Polish Architecture

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Jun 17, 09, 20:50 #151

On the corner. Karmelickiej i Batorego you can find Teodor Talowski's house Kamienica Pod Pająkiem, ( Grand old building under the spider).
I know I did this before but it is an amazing building.Wiki

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Edited by: SeanBM Jun 19, 09, 20:57 #152

The face only a mother could love? :)

I have walked by this building in Krakow, across from hala targowa, and with all the badly brightly coloured commercials, only noticed it yesterday.
I spotted this very interesting sculpting half way up the building, on it's corner.
One of the charms of Poland, are the almost hidden gems.

One thing I want to do in future to this thread is involve the apartment blocks, it is part of the picture.

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Jul 30, 09, 17:45 #153

These are houses in Myslenice, 35KM south of Krakow.
The first two photos are of a modern house with a tached roof, simply a wonderful design and arched to make maximum use of the sun.

The second photo is of a house I am not particularly mad about but this classical "castle look" is very popular here in Poland. When your home really is your castle :)
I do like the roof tiling when it flow over the roof windows like an eye.

The last one seems to be one of the oldest houses in Myslenice.
There is a lot of intricate designs carved in to the wood but this photo does not show it so well.

inkrakow	Jul 30, 09, 19:23 #154
SeanBM: I love that doorway guarded by dragons, simply exquisite. It's gorgeous! Where is it?

SeanBMThreads: 41 Posts: 8,647 Joined: Mar 10, 08 ♂	Jul 30, 09, 19:37 #155
inkrakow: It's gorgeous! Where is it? In Krakow, inkrakow :) Click here for map of location

inkrakow	Jul 31, 09, 01:02 #156
SeanBM: In Krakow, inkrakow :) Click here for map of location um, I gathered that from the first sentence ;) any chance of an address or street name?

SeanBMThreads: 41 Posts: 8,647 Joined: Mar 10, 08 ♂	Edited by: SeanBM Jul 31, 09, 09:56 #157
inkrakow: any chance of an address or street name? Oh yeah, that map didn't work, I had the marker on the street, I don't know how to save the map location hhhmmm... It is on Ul. Leopolda Staffa.

McCoyThreads: 46 Posts: 1,755 Joined: Jul 3, 08 ♂	Jul 31, 09, 12:04 #158
Salomon: ostindustrial 19 century space is being used properly. First 4 stars hotel in Łódz is being build in building of old factory : designed by the brits.more photos: here

McCoyThreads: 46 Posts: 1,755 Joined: Jul 3, 08 ♂	Aug 6, 09, 18:49 #159
Stegna church

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Dec 12, 09, 16:17 #160

Thanks to all the folks posting pictures here, some really nice ones! Pretty diverse and interesting to find all these styles and time-period houses all over the country. That is something that Norway could learn from. Too bad they killed our capitol in the 60's and 70's with modern concrete slab buildings next to old 18 century decorated buildings. Which makes Oslo seem like a schizophrenic nightmare.

I recently found out that my town of Mikolow has upgraded their website considerably with an excellent english version. Big thanks to whomever took the time to actually do this for a small city like that. They also made a birdseye view available with the possibility to click oneself around town to churches, botanical gardens and backstreets.

Link:

http://www.mikolow.um.gov.pl/

At the bottom of the page is the "Wirtualny spacer po Mikolowie"

Might take a few seconds to load completely, but worth the wait.

Dariusz

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Edited by: Sokrates Jan 4, 10, 18:50 #161

Jan 4, 10, 19:35 - Thread attached on merging:
Glimpses of Poland.

Some examples of Polish architecture you can find all across Poland and in Ukraine and Belarus (the areas encompassed by the Old Republic).

From our golden period when Polish influence could be felt from Kiev to Budapest to the interwar period of 1920-39.

First the great fortress city of Zamość, this reneissance fortress and its city was the most powerfull stronghold in Poland and among the greatest fortresses of Renessaince Europe, while the fortifications deteriorates the city itself largely survived the turbulent years and was restored to its former glory.

Remnants of the mighty walls of Zamość.

The reneissance streets of old Zamość.

Zamoyska Academy where Polish military elite once trained.

Renessaince houses on the town square.

A wall of town square buildings, in the foreground richer merchant houses, in the back regular citizens buildings.

Another wall of Zamość town square.

South wall of the town square (at least i think its the south one).

The magnificent town hall of Zamość, the seat of the civilian administration back when it was a fortress.

Zamoyska academy courtyard.

The arsenal of the old fortress.

Arsenal in full view.

Sean you should've told me earlier i'd hijack yours instead of making a new one, well whats done is done.

SeanBMThreads: 41 Posts: 8,647 Joined: Mar 10, 08 ♂	Edited by: SeanBM Jan 4, 10, 19:01 #162
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SokratesThreads: 19 Posts: 4,464 Joined: Jan 19, 09 ♂ [Suspended]	Jan 4, 10, 19:09 #163
I asked WB to merge my thread with yours, i'll post more pics in yours if its OK with you.

HarryThreads: 59 Posts: 7,994 Joined: May 2, 07 ♂	Jan 4, 10, 19:09 #164
One of the best things about Zamosc is the lack of tourists. I was down there last July (or perhaps August) and there were very very few tourists. Zamosc seems to be one of those places which Poles love to say how wonderful is but isn't quite wonderful enough for them to go there. The other best thing about Zamosc is the beer: the best beer from the best brewing region in Poland.

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Edited by: SeanBM Jan 4, 10, 19:11 #165

Sokrates:

I asked WB to merge my thread with yours, i'll post more pics in yours if its OK with you.

Any time :)

Harry:

The other best thing about Zamosc is the beer: the best beer from the best brewing region in Poland.

You have my undivided attention, I will look it up immediately, if not sooner :)

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Zamość Fortress (Wiki)

It looks like Nicosia in Cyprus... I think that might have already been in the other thread...Here

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Jan 4, 10, 19:22 #166

SeanBM:

Harry:
The other best thing about Zamosc is the beer: the best beer from the best brewing region in Poland.

You have my undivided attention, I will look it up immediately, if not sooner :)

Zwierzyniec. Stunningly good stuff. It's from the same people who do Perla (and I hope you know how good that is). They also do one called Lubelski Pils which is well worth trying. Even the local Grupa Zywiec beer (Lezajsk) is good, far far better than Zywiec!

SeanBMThreads: 41 Posts: 8,647 Joined: Mar 10, 08 ♂	Jan 4, 10, 19:28 #167
Thanks for the tip.

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Edited by: EchoTheCat Jan 20, 10, 14:33 #168

Well maybe I can show here something interesting. I'm from Poznan, city-fortress and it can be seen on every corner in this city. So I have some intrestong photo comparisions how the architecture was changing. It used to say that buildings in Posen was destroyed to far less extent (hmm I have strang feeling that there's something wrong with this sentence...) than in other cities. It's because prussian way of building which was considered as very solid. And I can say that's true because when you compare today photos and those from 30's there are almost no differences.

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Jan 20, 10, 14:50 #169

I forgot the pictures ... :)

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Jan 20, 10, 15:06 #170

And some more

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Jan 20, 10, 15:21 #171

and more ;)

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Edited by: EchoTheCat Jan 20, 10, 15:40 #172

On the last picture you can see how destroyed was some of buildings. But after the war they were rebuild exactly the same way.

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Jan 20, 10, 15:57 #173

One more missing picture to last post .

SeanBMThreads: 41 Posts: 8,647 Joined: Mar 10, 08 ♂	Jan 20, 10, 16:13 #174
EchoTheCat: I can show here something interesting. I'm from Poznan, Great photos, very interesting. Thanks for posting them, if you have any more please fell free to add them as I think everyone is interested in how things looked in the past and how they compare to today, thanks again.

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Jul 4, 11, 22:33 #175

Merged: Modern Architecture in Poland

What are some examples of modern architecture in Poland?
These new housing blocks in Gdansk made an impression on me.

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Sep 7, 11, 07:47 #177

Everyone thinks this is a painting. I had taken this pic of the castle in Lublin with my cell, late in the evening. I love the photo. It looks so surreal.

Honk if you love PF :)

Lublin

PL2011Threads: - Posts: 12 Joined: Aug 11, 11 ♂	Sep 7, 11, 14:43 #178
Endless amount of polish architecture and polish cities photos you can find here: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=639 ("Miasta polskie"); http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=47 ("Wieżowce i panoramy").

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