#MONUMENT

Polish warships "Grom" and "Blyskawica"

Canadian city to honor Polish Navy’s WWII role

The eastern Canadian city of Halifax is building a monument to honor Poland’s Navy for its role in the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II.

Photo: PAP/Marcin Obara

Climate activists facing jail for vandalizing iconic pre-war Warsaw statue

Two climate activists are facing eight years in jail after defacing a historic monument in Warsaw with orange paint.

The controversial Monument to the Revolutionary Act in Rzeszów. Photo: WikimediaCommons/Kroton

Divisive Rzeszów landmark becomes listed monument

A communist-era monument in the southeastern Polish city of Rzeszów has been included on a list of the province’s protected architecture.

Monument of Mikhail Barclay de Tolly in Riga, 2017. Photo: Yegor Zhuralvev, Wikimedia Commons

Riga’s City Council votes to spare monument of Russian imperial general

A monument honoring Mikhail Barclay de Tolly, a general of the Russian Empire during the Napoleonic period, will remain on public display, the Council of Monuments of the Riga City Council decided on Friday, Latvia’s national broadcaster LSM reported.

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Warsaw’s unique pre-war wooden house to be saved with loving new makeover

Described as “unique in the cultural landscape” of Warsaw’s Praga-Północ district, the area’s only surviving wooden house is to be given a makeover and restored to its former glory.