A Visit to Poland
A selection of photos recording a visit to Łódź, Poland, at the invitation of my friend Violetta, from April 22 to May 2, 2024
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A rank of horse-drawn carriages stand ready to taxi tourists around central Kraków, April 22
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Violetta in the shopping mall inside the Kraków Cloth Hall (Sukiennice w Krakowie) in the middle of the main market square,
Kraków, April 22
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Memorial to the victory in 1410 of the Polish−Lithuanian alliance at Grunwald over the Teutonic Knights, Kraków, April 23
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Midday view of carriages outside the Kraków Cloth Hall, Kraków, April 23
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Posing at Collegium Maius, Jagiellonian University, where Nicolaus Copernicus once studied, Kraków, April 23
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A carriage in the market square, with a restaurant where we had lunch in the background, Kraków, April 23
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A sidestreet scene, where the wall and the cobbled road have been left largely unchanged since WW2, Łódź, April 24
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A restored factory facade fronting rooms still used for social housing, Łódź, April 24
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Restaurant at a restored factory site, Łódź, April 24
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Outside the entrance to the splendid new National Center of Film Culture, created with EU funds, on the site of the former
municipal power station, whose buildings are now restored as the EC1 Centre for Science and Technology, Łódź, April 25
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View from the observation deck on top of the former cooling tower at the EC1 site, Łódź, April 25
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Another view from the top of the tower at the EC1 site, Łódź, April 25
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Freedom Square (Plac Wolności) located at the northern end of Piotrkowska Street, Łódź, April 26
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Mural in a courtyard just off Piotrkowska Street, Łódź, April 26
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Another mural in the courtyard off Piotrkowska Street, Łódź, April 26
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A restored historic frontage on Piotrkowska Street, Łódź, April 26
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Frontage of the municipal administration offices on Piotrkowska Street, Łódź, April 26
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Agricultural workers demonstrating against the EU Green Deal, Marshal Josef Pilsudski Avenue
(Aleja marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego), Łódź, April 26
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A tram on Marshal Josef Pilsudski Avenue, Łódź, April 26
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The OFF Piotrkowska Center on the site of the former factory of Franciszek Ramisch, beside Roosevelt Street, Łódź, April 26
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Another view inside the OFF Piotrkowska Center, Łódź, April 26
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A mural beside Roosevelt Street, Łódź, April 26
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Music lovers relax during the interval between Beethoven's Fifth and Elgar's Variations at the Arthur Rubinstein Philharmonic
(Filharmonia Łódzka) concert hall, Łódź, April 26
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Manufaktura, a combined mall and public area for funfairs and social venues, built on the site of the former
industrial empire established in the late 19th century by the magnate Izrael Poznański, Łódź, April 27
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Funfair on the Manufaktura site, Łódź, April 27
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View of the Manuarte restaurant at the Manufaktura site, Łódź, April 27
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One of the external gates to the Manufaktura site, Łódź, April 27
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Southern (side) view of the Izrael Poznański Palace (Pałac Izraela Poznańskiego) on the Manufaktura site, Łódź, April 27
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At the Manuarte restaurant on the Manufaktura site, Łódź, April 27
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Enjoyed two pieces of modern ballet (respectively titled Beach Birds and Bipeds) by the Ballet de L'Opera de Lyon
at the Grand Theatre (Teatr Wielki w Łodzi), Łódź, April 27
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Landscape around a rural restaurant a few km outside Łódź, April 28
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Landscape around a rural restaurant a few km outside Łódź, April 28
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Landscape around a rural restaurant a few km outside Łódź, April 28
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During a visit to the country home of a new friend in a village a few km outside Łódź, April 29
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The Palace of Culture and Science (Pałac Kultury i Nauki, completed in 1955), beside the central railway station,
Warsaw (Warszawa), April 30
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West wing of the Palace of Culture and Science, Warsaw, April 30
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View from the Marszałkowska tram stop of Hotel Metropol, Warsaw, April 30
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Skyline dominated by the office blocks of multinational corporations, Warsaw, April 30
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View from a tram stop on Aleja "Solidarności" of the Royal Castle and former palace (now a museum), Warsaw, April 30
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A tram at the tram stop on Aleja "Solidarności", Warsaw, April 30
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Troops on the parade ground between the Old Town and the Royal Castle, Warsaw, April 30
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Troops on parade between the Old Town and the Royal Castle, Warsaw, April 30
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Front view of the Royal Castle, Warsaw, April 30
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Sigismund's Column commemorates King Sigismund III Vasa (who moved Poland's capital from Kraków to Warszawa in 1596),
Warsaw, April 30
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Troops on parade between the Old Town and the Royal Castle, Warsaw, April 30
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Troops on parade between the Old Town and the Royal Castle, Warsaw, April 30
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Streetside restaurant beside the Old Town, Warsaw, April 30
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Monument to Jan Kiliński, who commanded the Warsaw uprising of 1794 against the Russians, Warsaw, April 30
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Monument to the poet and novelist Maria Konopnicka (1842−1910), Warsaw, April 30
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Troops on parade between the Old Town and the Royal Castle, shortly before President Andrzej Duda took the podium
to deliver a speech commemorating the (May 3) anniversary of the Polish constitution (1791, the second democratic
national constitution after that of the United States), Warsaw, April 30
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Troops marching in front of the Royal Castle, Warsaw, April 30
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Frontage of St. Anne's Church, Warsaw, April 30
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View from St. Anne's Church toward the Royal Castle, Warsaw, April 30
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Rebuilt historic frontage in Old Town Market Place (Rynek Starego Miasta), Warsaw, April 30
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View of River Vistula (Wisła) from the Royal Castle palace ramparts, Warsaw, April 30
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My charming hostess Violetta at the country home of an old friend in a village a few km outside Łódź, May 1
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During the visit to the country home a few km outside Łódź, May 1
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