Poland in photo riddles - part 2

Pictures from Poland and more.

Chemikiem
My reply to your last riddle got lost during part 2 thread creation so let me repeat: those are exhibits in the Armament Museum in Poznań.

Not sure why the other photo riddle thread was closed, but as usual, you are correct.

Where can these figures be found, what are they, and who was the designer/sculptor?

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Simple - it got too big and started damaging the forum`s algorithm. But it wasn`t moved to Archive, it is still visible in my thread list.


Without googling: I remember this sad but beautiful monument from Wrocław, located in a small park. The theme is Katyń Massacre. As for the sculptor, I had to google him - Tchórzewski.

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I claim half a point for: Angel of death
The monument does make you think and is also difficult to photograph.

@Philip 666

Of course, Phil. - you get a point.

So, Chemikiem has taken us to Wrocław and made me open the folder with photos:

What is this make and model which I used to drive a few decades ago?

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Yes, it is indeed beautiful, and haunting in its own way. Not easily forgotten. Points for both you and Philip. It is located in Juliusz Słowacki Park.


Yes, and the female figure is Katyń Pieta, matron of the homeland, holding one of the Katyń victims.
It is indeed difficult to photograph, to get the monument in its entirety in the frame. I have a couple more pictures where I was stood behind the female figure with the Angel of Death in front, but they don't do the monument justice.

I can see I will need to be careful what I set as riddles now, Pawian knows all about Kraków, Warsaw and Zakopane, and you are the Wrocław expert! Nice to have someone else interested in this thread, please keep contributing!


I already want to shoot you!! It doesn't look to be any of the Fiat models. Can't quite make out what the badge on the grille says. Was it imported for the Polish market? This will take time I think............

Yes, it does! It's the Italian Fiat 127 (sorry for cracking the riddle for you)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_127

Congrats!! I thought I'd looked at all the Fiat models, because they're pretty unmistakable, but I couldn't find one that had a grille on the front! Well done, keep contributing, it's nice to have more people on the thread :)

I seriously need to think about some tougher riddles, but in the meantime where can these be found?

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It`s easier to say which cities I don`t know: I have never visited Szczecin, Lublin and Rzeszów. Here is your chance. :)


it is an old FIAT badge.

Yes, 127p. I had a red one.,


Those are murals in the underground passage in Gdańsk, the one near the police station. Below:

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I only have a choice of three? :( :(


Aha, I googled Fiat badges too, to be thorough, but I didn't see one like the one in the photo.


Of course they are!

Only three. Sorry. I have visited all other important ones in my lifetime.

Old badge - google Fiat badge from 1970s.

This will be too easy.....

Where is this?

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Not so easy , I had to check out all fortresses in Poland before I found out they are fortifications in Zamość. :)P) I forgot to add Zamość to my no-visit places in Poland.

How about my fortress?

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Prussian, hence the headgear. It is Gerhard Fortress in Świnoujście.

What is this and where is it?

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Fallen leaves, elderly people, the gate design, the small building behind it, the asphalt path with street lamps and the trees suggest it is a local cemetery around 1st November. People are visiting it to clean the tombstones before the holiday. Or afterwards. But where, I have no idea.

In a place I have never visited? :):)): Lublin, Rzeszów, Zamość, Szczecin? :):) It must be Zamosc - you visited it in autumn.

Very observant of you, I'm pretty sure it was October 31st. Lots of stalls selling flowers as is customary for that time of year. You haven't been there before and I'm afraid it isn't Zamość. I have visited other places in Autumn too :) I passed it and photographed the unusual looking gateway as I was on my way to visit another place alongside it. There has already been a riddle about this other place alongside it. Now I am sure you will get the answer.

So it must be Lublin or Rzeszów.

What are those graphic symbols around the medieval fight scene?

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It is indeed one of them :)


I was never very good at this type of thing! The Polish eagle is there although it looks a bit different these days.Plus there's a black one too. The letters in the painting and to the right are puzzling, no idea what they stand for. There is a key at the bottom, key to the kingdom? I don't know. A bull, often associated with Poland, crossed swords and a castle with an open door. The crosses are another puzzle. I think I need help!

I'll try this. Flags, banners belonging to the Szlachta.

I can`t locate it so my random guess is Lublin.


think of them as a group, not seperate items.


You are very close but you need to change one detail.

Clue: where is the fighting scene inside from?

Correct. It is the cemetery right next to Majdanek.


Is it The Battle of Grunwald? Some of those crosses and black eagle belong to Teutonic Knights, so are the symbols from both the Polish-Lithuanian army and Order of Teutonic Knights?

Yes, Grunwald. And onlyTeutonic Order flags. They were captured by Poles and exhibited in Wawel for centuries. Today they keep copies.

Read Polish and English wiki
pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banderia_Prutenorum

What is going on?

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Some ancient pagan festivity incorporated into Christianity later on?

Yes, exactly. How did you know? Now it is enough to say which festivity it is. A few answers are possible.

i think this is connected with marriage customs, especially in the countryside.

YES, I think so too. A floral welcome gate for newlyweds.

What is the event now?

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