Hungary celebrates today the 65th anniversary of the 1956 revolution and freedom fight. Photo by Nagy Gyula/Fortepan
Personal furniture that used to belong to the 19th-century Queen Elisabeth of Hungary, also known as Sissi, including her dressing table and glass-covered cabinet, have been put on display at the Royal Palace of Gödöllő near Budapest. They were bought back at a starting price at an auction in Germany.
The People of Poland at War, a new book by Andrzej Chwalba is a pioneering synthesis of the history of Poland, 1914-1918, summing up 100 years of the work of historians on the period and outlining new research aims.
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki thanked Viktor Orbán for returning the armour, saying it would henceforth be another symbol of Polish-Hungarian friendship. Photo credit. Art Service 2 / PAP Sigismund II Augustus was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1548 to 1572.
64 years ago a spontaneous national uprising began against the government of the Hungarian People’s Republic and its Soviet-imposed policies.
There was no shortage of artists, poets and writers among Polish refugees who found themselves in exile in Hungary during World War II.
People have been writing travel logs since antiquity. Travellers recorded their experiences for several purposes.