital affairs, and incest?
[edit] St. Florian's Church
Did you know...
- ...that the relics of St. Florian kept in St. Florian's Church (pictured) were brought to Kraków from Rome for political reasons?
[edit] Dunajec River Gorge
--ALoan (Talk) 13:50, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
Did you know...
- ...that Goral highlanders have organized daily canoe trips down Dunajec River Gorge (pictured) in Pieniny National Park, Poland since the early 19th century?
[edit] Niedzica Castle
--Carabinieri 12:41, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
Did you know...
- ...that the last Hungarian inhabitants of Niedzica Castle, Poland, (pictured) remained there until 1943 when the coming of the Soviet front in World War II inspired the last countess to abandon it with her children?
[edit] Augustów Canal
--howcheng {chat} 06:36, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
Did you know...
- ...that the Augustów Canal in north-eastern Poland (pictured) was built in order to circumvent high customs duties introduced by Prussia for the transit of goods to the Baltic Sea?
[edit] Kupa Synagogue
--howcheng {chat} 06:44, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
Did you know...
- ...that the Kupa Synagogue (pictured) in Kraków features paintings of people standing by the rivers of Babylon, a rare depiction of human figures in Jewish religious art?
[edit] Lucjan Dobroszycki
--howcheng {chat} 16:17, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
Did you know...
- ...that Jewish-Polish historian Lucjan Dobroszycki who survived the Łódź Ghetto (pictured) in World War II became known as the New York City YIVO's "research consultant to the stars"?
[edit] Collegium Novum
--howcheng {chat} 18:24, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
Did you know...
- ...that the students of Jagiellonian University tore the portrait of Emperor Franz Joseph I to pieces at the Collegium Novum (pictured) while rallying for independence from the Austrian Empire?
[edit] Church of St. Wojciech
--howcheng {chat} 21:53, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
Did you know...
- ...that the floor of the Church of St. Wojciech (pictured) in Old Town, Kraków is up to 2.6 m below the level of the Main Market Square, repeatedly overlaid with new pavement in the course of eight centuries?
[edit] Henryk Jordan
Sean William @ 19:35, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Agricultural University of Kraków
--Carabinieri 19:15, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Ludwik Solski Academy for the Dramatic Arts
--howcheng {chat} 00:17, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] The Pontifical Academy of Theology
--howcheng {chat} 17:22, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
Did you know...
- ...that the courses in bioethics and journalism are a part of the academic curriculum of The Pontifical Academy of Theology (pictured) in Kraków, Poland?
[edit] Jordan Park
Blnguyen (bananabucket) 08:49, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
Did you know...
- ...that Jordan Park, set up in 1889 as Kraków's first public playground (pictured), gave free meals to children?
[edit] Polish Jura Chain
--Circeus 23:27, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
Did you know...
- ...that the Jurassic limestone formations of the Polish Jura Chain (pictured) upland contain some 220 caves?
[edit] Kościuszko Mound
--ragesoss 16:26, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Socialist realism in Poland
Cheers, Bobet 12:40, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
Did you know...
- ...that the Palace of Culture and Science (pictured) defining socialist realism in Poland, was designed in the Soviet Union and erected by 3,500 Soviet workers brought into Warsaw in 1952–1955?