Historical monuments in the Polish aviation photography

This study deals with aerial photographs of historical monuments. The pertinent illustrations present Polish historical monuments both within prewar and postwar frontiers. The prewar photographs were taken between 1922 and 1928 by the 2 Air Force Regiment in Krakow, and the postwar photographs were commissioned by the Central Information Agency. Aerial photographs provide valuable information material for historians, historians of art, and architects (including persons dealing with the transformation of the cultural landscape). They are also applied widely in archaeology. Originally, aerial photography served military purposes; in recent years, it became the domain of private and commercial activity, as testified by numerous publications, including series of attractive colour postcards. Presumably, it will be applied increasingly extensively also in the protection of historical monuments