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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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

Now home to museums, cinemas, theatres and likewise cultural institutes, it was built under Soviet rule to imitate the palaces of Russia, a so-called “gift” that was known as Stalin's palace.

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 ...

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 Palace of Culture and Science has been derided as an oppressive eyesore ever since Soviet dictator Josef Stalin built it as his personal gift to the city.