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Castle Liebburg ist the town hall of Lienz. It was built in the 17th century by the earls of Wolkenstein-Rodenegg and used as their secondary residence besides Castle Bruck. Later the castle was given back to the sovereign of Tyrol. The castle burned down two times during its history. In 1609 both towers were added to the building. Throughout the centuries the Liebburg was also used as a military camp, a hospital for poor people and as a district administration office. Today it is one of the most famous and most beautiful buildings in Lienz. Especially during the winter time the castle is really popular because it serves as an advent calendar where one painting is shown in the windows every day. These paintings are donated by the artists as a charity project for families in need.

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Aguntum was a former settlement of the  ancient Roman Empire. It was used as a fortress from the first century AD. till 610 AD.
It has an excavation area containing approximately 30.000 m². It is a popular sightseeing location in Dölsach, which is a small village near Lienz. In Aguntum there are summer jobs available for young people interested in archeology. You can also book a tour with a guide who shows you around the museum andtells you more about the ancient Roman Empire and their former lifestyle.

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Bruck Castle (also known as "Schloss Bruck") was a former castle owned by the Earls of Görz. It is located in the south of East-Tyrol, to be more accurate, at the foot of the mountain Hochstein in Lienz. It was built as a residential castle in 1252. Nowadays, you can visit not only a café but also a museum there. Furthermore, there is an art gallery of various famous local and Austrian artists, such as the painter Albin Egger-Lienz at the moment. One of the most famous stories of Bruck Castle is the well-documented witch trial of Emerenzia Pichler, who was kept and tortured in the tower of the castle for more than one year before she was sentenced to death for witchcraft although she was only a very wise woman, who knew a lot about herbs and natural cures for diseases.

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Walchenstein is a former fortress which was built on a Celtic ritual site. The Celtic people were a tribe that settled on the sunny hills in East-Tyrol, approximately 400 before Christ. Nowadays the ruins of this former castle are still visitable, however it is not that popular and well-known in our region. It could be said that it is outshined by Schloss Bruck or Aguntum - while Aguntum is a leftover of the Roman empire, Schloss Bruck is the former castle of the Earls of Görz. These days, the ruins of Walchenstein above Dölsach are often used as a hiking destination, due to the gorgeous sight at the basin of Lienz and the dolomites around Lienz.

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The Rialto Bridge is the oldest of the four bridges spanning the Grand Canal in Venice. The construction of the present Rialto Bridge took three years (1588-1591) because of unstable conditions. This bridge also connects the two districts San Polo and San Marco. Now it is a significant tourist attraction in Venice.

Furthermore, the Rialto Bridge is a stone arch bridge. It was designed and built by Antonio da Ponte and his nephew, Antonio Contino,   following a design competition in the city. The width is 22 meters and the hight is 7.5 meters.

When it was first constructed in the 12th century, it wasn’t called the “Rialto Bridge” but instead was called the “Ponte Della Moneta.” During that time it also wasn‘t made out of stone but wood. The bridge had to be fixed often and led to many fires too. In the early 1503 a stone bridge got finally requested. In addition, the Rialto has been the primary financial and commercial center of Venice for centuries.

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The Venice Biennale is an international cultural exhibition hosted annually in Venice, Italy by the Biennale Foundation. The biennale has been organised every year since 1895, which makes it the oldest of its kind. The main exhibition held in Castello, in the halls of the Arsenale and Biennale Gardens, alternates between art and architecture (hence the name biennale; biennial). The other events hosted by the Foundation—spanning theatre, music, and dance—are held annually in various parts of Venice, whereas the Venice Film Festivaltakes place at the Lido.

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Holding an important message, this memorial is definitely a place worth stopping by while visiting Krakow. The square, located in Podgorze, Krakow's XII district, pays a tribute to Jewish history during World War II.
Nazis used to gather Jewish people from the Ghetto, which was also located in this area, before taking them off to their unknown fate. The chairs represent the last round up from the Ghetto, when Jews were told to bring their belongings and one other item. Many of the victims brought chairs to sit on while they waited for transport to arrive to take them somewhere, nobody knew where. The sculpture containing 70 empty chairs represents the Jewish people, who were moved out of Krakow and never returned. The number isn't random as well - those chairs were installed to commemorate the nearly 70 000 deported people. It's a great place to take time to reflect and think about history of those people, who shall never be forgotten.

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The Church of St. Anne (in Polish it's Kolegiata św. Anny) is a Roman Catholic church located at 13 św. Anny Street in the UNESCO-protected historic centre of Kraków.  It is one of the leading examples of Polish Baroque architecture designed by Tylman van Gameren, but the church's history dates back to 14th century.
The church was first mentioned in 1381 in the deed of donation of Sulisław I Nawoja of Grodziec. In 1407 the church was completely destroyed during a fire, but it was rebuilt the same year in the Gothic style by King Władysław II Jagiełło.[1] The king also attached the Church formally to the Jagiellonian University by giving it the right to nominate the parish priest. In 1428 the choir was reconstructed and enlarged. By a charter dated 27 October 1535, St. Anne's was raised to the rank of a collegiate church.

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Słowacki’s theatre

It’s definitely one of the most recognizable buildings in Krakow. Since 1866

Józef Dietl, the first mayor of Krakow, had wanted the former capital of Poland to regain its power and importance but the citizens had to wait until, finally, after 7 years Walery Rzewuski - one of the pioneers of Polish photography came out with an idea of building the theatre that would be the pride of our city . A few years later, after careful consideration the city council passed a resolution to build the theater even tho It would delay their previous plans. An international architectural competition was announced, in which the project of Cracovian Jan Zawiejski was chosen.

October 21, 1893 the theater was officially opened. It was the first electrically illuminated building in the city. The building is maintained in an eclectic style with a predominance of neo-baroque. Zawiejski took his inspiration from Garnier's opera in Paris and Viennese opera. Above the entrance they had placed the inscription: KRAKOW NATIONAL ART.

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The Polish Aviation Museum in Krakow is a must-see destination for aviation enthusiasts and history buffs alike. Located on the grounds of the former Krakow-Rakowice-Czyzyny Airport, the museum houses an impressive collection of over 200 aircraft, as well as a wealth of aviation artifacts and documents.

The history of the Polish Aviation Museum dates back to the early 20th century, when the first aircraft were produced in Poland. In the years following World War II, the museum was established to preserve and display these historic planes. Over the years, the collection has grown to include a wide range of aircraft, from gliders to jet fighters, as well as helicopters and experimental planes.

One of the highlights of the museum is the collection of vintage aircraft, including a number of rare and unique planes that were used by the Polish military and civil aviation authorities. There are also a number of aircraft on display that were used by the Polish resistance during World War II, including a number of gliders that were used to transport weapons and supplies to the underground movement.

In addition to the aircraft on display, the museum also houses a number of aviation-related exhibits, including models of planes, engines, and other equipment. There are also a number of interactive exhibits, such as a virtual flight simulator and a cockpit display, which give visitors the opportunity to get a feel for what it was like to fly these historic aircraft.

The Polish Aviation Museum is more than just a collection of planes, however. It is also a testament to the rich history of Polish aviation, and the role that the country has played in the development of flight. From the early days of gliders and biplanes, to the modern jets of today, the museum offers a fascinating look at the evolution of aviation in Poland and beyond.

Whether you are an aviation enthusiast or just looking for a unique and educational way to spend the day, the Polish Aviation Museum in Krakow is sure to be a highlight of your visit to Poland. With its rich history, fascinating exhibits, and impressive collection of aircraft, it is a must-see destination for anyone interested in the world of flight.

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Cracovia Hotel - The Finest Example of Post-War Modernism

Built in 1960-65, the Cracovia Hotel, designed by Witold Ceckiewicz, was, for those years, one of the most modern such buildings in Poland.

Cęckiewicz took inspiration from 1950s Paris. His project featured elements which were unheard of in Poland at the time, including a ‘curtain wall’ facade of glass and aluminium, nicely contrasting the closed-off exterior of the National Museum across the street.

The former 'Cracovia' hotel constitutes part of a complex of modernist architecture together with the adjoining 'Kiev' cinema – also designed by Witold Cęckiewicz and built in the years 1960-65 – which is connected to the hotel by an overground passage.

The hotel, with its huge 150-meter monumental block, was the longest hotel in Poland at the turn of the 1970s. The interiors were designed with great splendor and the walls were decorated with elaborate mosaics.

The hotel was equipped with 309 rooms, 9 suites, an exquisite restaurant, conference rooms, flower shop, haidresser, bookstore, douczenie shop, and a casino. It is worth mentioning that communication-era hotels were perfect places for surveillance, gathering all travelling politicians and Western visitors (suspicious by definition) in one place, where they could be neatly spied on.

The hotel recorded the end of its activities in 2011. The last few years there has been a lively public debate about the need to preserve the historic substance of 'Cracovia' hotel, in which many authorities in the field of history of architecture and preservation emphasized the historical value of the hotel, and the need for its preservation as an outstanding example of modernist architecture not only in Krakow, but also on a national scale.

Hotel Cracovia was finally purchased by the  National Museum in 2016, with plans to turn it into the Museum of Architecture & Design in the nearest future.

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It’s difficult to imagine, especially for tourists, that in a medieval city like Cracow there is an entire district built around iron works which used to be the biggest one in all of Eastern Europe. District I’m referring to it’s called Nowa Huta, which on its own functions as a semi-separate city and was built to contain workers of the enormous project that was Lenin’s iron works. But before we start to talk about the scale of this enterprise I think that the origin of this project is worth mentioning. Right after WW2 the new Polish government, forced on us by the Soviets, had one big threat on the horizon. Unlike Warsaw which was completely destroyed, Cracow still contained most of its anticommunist intelligentsia and on its own appeared as a last bastion against communist government. This resulted in very low popularity of the labor party in the region, which for sure wasn’t a good turn of events for an already not recognized government on an international scale. That’s why in 1949 government officials decided on building an entire new city on the outskirts of Cracow, which will be dedicated for workers, especially those working in Lenin’s iron works. Lenin’s iron works were the most important building of this new perfect communist city, at its peak the whole factory employed more than fifty thousand workers and the size of the entire combine was 1/3 of Cracow!!! Now after communism fell in Poland iron works have been renamed from Lenin’s to Sendzimir’s, as a memorial of the Polish engineer in exile Tadeusz Sendzimir. But anyway, for sure this enterprise changed how Cracow looks now and gave us one of the best and most original tourist attractions in the region.

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The tram depot complex was introduced in the years 1882-1888 as the depot of the original horse tram, rebuilt from 1900 until World War I. On November 25, 1881, the city of Krakow and the Belgian Bank established and maintained the horse railway in Krakow. The tram depot complex was completed in stages at the end of the 19th and at the beginning of the 20th century. In 1900, due to the electrification of tram lines, the complex was expanded. A complex of combined halls for the narrow-gauge electric tram was built, housing: a depot, workshops and a power plant. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the trams finally disappeared from the depot at Św. Lawrence, where bus workshops and warehouses were arranged. Since 1998, the Museum of Municipal Engineering has been located here.