A 'gift' from the Soviet Union to the people of Poland. The architecture is closely related to several similar skyscrapers build in the Soviet Union in the same era (such as the Moscow Kremlin), however the main architect incorporated Polish details into the project by traveling around Poland and noting its architecture - the monumental walls are headed with pieces of masonry copied from renaissance houses and palaces of Krakow and Zamosc.
The Polish people initially hated the building - considered a symbol of Soviet domination, and this feeling still exists today. Some Poles still feel that the building should be demolished. Slightly amusingly, it seems as though skyscrapers have been cleverly positioned to hide the 'Palace of Culture' from the skyline.
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