The Palace of Culture and Science is the tallest historical monument in Poland. The building has 44 floors, and on the 30th floor, visitors can find an observation terrace located 114 meters above ground level, which offers a panoramic view of Warsaw.
PKiN is also called Peking, as the word PKiN sounds quite similar to Beijing in Polish. Wł adysł aw Bronewski, a famous Polish poet and soldier, once called PKiN "The Nightmare of a Drunken Confectioner". It was built in three years under the direction of Soviet architect Lev Rudnev and put into operation in 1955. The architectural style is a mixture of architectural art deco, socialist realism and Polish historicism.
According to the Soviet architectural terminology of the time, the palace was to be "folk in form and socialist in essence. " Thus, the Warsaw palace resembles Moscow high-rise buildings, the architectural details are similar to the attics of the Sukiennice in Krakow and the buildings of the city market in Kazimierz nad Vistula, the spire of the Palace itself is similar to the composition of the town hall in Gdań sk. The walls of the palace are decorated with 28 sculptures in the style of socialist realism: allegories of the planned economy, science, art, sports, metallurgy.
The Palace of Culture and Science is a multifunctional building. Initially, it housed the Polish Academy of Sciences, the PEN Club, and the Atomic Energy Administration, and several floors were occupied by the University of Warsaw. Currently, in addition to educational institutions and the National Academy of Sciences, it houses: the city council, the Museum of Technology, a congress hall with 3.500 seats, 4 cinemas, 3 theaters (Drama with 800 seats, “Studio” and “Lyalka”), banks, dance schools, medical centers, private companies, restaurants, exhibition spaces, a swimming pool, and an observation deck on the 30th floor (total number of rooms – 3.288).
PKiN is also called Peking, as the word PKiN sounds quite similar to Beijing in Polish. Wł adysł aw Bronewski, a famous Polish poet and soldier, once called PKiN "The Nightmare of a Drunken Confectioner". It was built in three years under the direction of Soviet architect Lev Rudnev and put into operation in 1955. The architectural style is a mixture of architectural art deco, socialist realism and Polish historicism.
According to the Soviet architectural terminology of the time, the palace was to be "folk in form and socialist in essence. " Thus, the Warsaw palace resembles Moscow high-rise buildings, the architectural details are similar to the attics of the Sukiennice in Krakow and the buildings of the city market in Kazimierz nad Vistula, the spire of the Palace itself is similar to the composition of the town hall in Gdań sk. The walls of the palace are decorated with 28 sculptures in the style of socialist realism: allegories of the planned economy, science, art, sports, metallurgy.
The Palace of Culture and Science is a multifunctional building. Initially, it housed the Polish Academy of Sciences, the PEN Club, and the Atomic Energy Administration, and several floors were occupied by the University of Warsaw. Currently, in addition to educational institutions and the National Academy of Sciences, it houses: the city council, the Museum of Technology, a congress hall with 3.500 seats, 4 cinemas, 3 theaters (Drama with 800 seats, “Studio” and “Lyalka”), banks, dance schools, medical centers, private companies, restaurants, exhibition spaces, a swimming pool, and an observation deck on the 30th floor (total number of rooms – 3.288).
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