Stalinist skyscraper shines with multicolored lights in the night sky
2013
04/20
NIKON D800, 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8 @
f/2.8 1/10,
ISO 800
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Spectacular night image of the Palace of Culture and Science transformed into a luminous work of art in rainbow colors. The imposing 237-meter Stalinist structure stands against the dark blue sky of Warsaw night, illuminated by beams of light that shade from red to orange, from yellow to green, creating a breathtaking visual effect. This artistic illumination represents the symbolic transformation of a building born as a Soviet propaganda tool into an icon of modern and progressive Warsaw. The palace, which today hosts cultural events, concerts and exhibitions, becomes on special nights a multicolored beacon visible from all over the city, testimony of how Warsaw has been able to reinterpret its controversial past.