#in warsaw

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Czesław Miłosz, Rescue; from ‘In Warsaw’, tr. Czesław Miłosz, Robert Hass & Madeline Levine

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“I told you not to wear that tonight” A fan was wearing the same Karma jacket hahah

- The Eras Tour in Warsaw, Poland (N1) on August 1, 2024 (x)

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"Warsaw 1944? NO, Palestine 2024"

Pasteup on the anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising, which began on 1 August 1944, a major World War II operation by the Polish underground resistance to liberate Warsaw from German occupation.

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Warsaw Pride, Poland (15/06/2024)

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Maria Skłodowska-Curie monument in Warsaw

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Krasiński Palace, Warsaw, Poland

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david tennant as jean-françois mercier spies of warsaw ✦ 1x01, episode 1

[allthingseurope]

Warsaw, Poland (by Tetiana)

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[polish-art-tournament]

sculptures* round 1 poll 1

*and installations and some other stuff i didn't know where to put

Smok Wawelski (The Wawel Dragon) by Bolesław Chromy, 1969:

propaganda: This is a famous and beloved statue outside of Wawel Castle (pronounced Vavel) in Kraków. The story of Smok Wawelski goes that he'd been eating all the animals (and people?) in Kraków so the king ordered his sons to kill him, but obviously the dragon is very dangerous. The princes tricked him by filling animals with tar and leaving them out. He ate them and when he tried to breathe fire, his insides burned up. There is a second version that says a cobbler tricked him into eating a tar-filled sheep and the tar made him so thirsty he drank the Wisła (the Vistula, the river that runs through Kraków) until he burst.

Fun fact, those are not extra arms but rather extra heads. Also, you can text the dragon to ask him to breathe fire, and then he does. He gets thousands of texts a day.

about the artist: When I was a kid, I was sure this statue was the actual Smok Wawelski that had somehow carbonized over a thousand years, but alas no, a guy made it in 1969 out of bronze. Bronisław Chromy was an artist, a professor, and Dragon Mother. He passed away in 2017.

Pomnik Syreny (Monument of the Warsaw Mermaid) by Ludwika Nitschowa, 1939:

propaganda: The Warsaw Mermaid is the symbol of Warsaw, and her image is all over the city in various forms. She's a warrior and is depicted with a sword and shield. She lives in the Wisła River (the Vistula), which runs thru Warsaw. There are different variants of her legend, but they all have something to do with her involvement in the foundation of Warsaw and her eternal role in protecting the city.

There are several statues of Syrenka around Warsaw, but the one I picked was created by Ludwika Nitschowa in 1936. It is made of gunmetal, and it stands on the bank of the Wisła. The model for this statue was a Polish poetess named Krystyna Krahelska. Krahelska joined the Home Army during WWII and participated in the Warsaw Uprising. She was shot and killed while rescuing a wounded colleague. I think it's really special the way the myth of Syrenka played out like this -- she really did protect the city, like in the legend. Incidentally, this statue was one of the few pieces of art in Warsaw not destroyed by the war.

tldr: badass warrior mermaid, made by a badass woman, modeled on a badass woman. women!

about the artist: Ludwika Nitschowa is the creator several famous statues in Poland, including of Maria Skłodowska-Curie, Copernicus, and several of Fryderyk Chopin.

both statues were submitted by @slaviclore 🐉🧜‍♀️

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Lights of Remembrance

Where the Warsaw Ghetto once stood, Hanukkah candles light the night.

The house at 14 Waliców Street is one of the larger Warsaw Ghetto structures to have remained standing in spite of all the destruction.

The death toll among the Jewish inhabitants of the Ghetto was estimated to be over 300,000 Jews killed.

We remember their light.

Link

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warsaw n3

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Crowd goes wild at her fingertips 💛

- The Eras Tour in Warsaw, Poland (N3) on August 3, 2024 (x)

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joining the trend with another polish miku (from warsaw)

inspo: its mostly traditional wilanów outfits with a mix of others from around warsaw + changed colors to mikupalette

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Białostocka, July 2024

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🩸 separate to dance better 🩸