The deposit of rock salt in Wieliczka and Bochnia has been mined since the 13th century. This major industrial undertaking has royal ...
Kalwaria Zebrzydowska is a breathtaking cultural landscape of great spiritual significance. Its natural setting – in which a series of symbolic ...
The Centennial Hall, a landmark in the history of reinforced concrete architecture, was erected in 1911-1913 by the architect Max Berg ...
The Churches of Peace in Jawor and Ś widnica, the largest timber-framed religious buildings in Europe, were built in the former ...
This 13th-century fortified monastery belonging to the Teutonic Order was substantially enlarged and embellished after 1309, when the seat of the ...
Torun owes its origins to the Teutonic Order, which built a castle there in the mid-13th century as a base for ...
The Białowieża Forest World Heritage site, on the border between Poland and Belarus, is an immense range of primary forest including ...
During the Warsaw Uprising in August 1944, more than 85% of Warsaw's historic centre was destroyed by Nazi troops. After the ...
Located on the Danube River in Bavaria, this medieval town contains many buildings of exceptional quality that testify to its history ...
Bryggen, the old wharf of Bergen, is a reminder of the town’s importance as part of the Hanseatic League’s trading empire ...
The historic urban ensemble of the canal district of Amsterdam was a project for a new ‘port city’ built at the ...
The outstanding contribution made by the people of the Netherlands to the technology of handling water is admirably demonstrated by the ...