They are the first recorded photos of Warsaw’s ruins. In the chapter of Ruins of Warsaw devoted to Porębski, Łukasz Gorczyca explains: At the time, the 25-year-old photographer manifested ...
It is the city as simulation, as movie set. The most radical transformation has been the rebuilding of the old defence headquarters, badly damaged during the siege of Buda in 1945. For decades ...
Painted by Canaletto, it became an iconic landmark, the spiritual centrepiece of Germany’s most beautiful city. Bombed flat in 1945 ... visit the evocative ruins of the old gunpowder magazine ...
The humble city break is one of those time-honored ... but there are other delights to discover. There are the ruins of the old Bishop's palace, boat trips to the offshore island, nearby castles ...
Heritage activists say conservation of the ruins and remains of the sites can still highlight the old city’s hidden glory. For this, the town and country planning department should initiate a ...
Hyderabad:Family members of 41 owners, whose properties were affected by the Old City Metro Rail project, have had an attachment to the area for more than three generations, some with homes and ...
A court in Warsaw has ordered the three-month detention of a minibus driver who fatally struck a 14-year-old Ukrainian boy in early January. Source: Ukrinform, citing Piotr Skiba, Warsaw District ...
As Wars Rage Around Them, Armenian Christians in Jerusalem's Old City Feel the Walls Closing In JERUSALEM (AP) — As the war in Gaza rages, Syria's government transforms, and the Israeli-occupied ...
Six years after it started, World War II ended in 1945 with Nazi Germany surrendering in May and its leaders going on trial for war crimes in November.