Geografie 2015, 120, 507-526

https://doi.org/10.37040/geografie2015120040507

Memorial crosses in Poland: a commonplace and contested element of public roads

Lucyna Przybylska

University of Gdańsk, Institute of Geography, Department of Spatial Management, ul. Bażyńskiego 4, 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland

Received October 2014
Accepted May 2015

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