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.

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
• the

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 (including Ryszard Kapuściński)
• Stanisław Lem

Music[]

• Frédéric Chopin
• Polonaise
• Krakowiak

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[]

• Bigos (hunter's stew)
• Pierogi (Polish dumplings)
• Pisanka (Easter eggs) and Święconka (Easter basket)
• Toruń's piernik (Polish gingerbread)
• Pączki (Polish doughnut)

Military[]

• Winged hussars

Animals[]

• White eagle
• Zubr (European bison)
• Bocian (white stork) and Black cormorant

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
• Fiat 126

References[]