Congress Hall (Warsaw)
Sala Kongresowa Congress Hall |
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![]() Congress of the European People's Party , 2009. |
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place | pl. Defilad 1, 00-110 Warsaw , Poland |
architect | Lev Rudnew |
Architectural style | Socialist realism |
Construction year | 1952-55 |
Coordinates | 52 ° 8 '7.3 " N , 21 ° 1' 7.8" E |
The Congress Hall ( pln. Sala Kongresowa ) is an event location in the Polish capital Warsaw in the building complex of the Palace of Culture .
history
Enter the Rolling Stones
On April 13, 1967, the Rolling Stones , who were on their European tour, performed there. This was the first appearance of a world-famous rock band behind the Iron Curtain . The two appearances differed from the previous concerts of the Rolling Stones: 3000 of the 5000 tickets were given free of charge to party officials and their families and so the Rolling Stones, instead of in front of screaming teenagers, mostly played in front of older men and families wearing ties. In front of the palace, there were violent arguments between the police and young people who wanted to go to the concert.
renovation
Since 2014, the headlines have been the renovation of the congress hall, where two companies have already gone bankrupt and about which it is mocked that you can build a palace in three years, but it would take five years or more to renovate a single room. Originally, the renovation was supposed to take two years and cost 45 million zlotys .
Performances by famous musicians (selection)
- Marlene Dietrich (1964 and 1966)
- King Crimson
- Procol Harum
- Pat Metheny
- The Rolling Stones (1967)
- Paul Anka
- Charles Aznavour
- Juliette Greco
- Lou Reed
- Keith Jarrett
- Joe Cocker
- Leonard Cohen (1985)
- Patti Smith (2004)
- Kraftwerk (2004).
Web links
- kongresowa.pl - (website, offline during renovation)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Sarah Nowotny and Ivana Pribakovic: "Rendez-vous" with the world: Warsaw's Palace of Culture. Swiss Radio and Television SRF, July 10, 2019, accessed on July 20, 2019 (Swiss Standard German).
- ^ How the Rolling Stones Rocked the Iron Curtain. In: Culture.pl. May 19, 2016, accessed July 20, 2019 .
- ^ Monica Zielinski: Rolling Stones 1967. In: Poland Today. Retrieved July 20, 2019 (American English).
- ↑ Warsaw: Sala Kongresowa znika z mapy stołecznych atrakcji. In: Polskie Radio. July 13, 2017, Retrieved July 20, 2019 (Polish).