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Poland: Independence Day

Poland’s Independence Day on 11 November celebrates the end of over 120 years of rule by the neighbouring Kingdom of Prussia and the Austrian and Russian Empires from 1795 to 1918.

A bronze statue of two travellers in Torun, Poland

Strangers

Pic of the Week – 26 March 2007 Maciej Lewandowski © 2006 This is a statue of two travellers taken by Maciej Lewandowski in his home…

The Pan and the Pope

Krakow, Poland – shopping, dining & getting around The title gives it away. Pope John Paul II, the city’s most prominent son, and Pan Tadeusz, protagonist…