View asset onlyPoland, city of Wroclaw: Ispica ("the needle", "the spire"), built 1948Poland, city of Wroclaw: Ispica ("the needle", "the spire"), built 1948; The metal construction was built 1948 by Stanislaw Hempel. Originally 106 m high, it was reduced to 90 m 1964 and restored in 2016. It was built for the so called "exhibition of the rewon territories" which happened from 21st of July to 31st of October, 1948, in the Centennial Hall which was built right across, in 1913, on the Wroclaw (Breslau) fair grounds). 400 participants from 46 countries took part, including writers, artists and scientists Bertold Brecht, Anna Seghers, Pablo Picasso, Irene Joliot-Curie, Jorge Amado and Michail Szolochov.IdentifierAKG8458860SourceJürgen SorgesCredit lineakg-images / Jürgen SorgesImage date8.10.2020GeographyPOLANDPersonANNA SEGHERSIRENE JOLIOT-CURIEPABLO PICASSOSize3817px × 5829px (63 MB) 32.3 cm × 49.3 cm @ 300 dpiAdd to lightbox: 'My First Lightbox'Add to cartDownload