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Architects who shaped Wrocław - from Max Berg to today Kultura i sztuka
Architects who shaped Wrocław - from Max Berg to today
From the reinforced-concrete dome of the Centennial Hall, through the modernist WuWA estate and post-war reconstruction from rubble, to contemporary developments - the history of Wrocław's architecture is a series of layers built on top of one another over more than a hundred years.
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Blue patterns on white clay - the history of Bolesławiec ceramics Kultura i sztuka
Blue patterns on white clay - the history of Bolesławiec ceramics
Bolesławiec ceramics owe their look to local stoneware clay and the technique of stamping patterns with a sponge. We look at where the pottery tradition came from, what the "peacock's eye" means and how the workshops survived two wars.
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Carpets from Kowary - a forgotten weaving tradition of the Karkonosze Kultura i sztuka
Carpets from Kowary - a forgotten weaving tradition of the Karkonosze
Before Kowary became known for its post-war uranium mine, the town lived for more than a hundred and fifty years off weaving and hand-knotted carpets. We check what remains of this tradition.
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District of Four Temples - the history of a place where four religions are neighbours Kultura i sztuka
District of Four Temples - the history of a place where four religions are neighbours
In one quarter of the Old Town, no more than three hundred metres apart, stand an Orthodox cathedral, a Catholic church, a Protestant church and a synagogue - each with its own turbulent history going back to the 13th century.
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The recurring cultural festivals of Lower Silesia Kultura i sztuka
The recurring cultural festivals of Lower Silesia
The Nowe Horyzonty film festival, the Port Literacki literary festival with its roots in Legnica, re-enactments at the fortresses of Kłodzko and Srebrna Góra, and the Polish-German CYRKUS Festival in Zgorzelec - the region has festivals spread across the whole year, reaching far beyond Wrocław.
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Wrocław's Music Festivals Kultura i sztuka
Wrocław's Music Festivals
From the oratorios of Wratislavia Cantans in historic churches to jazz and electronic music at the National Forum of Music - Wrocław has several distinct festival traditions that together have made it a city living with music almost all year round.
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Philharmonics and concert halls of Lower Silesia Kultura i sztuka
Philharmonics and concert halls of Lower Silesia
From the acoustics-award-winning hall of the National Forum of Music, through the regional philharmonics in Wałbrzych and Jelenia Góra, to the organs in wooden UNESCO-listed churches and a spa theatre where the young Chopin once performed - the region has several very different traditions of live music.
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Neon gallery on Ruska Street - saving forgotten communist-era signs Kultura i sztuka
Neon gallery on Ruska Street - saving forgotten communist-era signs
In a courtyard on Wrocław's Ruska Street, dozens of neon signs taken down from shops, cinemas and factories from before 1989 light up after dark - signs that would otherwise have ended up as scrap.
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Gerhart Hauptmann and literary Lower Silesia - the Nobel laureate from Jagniątków Kultura i sztuka
Gerhart Hauptmann and literary Lower Silesia - the Nobel laureate from Jagniątków
The author of a drama about the Silesian weavers' uprising and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature lived in Jagniątków at the foot of the Karkonosze (Giant Mountains), where he built a house that brought together artists from the region. His biography also has a difficult chapter - silence in the face of Nazism and death shortly after the war.
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The Jewish community in Wrocław today - two synagogues, three hundred people and the district of four temples Kultura i sztuka
The Jewish community in Wrocław today - two synagogues, three hundred people and the district of four temples
Wrocław's Jewish community today numbers around three hundred people, but it maintains two active synagogues and helps shape one of the city's symbolic places - the District of Four Temples, where four different faiths have stood side by side since 1995.
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How Wrocław Cathedral was rebuilt after the destruction of 1945 Kultura i sztuka
How Wrocław Cathedral was rebuilt after the destruction of 1945
The archcathedral on Ostrów Tumski lost its roofs, vault and tower helmets in 1945. It returned to usable condition after six years, but only regained its full silhouette in 1991.
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Wrocław's Dwarfs - the Phenomenon of the City's Sculptures Kultura i sztuka
Wrocław's Dwarfs - the Phenomenon of the City's Sculptures
Painted graffiti from the 1980s and sculpted figures from the 21st century are two different stories, even though they share the same name. We look at who designs the dwarfs, who can fund them, and why the phenomenon also draws criticism.
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