WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Some Poles liken the skyscraper to an elephant in lace underpants. ... Unwanted gift from Stalin, Warsaw Palace of Culture turns 60. Staff Writer. The Columbus Dispatch.

Warsaw's Stalin-era skyscraper, the Palace of Culture and Science, is 50 years old on Friday. But the gift from Josef Stalin to then communist Poland is also one of the country's most controversial ...

Fly over Warsaw, Poland’s dynamic capital, where the meticulously reconstructed Old Town, the towering Palace of Culture and ...

Scenes that would have been unfathomable a decade ago are proliferating across Poland. ... in the shadow of the Palace of Culture and Science, Stalin’s infamous gift to the Polish people.

Inside the abandoned labyrinth hidden under Stalin’s skyscraper palace Ben ... The private retreat lies directly beneath the parade square at The Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, Poland.

Designed by Thomas Phifer, the National Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw is a building that demands a second look. Behind its smooth white concrete facade, an astonishingly light and diverse interior ...

Explore Warsaw, the capital of Poland, in this virtual tour through its top tourist attractions. Visit the Old Town (Stare ...

The Palace of Culture and Science casts a long, spiky shadow over Warsaw’s Plac Defilad (Parade Square). Europe’s biggest public square is brutalised by the vast mass of this “gift” from ...

He built the Joseph Stalin Palace of Culture and Science instead. Today the Palace is one of Poland's most recognisable sights and has starred on the cover of Vogue.

Poland has been ravaged by brutal conflicts for centuries, and the vicious if mostly bloodless culture wars of today have not spared it. When the museum opened after 20 years of lurching back-and ...

In this photo taken Monday, July 20, 2015, cars are parked in front of the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, Poland. The building was a gift from Soviet leader Josef Stalin and is ...