Warsaw, Poland - August 27, 2016: Aerial panoramic view Warsaw downtown by night, from the top Palace of Culture and Science, Warsaw, Poland. Polish: Palac Kultury i Nauki, also abbreviated PKiN. It is seat of various companies, public institutions, such as cinemas, theaters, libraries, sports clubs, universities including Collegium Civitas, scientific institutions and authorities of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Constructed in 1955, it was designed by Soviet architect Lev Rudnev in Seven Sisters style and was inspired by Polish historicism and American art deco high-rise buildings. The Palace of Culture and Science is the tallest building in Poland, the seventh tallest building in the European Union and in a Top-20 in the Europe. It is 237 metres - 778 ft - tall, including the structural 43-metre high spire.
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