Culture of Poland
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The culture of Poland is the product of its geography and distinct historical evolution, which is closely connected to an intricate thousand-year history. Poland has a Roman Catholic majority, and rel
The Polish White Eagle is Poland's enduring national and cultural symbol.
First Polish language dictionary published in free Poland after the century of suppression of Polish culture by foreign powers
Bigos stew and a glass of Tyskie beer
Traditional Christmas Eve Pierogi
Renaissance in Poland
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The Renaissance in Poland lasted from the late 15th to the late 16th century and is widely considered to have been the Golden Age of Polish culture. Ruled by the Jagiellonian dynasty, the Crown of the
Copernicus' De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
King Sigismund I the Old and bishop Piotr Tomicki kneeling before St. Stanislaus, a leaf from the Hours of Sigismund I by Stanisław Samostrzelnik, 1535
Portrait of Queen Anna Jagiellon of Poland by Martin Kober, 1576
Graves of the last Jagiellons in the Sigismund's Chapel, hailed as "the most beautiful example of the Tuscan Renaissance north of the Alps"