Poland
Small shrine on the backyard of the old tenement house in the Prague district of Warsaw.
Wooden cross with a figure of Christ in a village in the Masurian Lakeland district north-east of Poland.
A swan and a boat. Masurian Lakeland district north-east of Poland.
Elderly couple dancing in the street of the Old Town district in Warsaw.
Flowers for sale. Old Town, Warsaw.
Fields and wooden fences late evening in a village in the Masurian Lakeland district north-east of Poland.
Wooden pier and a boat on a lake n the Masurian Lakeland district north-east of Poland.
A window adorned with Catholic symbols during the 1999 visit of Pope John Paul II in Warsaw.
Pope John Paul II in papamobile with cardinal Joseph Glemp - the Primate of Poland (dressed in red) during the 1999 visit in Warsaw.
Portrait of the President of Poland and his wife in front of the Presidential Palace in Warsaw a few weeks after the tragic catastrophe of the presidential plane in Smoleńsk in Russia.
Flowers, candles and people praying in front of the Presidential Palace in Warsaw a few weeks after the tragic catastrophe of the presidential plane in Smoleńsk in Russia.
Statue of the Mermaid of Warsaw - the symbol of the capital of Poland on the town square in the Old Town district of the city.
Wawel Castle in Cracow - the seat and place of coronations of Polish kings from 1320 to 1734.
Hotel Royal in Cracow, opposite the royal Wawel Castle.
The wing housing the Cathedral Museum within the Wawel Royal Castle in Cracow.
Golden domed Sigismund's Chapel (Kaplica Zygmuntowska) of the Wawel Cathedral. Built in 1519-33 by Bartolomeo Berrecci as a funerary chapel for the last kings of Jagiellonian dynasty.
Closeup of the Renaissance golden domed Sigismund's Chapel (Kaplica Zygmuntowska) of the Wawel Cathedral built in 1519-33. Cracow.
The Royal Archicathedral Basilica on the Wawel Hill - the coronation church of the Polish kings from 1320 to 1734.
The Royal Sigismund Bell - the largest bell in the Sigismund Tower of the Wawel Cathedral in Cracow. It tolls on special occasions and is one of Poland's national symbols.
Wawel Cathedral and Sigismund's Chapel in Cracow seen from the south.
Wawel Cathedral and Sigismund's Chapel in Cracow seen from the south-west.
Sigismund's Chapel (right) and Vasa Chape (left) in the evening sunlight. Wawel Hill, Cracow.
Colorful houses surrounding the Castle Square in the Old Town district of Warsaw. Visible above them is the roof of the St. John's Archcathedral totally rebuilt after the Warsaw uprising of 1944.
Main facade of the Royal Castle in Warsaw with the 60m tall Sigismund's Tower in the centre.
General view of the Castle Square in Warsaw from Krakowskie Przedmieście or Trakt Królewski (Royal Avenue).
King Sigismund's Column - the oldest monument in Warsaw and the mansion houses of the Castle Square seen from Krakowskie Przedmieście or Trakt Królewski (Royal Avenue).
Part of the old defence wall and a yellow house in the Old Town district of Warsaw.
Roofs, dormers and chimneys of the houses in the Old Town district in Warsaw.
Saint Kinga Chamber in the Wieliczka Salt Mine near Cracow.
A bas relief made in salt showing the biblical visit of Jesus Christ in Temple. Saint Kinga Chamber in the Wieliczka Salt Mine near Cracow.
Saint Kinga Chamber in the Wieliczka Salt Mine near Cracow.
A squirrel in the Łazienki (Royal Baths) Park in Warsaw.
Baroque Łazienki Palace or Palace on the Water in Łazienki (Royal Baths) Park in Warsaw.
The Palace of Belweder - seat of the president of Poland seen from the Łazienki (Royal Baths) Park in Warsaw.
Interior of the Stanislas Theater on an island in the Łazienki (Royal Baths) Park in Warsaw.
Little girl kissing a snowman during winter in Warsaw.
A curtain wall window panel left near the rubbish container on Polytechnic Square in Warsaw reflects new architecture in contrast to the old, dilapidated wall behind.
Peacock presenting his beautiful tail in the Łazienki (Royal Baths) Park in Warsaw.
Golden Gate seen in the perspective of Long Street - the main pedestrianized thoroughfare of the Old City in Gdańsk leading to the Motława riverbank.
Long Street - the main pedestrianized thoroughfare of the Old City in Gdańsk connecting the Golden Gate with Motława riverbank.
Colorful tops of townhouses in the Old City in Gdańsk and the tower of the city town hall.
Pinnacles of the old Market Hall in the Old City in Gdańsk.
Historic gate of the Gdańsk Shipyard, which was the focal point of workers' strikes and protests in 1980, which eventually led to the establishment of Solidarity - the first independent trade union in the then Soviet Block.
The monument of Three Crosses erected in 1980 in commemoration of the workers' protests 10 years earlier, which were brutally suppressed by the communist regime leaving 45 people dead. Gdańsk, Solidarity Square.