The cornerstone of the building was laid on October 12.1844. The grand opening of the station and the launch of the railway from Krakow to Myslowice took place on October 13.1847. The building was built in the Neo-Renaissance style by Wroclaw architect Peter Rosenbaum. This style is typical of the Prussian Railway. The western facade had three components, the middle of which was wider and higher. The northern and southern facades had central parts, decorated with tall windows and columns with arches. A railway track was laid under each of the three arches, along which trains entered the covered hall with platforms. In the 19th century, two reconstructions of the station were carried out - in 1869-1871 and 1892-1894, which gave it an eclectic style that has survived to this day. The last reconstruction took place in 1920.
On the faç ade of the station there are three memorial plaques to the railway workers who died in the Second World War, a large plaque to Jó zef Pilsudski in a rich carved stone frame and to the Poles victims of the Second World War.
An unusual monument to Ryszard Kuklinski has been erected in the square in front of the station. Some Poles consider him a traitor, others - a hero. He is also called the first Pole - a NATO officer. The fact is that while serving in the governing bodies of the Warsaw Pact, he handed over to NATO 40.000 pages of documents related to the planning of Warsaw Pact armies, thus preventing the planned deployment of the Warsaw Pact nuclear control center in Poland. He did not take money and believed that his activities prevented the Third World War, including in Poland.
According to CIA Director William Casey, "in the last forty years, no one has inflicted greater losses on communism than this Pole. " In 1981, Kuklinsky and his family were deported to the United States. He was sentenced to death in Poland and rehabilitated in 1998. Who is interested in this story, watch the movie "Jack Strong". The arc symbolizes Kuklinsky's concession, and the slabs at different angles symbolize the collapsing wall between the West and the East. The monument was inaugurated on June 4.2018 (at the time of photography, the monument was not yet open). Authors - Czeslaw Dzwigai and Krzysztof Lenartowicz.
On the faç ade of the station there are three memorial plaques to the railway workers who died in the Second World War, a large plaque to Jó zef Pilsudski in a rich carved stone frame and to the Poles victims of the Second World War.
An unusual monument to Ryszard Kuklinski has been erected in the square in front of the station. Some Poles consider him a traitor, others - a hero. He is also called the first Pole - a NATO officer. The fact is that while serving in the governing bodies of the Warsaw Pact, he handed over to NATO 40.000 pages of documents related to the planning of Warsaw Pact armies, thus preventing the planned deployment of the Warsaw Pact nuclear control center in Poland. He did not take money and believed that his activities prevented the Third World War, including in Poland.
According to CIA Director William Casey, "in the last forty years, no one has inflicted greater losses on communism than this Pole. " In 1981, Kuklinsky and his family were deported to the United States. He was sentenced to death in Poland and rehabilitated in 1998. Who is interested in this story, watch the movie "Jack Strong". The arc symbolizes Kuklinsky's concession, and the slabs at different angles symbolize the collapsing wall between the West and the East. The monument was inaugurated on June 4.2018 (at the time of photography, the monument was not yet open). Authors - Czeslaw Dzwigai and Krzysztof Lenartowicz.
Translated automatically from Ukrainian. View original
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