Showing posts with label WARSAW. Show all posts
Showing posts with label WARSAW. Show all posts
10/04/2015
NICOLAUS COPERNIKUS
NICOLAUS COPERNIKUS
(/koʊˈpɜrnɪkəs, kə-/) Toghether with Chopin and Madame Curie, another icon of the city (1473 –1543).
He was a Renaissance mathematician and astronomer who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than the Earth at its center.
09/04/2015
THE WARSAW RISING MUSEUM
The Warsaw Rising Museum
It was opened on the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of fighting in Warsaw. The Museum is a tribute of Warsaw’s residents to those who fought and died for independent Poland and its free capital. The exhibition depicts fighting and everyday life during the Rising, keeping occupation terror in the background. Complexity of the international situation at the time of the Rising is portrayed, including the post-war years of the Communist regime and the fate of Insurgents in the People’s Republic of Poland (PRL). With the total area of more than 3000 m2, 800 exhibition items, approximately 1500 photographs, films and sound recordings, history of the days preceding the Rising is told. Visitors are guided through the subsequent stages of the Rising until the time when the Insurgents left Warsaw. Their further fate is also portrayed.
The second part of the permanent exhibition, opened in May of 2006 in Hall B, presents the story of Allied airdrops. Its highlight is a replica of a Liberator B-24J bomber. Much of the exhibition has been devoted to the Germans and their allies, showing their actions in Warsaw as documented in official texts from the time of the Rising and in private notes. The stories of eye witnesses of the August and September 1944 events are played in Hall B. These recordings came from the audiovisual Spoken History Archive at the Warsaw Rising Museum. A movie theatre shows films about the Rising on a panoramic screen. At the mezzanine gallery various temporary exhibition are displayed. The Museum tower is a special attraction with a view of the Freedom Park and the city of Warsaw.
tHE WARSAW RISING MUSEUM
It was opened on the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of fighting in Warsaw. The Museum is a tribute of Warsaw’s residents to those who fought and died for independent Poland and its free capital. The exhibition depicts fighting and everyday life during the Rising, keeping occupation terror in the background. Complexity of the international situation at the time of the Rising is portrayed, including the post-war years of the Communist regime and the fate of Insurgents in the People’s Republic of Poland (PRL). With the total area of more than 3000 m2, 800 exhibition items, approximately 1500 photographs, films and sound recordings, history of the days preceding the Rising is told. Visitors are guided through the subsequent stages of the Rising until the time when the Insurgents left Warsaw. Their further fate is also portrayed.
The second part of the permanent exhibition, opened in May of 2006 in Hall B, presents the story of Allied airdrops. Its highlight is a replica of a Liberator B-24J bomber. Much of the exhibition has been devoted to the Germans and their allies, showing their actions in Warsaw as documented in official texts from the time of the Rising and in private notes. The stories of eye witnesses of the August and September 1944 events are played in Hall B. These recordings came from the audiovisual Spoken History Archive at the Warsaw Rising Museum. A movie theatre shows films about the Rising on a panoramic screen. At the mezzanine gallery various temporary exhibition are displayed. The Museum tower is a special attraction with a view of the Freedom Park and the city of Warsaw.
- G
08/04/2015
07/04/2015
THE WARSAW UPRISING (OCTOBER 1944)
The Warsaw Uprising (Polish: powstanie warszawskie) was a major World War IIoperation by the Polish resistance Home Army (Polish: Armia Krajowa) to liberateWarsaw from Nazi Germany. The Uprising was timed to coincide with the Soviet Union'sRed Army approaching the eastern suburbs of the city and the retreat of German forces.[9]However, the Soviet advance stopped short, enabling the Germans to regroup and demolish the city while defeating the Polish resistance, which fought for 63 days with little outside support. According to Janusz Terej, the Uprising was the largest single military effort taken by any European resistance movement during World War II.[10]
The Uprising began on 1 August 1944, as part of a nationwide plan, Operation Tempest, when the Soviet Army approached Warsaw. The main Polish objectives were to drive the German occupiers from the city and help with the larger fight against Germany and the Axis powers. Secondary political objectives were to liberate Warsaw before the Soviets, to underscore Polish sovereignty by empowering the Polish Underground Statebefore the Soviet-backed Polish Committee of National Liberation could assume control. Also, short-term causes included the threat of a German round-up of able-bodied Poles, and Moscow radio calling for the Uprising to begin.
THE WARSAW OLD TOWN (Polish: STARE MIASTO)
The Warsaw Old Town
(Polish: Stare Miasto, and collectively with the New Town, known colloquially as: Starówka) is the oldest part of the capital city. It is bounded by the Wybrzeże Gdańskie, along with the bank of Vistula river,Grodzka, Mostowa and Podwale Streets. It is one of the most prominent tourist attractions in Warsaw.
The heart of the area is the Old Town Market Place, rich in restaurants, cafés and shops. Surrounding streets feature medieval architecture such as the city walls, theBarbican and St. John's Cathedral.
WARSAW, REBUILT, NEARLY, FROM THE SCRATCH
After the Second World War, 90% of the city was, absolutely, demolished.
The buildings we see in the Old Town today, are, hardly, 70 years old and they were rebuilt as similar to the previous ones as possible.
Canaletto's paintings were a big help because they showed lots of details. We come accross with reproductions of them all around the Old City.
The buildings we see in the Old Town today, are, hardly, 70 years old and they were rebuilt as similar to the previous ones as possible.
Canaletto's paintings were a big help because they showed lots of details. We come accross with reproductions of them all around the Old City.
WARSAW, THE CITY
After breakfast, we set off walking around.
It feels quite cold, the thermometer shows
4°C.
Everything looks so appealing, so interesting!
Quiet though! We'll see!
There we go!
It feels quite cold, the thermometer shows
4°C.
Everything looks so appealing, so interesting!
Quiet though! We'll see!
There we go!
06/04/2015
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