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The architecture of Poland includes modern and historical monuments of architectural and historical importance. Several important works of Western architecture, such as the Wawel Hill , the Książ and Malbork castles, cityscapes of Toruń , Zamość , and Kraków are located in the country.
The architecture of the 16th-century Polish mannerism is marked by common usage of richly embellished attics of palaces and houses, arcade courtyards and side towers. [11] The church architecture combined the late gothic tradition with renaissance symmetry and mannerist decoration. Churches were slender, usually without towers.
The mannerist architecture and sculpture in Poland have two major traditions – Polish/Italian and Dutch/Flemish, that dominated in northern Poland. [1] The Silesian mannerism of South-Western Poland was largely influenced by Bohemian and German mannerism, while the Pomeranian mannerism of North-Western Poland was influenced by Gothic tradition and Northern German mannerism.
The Zakopane style dominated architecture in the Podhale and other Goral Lands for many years. [3] Although the cutoff date for buildings designed in the Zakopane Style of Architecture is usually held to be 1914, many new pensions, villas and highlander homes are built according to the architectural model devised by Witkiewicz to the present day.
Historic Monument (Polish: pomnik historii, pronounced [ˈpɔm.ɲik xisˈtɔ.rji]) is one of several categories of objects of cultural heritage (in the singular, zabytek) in Poland. [1] To be recognized as a Polish historic monument, an object must be declared such by the President of Poland. [1]
The park design influenced the development of the landscape architecture profession. Sustaining severe damage during World War II, it has been since restored in both countries. [19] Centennial Hall: Lower Silesia: 2006 1165; i, ii, iv (cultural) The Centennial Hall is an early Modernist building made of reinforced concrete.
Traditional monuments seemed inadequate for capturing the scale and nature of the Holocaust’s horrors. Polish architect Oskar Hansen proposed a radical approach—a geometric pathway winding ...
Gothic architecture is represented in the majestic churches but also at the burgher houses and fortifications.The most significant buildings are St. John's Cathedral (14th century), the temple is a typical example of the so-called Masovian gothic style, St. Mary's Church (1411), a town house of Burbach family (14th century), [1] Gunpowder Tower (after 1379) and the Royal Castle Curia Maior ...