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The various collections in the fields of archeology, painting, graphics, iconography, sculpture, decorative arts, numismatics and architectural drawings, now exceed 250 000 objects. Until the start of the renovations in 2010 there was available exhibitions showing seven centuries of Warsaw history, from its foundation to the present day.
Grave of Jerzy Andrzejewski at Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw. Jerzy Andrzejewski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjɛʐɨ andʐɛˈjɛfskʲi]; 19 August 1909 – 19 April 1983) was a prolific Polish writer. His works confront controversial moral issues such as betrayal, the Jews and Auschwitz in the wartime. [1]
The Articles of the Warsaw Confederation were the foundational document for the election, incorporated into the statutes that every newly elected king had to swear to uphold (the "Henrician Articles"), [3] thus becoming constitutional provisions alongside the Pacta conventa, also instituted in 1573. Despite some generalities, the Warsaw ...
The Professor Kazimierz Michałowski Faras Gallery at the National Museum in Warsaw is a permanent gallery at the National Museum in Warsaw, presenting Nubian early Christian art. The Gallery features a unique collection of wall paintings and architectural elements from the Faras Cathedral , discovered by an archeological expedition led by ...
Sigismund's Column (Polish: Kolumna Zygmunta), originally erected in 1644, is located at Castle Square, Warsaw, Poland and is one of Warsaw's most famous landmarks as well as the first secular monument in the form of a column in modern history. [2]
Winogrand's parents, Abraham and Bertha, [1] emigrated to the U.S. from Budapest and Warsaw. Garry grew up with his sister Stella in a predominantly Jewish working-class area of the Bronx, New York, where his father was a leather worker in the garment industry, and his mother made neckties for piecemeal work.
Thaddeus of Warsaw went through at least 84 editions, [3] including translations into French and German. [4] The German edition was praised by Tadeusz Kościuszko, [5] [dubious – discuss] the inspiration for the "Thaddeus" of the title and a hero of the American Revolution, and earned Porter a ladyship from the King of Württemberg. [1]
[3] In 1956, the Council of Ministers have given the palace, and the surrounding area, to the Warsaw University of Life Sciences, which had developed there their campus. In 1989, the palace became the seat of the university authorities. [5] [6] Its façade was renovated in 2008, and the building underwent extensive renovation between 2014 and ...