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Poland in photo riddles - part 2


OP pawian  221 | 25662
1 Nov 2021   #1081
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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jon357  73 | 23223
1 Nov 2021   #1082
the hardcore Mariawici

In Felicjanów?

Very special people.
Paulina  16 | 4338
1 Nov 2021   #1083
And what about this fire? Hint - it has Fire in the title

"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
mafketis  38 | 11083
1 Nov 2021   #1084
In Felicjanów?

Yeah, a very underreported chapter in Polish religious (including what was probably undercover RC agitation.....)
OP pawian  221 | 25662
1 Nov 2021   #1085
Drunk Russian soldiers were looting and burning down people's houses.

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

Where is it the fire?


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jon357  73 | 23223
1 Nov 2021   #1086
undercover RC agitation

Not so undercover; there was even a pogrom against them.
mafketis  38 | 11083
1 Nov 2021   #1087
Not so undercover

Mean the sensationalist articles that (I assume) were written by RC spies...
OP pawian  221 | 25662
6 Nov 2021   #1088
Where is it the fire?

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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Paulina  16 | 4338
6 Nov 2021   #1089
it is one of Polish cities in the past.

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

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

They came with Napoleon. I'm guessing it's the great fire of Moscow in 1812?
OP pawian  221 | 25662
6 Nov 2021   #1090
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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Paulina  16 | 4338
6 Nov 2021   #1091
What is this woman`s job?

This one is too easy for me, so I'll leave it for now - maybe someone else will guess it :)
OP pawian  221 | 25662
6 Nov 2021   #1092
This one is too easy for me,

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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Paulina  16 | 4338
6 Nov 2021   #1093
Well, I've guessed two riddles in a row already, so...

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

A peasant boy looking at storks :)
OP pawian  221 | 25662
6 Nov 2021   #1094
Yes, he has to, coz the title is Storks by Józef Chełmoński.

Who folds the hands like that?


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Paulina  16 | 4338
6 Nov 2021   #1095
Who folds

A sad, wise and patriotic jester - Stańczyk :)
OP pawian  221 | 25662
6 Nov 2021   #1096
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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gumishu  15 | 6193
6 Nov 2021   #1097
What is this construction and why famous?

Kyiv Golden Gate?
OP pawian  221 | 25662
6 Nov 2021   #1098
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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gumishu  15 | 6193
6 Nov 2021   #1099
@pawian

I'll pass, since it's too easy, let other people guess
OP pawian  221 | 25662
6 Nov 2021   #1100
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.
Paulina  16 | 4338
7 Nov 2021   #1101
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 ;)

Whose head is it?

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

What is this woman`s job?

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
OP pawian  221 | 25662
7 Nov 2021   #1102
St. Wojciech (Saint Adalbert of Prague)?

Sorry, no!
Guuuumiiii!

it was stolen by the Nazis from the National Museum in Warsaw during World War II and recovered by Poland

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.
jon357  73 | 23223
7 Nov 2021   #1103
What's special about this phallic symbol?


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OP pawian  221 | 25662
7 Nov 2021   #1104
What's special about this

That`s the place where ancient Slavs held their Bachanali.
jon357  73 | 23223
7 Nov 2021   #1105
Close, apart from the bits about Ancient Slavs and bachanali.
OP pawian  221 | 25662
7 Nov 2021   #1106
Close, apart from the bits

OK, so that`s the place where Copernicus observed the movements of the sun and earth.
jon357  73 | 23223
7 Nov 2021   #1107
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.
OP pawian  221 | 25662
7 Nov 2021   #1108
Within about 100 km.

Is it a pole which marks the very central point of Poland or even Europe??? The world is not enough...
jon357  73 | 23223
7 Nov 2021   #1109
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.
Paulina  16 | 4338
7 Nov 2021   #1110
Is it some kind of a border pole? It looks like there's a fence with barbed wire in the backround...

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