See Zalipie, Poland's Painted Village

It all started over 100 years ago with a soot stain. One of the villagers in the town of Zalipie, Poland, decided to hide the stain by painting a flower on the ceiling. It started a trend and in 1948 an annual painted cottage competition was begun to help recover from World War II. Now every surface in the village is covered with flowers.

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#9 Alice Lambert 2017-12-03 16:48

Love that dog houses, barns, bee hives and chicken coops were painted along with everything else.

#8 Patsy 2017-12-03 16:37

How beautiful, and a way to express hopes for the future after such devastation. Here in Texas, we have an area near Schulenberg where the Czech's settled and painted all of their very plain churches that are awe inspiring. And, I agree with booklady27, loads of applique patterns!!

#7 happyhare 2017-12-03 14:56

Makes me want to paint my sheds. Just beautiful.
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#6 Barb 2017-12-03 14:06

Wow. Can you imagine walking around that town?
Just beautiful!

#5 NanaPie 2017-12-03 11:50

How very beautiful!

#4 thebooklady27 2017-12-03 09:25

Wow! A town filled with applique patterns! I'd go nuts if I lived there, trying to recreate them all in a quilt. :) What a charming town, must be a wonderful place to live within all those beautiful flowers.

#3 Pat D 2017-12-03 08:08

That’s beautiful, there must be many talented artists in that neighborhood! Thanks for the pictures!

#2 fizzz 2017-12-03 06:24

wow thank you these paintings are so fresh and happy , i would love to go there

#1 Pam 2017-12-03 06:15

Beautiful!!!!! My grandparents were Polish. Came to America in 1920's. This video makes me proud to be Polish.

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