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Category: simulacra

Bolesławiec, Hotel Piramida

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A hotel in Bolesławiec modeled after the Luxor Pyramid in Las Vegas. The pyramid itself was built between 2000 and 2005, designed by Jacek Kałkus and two architecture students from the Vienna University of Technology. It was built using the Read more…


Stobnica, Stobnica Castle

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Despite all the ecological, aesthetic, and social sins committed by this mountain of stone and concrete, Stobnica Castle is a stunning investment fantasy. It rises 70 meters, stretches 200 meters, and boasts 15 double-height stories. It is one of the Read more…


Świebodzin, Monument to Jesus Christ the King

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The 36-meter-tall statue of Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, in Świebodzin. It cost 6 million złoty, weighs approximately 440 tons, and is 2 meters taller than the famous statue in Rio de Janeiro, but 7 meters shorter than the Read more…


Częstochowa, The world’s largest monument to John Paul II

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The Pope’s monument stands within the ruined Park of Sacred Miniatures in Częstochowa, which operated from 2011 to 2019 in a former quarry on the slopes of Złota Góra. The statue stands 13.8 meters tall, weighs 10 tons, and is Read more…


Kozłów, Coloseum

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Coloseum Palace – a wedding venue in Kozłów, near Dębica. Inspired by ancient architecture and utilizing the simplified forms of ancient Roman buildings, the 600-square-meter, 11-meter-high venue can accommodate 360 ​​people. Address: Kozłów 97G, Podkarpackie Voivodeship.  


Dębica, Camelot Castle

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A wedding venue and hotel in Dębica. Inspired by medieval fortified architecture. Address: ul. Kawęczyńska 59/B, Dębica.  


Licheń, Basilica in Licheń Stary

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The Basilica of Our Lady of Licheń is the main church of the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Sorrows, Queen of Poland in Licheń Stary – a vast complex that also includes other churches, several chapels, a monastery, a hotel, Read more…


Warsaw, Kindergarten No. 412 in Kabaty

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Children like it. Adults, not so much. In 2021, the building was included in a publication by the Culture.pl website, listing “monstrosities” that are destroying the landscape. In 2007, when preparations for the investment were underway, the deputy mayor of Read more…


Łapalice Castle

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The work of Gdańsk sculptor and furniture manufacturer Piotr Kazimierczak. One of the most famous and largest illegal construction projects in Poland, over which official and court battles have been ongoing for decades. Its history began in 1983, when Kazimierczak, Read more…


Toruń, Baj Pomorski Theatre

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The building was expanded and modernized in 2005-2006, based on a design by the Ambit architectural studio (Elżbieta and Mateusz Grochoccy), which collaborated with Czech theatre set designer Pavel Hubička, who designed the building’s facade in the form of a Read more…


Poznań, fortified villas

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Two suburban villas, styled after medieval castles, stand at the entrance to Poznań from Luboń. The larger was built in the late 1990s, the smaller in 2003. Built and designed by two brothers, they were sold a few years ago; Read more…


Poznań, Royal Castle

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According to critics, Disneyland, Gargamel, and the dummy, whose construction between 2010 and 2013 irreversibly encased the relics of the medieval original in concrete. The project to restore the “castle anew” was created by Witold Milewski, the author of, among Read more…


Poźrzadło, Pyramid of Horus

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According to its owners, the Horus Pyramid in Poźrzadle is ‘one of the most beautiful public buildings in Poland’. It is part of the Nevada Centre complex, which also includes a petrol station, a lorry park (Nevada), two bistros and Read more…