List of cultural icons of Poland
This list of cultural icons of Poland includes objects commonly considered to be cultural icons, symbols characteristic of Poland at various times.
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Józef Mehoffer's Strange Garden
Religious
- Black Madonna of Częstochowa (Polish: Matka Boża Częstochowska, Our Lady of Czestochowa): "The image of Our Lady of Częstochowa is the most famous and the most venerated holy image in Poland. In contemporary Poland the image is a kind of a cultural icon, instantly recognizable and connected with popular symbolic and mythological meanings."[1]
- Saint pope John Paul II
Society
- Solidarity
- Kowalski, Nowak and Wiśniewski surname
Art
- Jan Matejko
- Young Poland (including Stanisław Wyspiański, Jacek Malczewski, Józef Mehoffer)
- Aleksander Gierymski
- Zdzisław Beksiński
- the Polish School of Posters
- the Polish School of Illustration
- the Polish School of Design
Buildings and structures
- Wawel Royal Castle in Kraków, "a symbol of Poland's long struggle for statehood"[2]
- Sigismund's Column ad Royal Castle in Warsaw
Literature
- Pan Tadeusz's opening quatrain invocation
- The Witcher
- the Polish School of Reportage (including Ryszard Kapuściński)
- Stanisław Lem
Television, Radio, Film, Theatre
- Bolek and Lolek
- Reksio
- Teddy Floppy-ear
- the Polish Film School (including Andrzej Wajda)
- Cinema of Moral Concern (Anxiety) (including Krzysztof Kieślowski works of Dekalog and Three Colours trilogy)
Folklore, myths and legends
- Wawel Dragon
- Basilisk and Mermaid of Warsaw
- Pan Twardowski
Food and drink
Military
Scientists
- Nicolaus Copernicus
- Marie Curie
- Jan Szczepanik - Polish Edisson or Leonardem da Vinci of Galicia
- Lwów–Warsaw school (including Alfred Tarski)
Others
- Baltic amber
- Łowicki design
References
- Anna Niedzwiedz, The Image and the Figure. Our Lady of Czestochowa in Polish Culture and Popular Religion, 2010, ISBN 978-83-233-2900-8
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