Love at Warsaw
by Pablo Lopez
Title
Love at Warsaw
Artist
Pablo Lopez
Medium
Photograph - Digital Image
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Taken at the Palace of Culture and Science, in Warsaw.
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula River in east-central Poland and it is the 7th most-populous capital city in the European Union. Warsaw is an alpha global city, a major international tourist destination, and a significant cultural, political and economic hub. Its historical old town was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Once described as the "Paris of the North", Warsaw was believed to be one of the most beautiful cities in the world until World War II. Bombed at the start of the German invasion in 1939, the city withstood a siege for which it was later awarded Poland's highest military decoration for heroism, the Virtuti Militari. Deportations of the Jewish population to concentration camps led to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943 and the destruction of the Ghetto after a month of combat. A general Warsaw Uprising between August and October 1944 led to even greater devastation and systematic razing by the Germans in advance of the Vistula–Oder Offensive. Warsaw gained the new title of Phoenix City because of its extensive history and complete reconstruction after World War II, which had left over 85 percent of its buildings in ruins.
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