Raised as a symbol of Polish-Soviet friendship, the Palace hosted performances of Communist dignitaries, Ella Fitzgerald, and The Rolling Stones. The people of Warsaw quarrelled over tearing it down, ...

People gather in front of the Palace of Culture and Science, a gift from Soviet leader Josef Stalin, in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, during an open air party celebrating the building's 60th birthday.

WARSAW — An old joke asks where in Warsaw you can get the best view of the city. The answer, still true today, is the 760-foot-tall Palace of Culture and Science. Why? You don’t see that ...

Photo Essay: Palace of Culture and Science, Warsaw (Includes interview and first-hand account) By. Joseph Boltrukiewicz. Published. December 18, 2010 ...

Twenty years after Poles went to the polls in the first ever free elections in the Eastern Bloc, Adrian Bridge visits an old friend and historian at Warsaw's Palace of Culture and Science.

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.

And one joke goes that it provides the best view of Warsaw because you can’t see the building from inside.Warsaw’s Palace of Culture and Science has been derided as ...