Warsaw is a city of architectural contrasts. The new combines with the old, the modern tries to hide the traces of communism. It is impressive how the city has risen every time it has risen and withstood dozens of bombings and foreign domination. Warsaw has always been reborn from its own ashes, becoming a stronger, richer, more beautiful city.
If you visit Warsaw you have to walk through the Old Town. Completely restored according to the original version that was destroyed by the Nazis, the old center of Warsaw is considered a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In this fairytale area you can admire the architectural details of the bourgeois houses, here are also two of the most important buildings in Warsaw: St. John and the Royal Palace.
Walking on the Presidential Road, you reach the new center of Warsaw. Here is the tallest building in the city (231m), a “gift” offered to the Poles by communist Russia: the Palace of Culture. It is so ugly by the people of Warsaw that most of the glass tower buildings were concentrated around it, to try to hide it and not look so imposing.
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