Apparently, in the early 1950s, Stalin thought he would help with the redevelopment of Warsaw, a city that he has overseen the destruction of by refusing to allow his armies to come to the aid of the Polish Home Army in early 1945 - so by means of an apology, he gave them a replica of one of the six buildings he was having built in Moscow - The Palace of Culture and Science.
The irony being that this building was, despite its attributes of being the 8Th tallest building in Europe, was also the first headquarters of Coca-Cola after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War - now it houses a night club and a cinema so the 'Culture' is well off the agenda.
For a first time visitor to Warsaw, it is a pretty impressive building - just never mention that to anyone from Poland as they are liable to take offence as they see it, understandably, as a monstrosity on the skyline of their country
More importantly, it is a wonderful double for Wayne Towers in Batman
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Culture_and_Science,_Warsaw
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