Posted on November 7, 2020Golden battlefield relief on the sarcophagus of King Wladislaus IV of Poland (1595-1648). The scene comes from early in his reign, when Russian territorial designs on the frontier were successfully repulsed during the Smolensk War. Wawel Cathedral. Kraków, Poland. goldenreliefsceneSource: i.redd.it
Posted on September 3, 2020The sarcophagus of Maciej Płażyński, a Polish politician who was Speaker of the legislature’s lower house (Marshal of the Sejm). He was killed in the 2010 air disaster which wiped out much of the nation’s leadership, including President Lech Kaczyński. St. Mary’s Church. Gdańsk, Poland. disasterhouseSpeakerSource: i.redd.it
