Warsaw
Dr Ludovic Lazarus Zamenhof (1859鈥1917) spoke around a dozen languages before inventing the international language of Esperanto in 1887. He lived in Muran贸w and this mural depicts him alongside a diverse cast of cultural icons from Hamlet and Alfred Hitchcock to Clint Eastwood and Yoda 鈥 with all their famous quotes translated into Esperanto.
It is one of several murals commissioned in the neighbourhood by the arts and community organisation Stacja Muran贸w.
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Warsaw鈥檚 top palace, 10km south of the city centre, was commissioned by King Jan III Sobieski in 1677. It has changed hands several times over the鈥
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For over 60 years this socialist realist palace has dominated central Warsaw. A 鈥榞ift of friendship鈥 from the Soviet Union, it was completed in 1955 and鈥
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This remarkable copy of the original castle blown up by the Germans in WWII is filled with authentic period furniture and original works of art鈥
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This exceptional museum, housed in a former tram power station and its surrounding grounds, traces the history of the city's heroic but doomed uprising鈥
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews
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Housed in one of Warsaw's best examples of contemporary architecture, this award-winning museum documents 1000 years of Jewish history in Poland. The鈥
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The fully interactive, push-the-buttons-and-see-what-happens Copernicus Science Centre pulls off that tricky feat of being both hugely fun and educational鈥
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Pronounced wah-zhen-kee, this beautiful park includes manicured gardens, an ornamental lake, wooded glades and strutting peacocks. Once a hunting ground,鈥
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This multimedia museum within the baroque Ostrogski Palace showcases the work of Poland鈥檚 most famous composer. You鈥檙e encouraged to take your time鈥
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This 2012 mural by Anna Ko藕biel and Adam Walas commemorates the modernist architect Bohdan Lachert (1900鈥87), who designed part of Muran贸w in the 1950s鈥
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Look closely and you see there are actually two monuments here commemorating the thousands who lost their lives in the ill-fated Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of鈥
3. POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews
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Housed in one of Warsaw's best examples of contemporary architecture, this award-winning museum documents 1000 years of Jewish history in Poland. The鈥
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During WWII the prison that once stood here was used by the Gestapo 鈥 that's the time period that the displays in this grimly fascinating museum focus on鈥
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On 7 December 1970 German chancellor Willy Brandt famously fell to his knees in front of the Ghetto Heroes Monument in a gesture of contrition for Germany鈥
6. Jewish Historical Institute
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Just behind a blue skyscraper (which stands on the location of the Great Synagogue destroyed by the Germans), JHI houses a library and exhibitions related鈥
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This grand neoclassical structure, designed by Antonio Corazzi in the 1820s, lends Plac Bankowy some architectural heft. It houses the city administration鈥
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A meticulous replica, following its destruction by the Germans in WWII, this baroque palace was originally completed in 1683 for the nobleman Jan鈥