Poland on Sunday said goodbye to President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, Mary, who died last week in a plane crash near Smolensk in western Russia. Kaczynski and his wife were buried on Sunday in the medieval Wawel castle, the final resting place of Polish royalty and many other distinguished citizens.
© RIA Novosti . Igor Zarembo / Go to the mediabankKaczynski and his wife Maria were buried on Sunday in the medieval Wawel castle, the final resting place of Polish royalty and many other distinguished citizens.
Kaczynski and his wife Maria were buried on Sunday in the medieval Wawel castle, the final resting place of Polish royalty and many other distinguished citizens.
© RIA Novosti . Igor Zarembo / Go to the mediabankPeople gathered near St. Mary's Basilica on Krakow's market square to pay last respects to Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, Maria.
People gathered near St. Mary's Basilica on Krakow's market square to pay last respects to Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, Maria.
© POOL / Go to the mediabankApril 18, 2010. President Dmitry Medvedev laying flowers at a candle-lit memorial to Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, Maria, at St. Mary's Basilica.
April 18, 2010. President Dmitry Medvedev laying flowers at a candle-lit memorial to Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, Maria, at St. Mary's Basilica.
© RIA Novosti . Iliya Pitalev / Go to the mediabankUkraine's former President Viktor Yushchenko and his spouse at the funeral service for Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, Maria.
Ukraine's former President Viktor Yushchenko and his spouse at the funeral service for Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, Maria.
© RIA Novosti . Iliya Pitalev / Go to the mediabankGeorgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and his wife, Sandra, at the funeral service for Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, Maria.
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and his wife, Sandra, at the funeral service for Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, Maria.
© RIA Novosti . Igor Zarembo / Go to the mediabankPolish President Lech Kaczynski's brother Jaroslaw at the funeral service for the president and his wife, Maria.
Polish President Lech Kaczynski's brother Jaroslaw at the funeral service for the president and his wife, Maria.
© RIA Novosti . Iliya Pitalev / Go to the mediabankPolish President Lech Kaczynski's daughter and granddaughter at the funeral service for the president and his wife, Maria.
Polish President Lech Kaczynski's daughter and granddaughter at the funeral service for the president and his wife, Maria.
© RIA Novosti . Iliya Pitalev / Go to the mediabankPoland's Acting President Bronislaw Komorowski at the funeral service for President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, Maria.
Poland's Acting President Bronislaw Komorowski at the funeral service for President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, Maria.
© RIA Novosti . Iliya Pitalev / Go to the mediabankThey were interred in Krakow's historic Wawel Cathedral, the main burial site for Polish monarchs for several centuries, in the crypt that holds Jozef Pilsudski, a driving force behind Poland's reemergence as an independent state after World War I.
They were interred in Krakow's historic Wawel Cathedral, the main burial site for Polish monarchs for several centuries, in the crypt that holds Jozef Pilsudski, a driving force behind Poland's reemergence as an independent state after World War I.