Warsaw has been Poland's capital city since 1596, ruined in the Second World War, and rebuilt in the Communist era, is now rapidly changing its face with new skyscrapers appearing in its skyline each year.
The photographs were taken in December 2006.

 

The Palace of Culture and Science, a gift from the Soviet Union, still Poland's tallest building.

 

Obituaries on a dead tree next to the Pawiak political prison

 

In the New Town

 

 

 

A Dominican, St Jack Church

 

The historic fortifications of Barbican

 

Warsaw's Old Town

 

The "Syrenka" (Little Mermaid) is the emblem of Warsaw

 

Misty Old Town

 

A glance through the benches

 

 

 

A nun in the gate

 

The house in the corner is said to be the narrowest in Poland

 

 

 

Krakowskie Przedmiescie with the Sigismund Column and the Royal Castle.
The exhibition is devoted to the victims of the Martial Law 1981-1983.

St Ann Church...

 

...and its interior

 

This is probably the most hated building in Warsaw

 

Two ducks and a pigeon, Lazienki Royal Gardens

 

The sundial wasn't working on that day

 

Lazienki Palace

 

Frederic Chopin's Statue

 

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

 

Back in the Communist era

 

The Royal Castle at night

 

Heading towards the Old Town