Poland in photo riddles - part 2

Yes! Polish insurgents and Warsaw mob are storming the Arsenal to get their arms and clean the capital off Russian occupants.

And what about this fire? Hint - it has Fire in the title

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In Felicjanów?

Very special people.

"Pożar dworu pod Miechowem" by Artur Grottger, one of the main artists depicting the January Uprising. This painting shows one of episodes of the uprising - after the failed attack of insurgents on Miechów, Russians set fire to the town and forbade to put it down. Drunk Russian soldiers were looting and burning down people's houses.

*to put it out

Yeah, a very underreported chapter in Polish religious (including what was probably undercover RC agitation.....)

That is why patriotic Poles never wanted Russian or Soviet soldiers in Poland. :):) Riddle solved!

Where is it the fire?

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Not so undercover; there was even a pogrom against them.

Mean the sensationalist articles that (I assume) were written by RC spies...

I can offer a hint - it is one of Polish cities in the past.

This fire wasn`t in Poland but involved Poles. How?

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Ah! I had a closer look at those domes - is it Kraków??


They came with Napoleon. I'm guessing it's the great fire of Moscow in 1812?

Yes and Yes!!!!
Krakow's burning, Krakow's burning.
Catch the veggies, catch the veggies.
Wire Tire, Dire Mire!
Bring your daughter to the water.

I think I have run out of fire riddles. But let`s go on with historic+al Polish art.

What is this woman`s job?

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This one is too easy for me, so I'll leave it for now - maybe someone else will guess it :)

It is very noble of you. But I am doing it on purpose - not all riddles need to be difficult.

What is this person and what is he/she doing?

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Well, I've guessed two riddles in a row already, so...


A peasant boy looking at storks :)

Yes, he has to, coz the title is Storks by Józef Chełmoński.

Who folds the hands like that?

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A sad, wise and patriotic jester - Stańczyk :)

Yes, saddened by the loss of territory in the East, in the painting by Jan Matejko.

What is this construction and why famous?

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Kyiv Golden Gate?

Yes, again by Jan Matejko! In 1018 Boleslaw the Bold organised a military campaign which resulted in conquering the capital of Rus, Kiev. This event marks the beginning of the Polish expansion in the East.

Whose head is it?

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@pawian

I'll pass, since it's too easy, let other people guess

You are very noble, just like Paulina. Are you somehow related??

PS. What primarily matters here is education, not difficulty. But one day we can make those riddles harder.

I think what also matters in this thread is having fun and I just wanted to give other people an opportunity to have some fun too ;)


St. Wojciech (Saint Adalbert of Prague)? He's the patron saint of Poland.


Street merchant selling fruit - in this version she's selling oranges (there's another painting in which she's selling lemons). This painting is well known because of it's history - it was stolen by the Nazis from the National Museum in Warsaw during World War II and recovered by Poland only in 2011 (I like Gierymski's paintings, btw):

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewess_with_Oranges

Sorry, no!
Guuuumiiii!


What I find an interesting scandal in it is the fact that Poland still had to pay compensation to the German family who owned the painting. Amazing.

What's special about this phallic symbol?

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That`s the place where ancient Slavs held their Bachanali.

Close, apart from the bits about Ancient Slavs and bachanali.

OK, so that`s the place where Copernicus observed the movements of the sun and earth.

Close, apart from the bit about Copernicus observing the movements of the sun and earth.

edit Actually not too far from there in distance. Within about 100 km.

Is it a pole which marks the very central point of Poland or even Europe??? The world is not enough...

Part of that is right. It is a pole and it marks a special place.

It is in north east Poland. Nearish (but not in) the Puszcza Romincka.

Is it some kind of a border pole? It looks like there's a fence with barbed wire in the backround...