Wanderings on Poland (15)
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Beauty is our entire Poland
Greater Poland Voivodeship
After the last administrative division of Poland Wielkopolska Province ranks second in the country in terms of area and third in terms of population.
Approximately 25% of the total surface area covered by forests, on lake districts in the northern and central part of region is about 800 lakes, the largest natural reservoir of the Wielkopolska
province is Powidzkie Lake (1036 ha). Odra and Warta are the main rivers of the region and the capital of Wielkopolska is Poznań.
Poznań
Imperial Castle in Poznań
The Old Market in Poznań
Old Market Square and Fountain of Proserpine
The Neptune Fountain The Fountain of Apollo
The wells "Bamberka"
The beautiful Poznań City Hall
A characteristic element of Poznan are little goats, which show up at noon above the clock
at City Hall tower.
And those naughty goats brawl at Kolegiacki Square
Monument of Wielkopolska Insurgents 1918Monument of vicitmes of events of June 1956
The former Jesuit College, now the office of the city, deep in the parish church
Collegium Maius in Poznań
Opera House, Poznań
Cathedral on Ostrów Tumski
The area where held every year International Fair in Poznan
Former brewery - now a huge and prestigious shopping center
Part of the Old Brewery can be visited,here we see the historic brew house and fermentation tanks
Warta in Poznan, low level of water
Malta Lake, the favorite recreation area of residents and tourists, is located just east of the city center. Situated in the center is stunning Malta Lake itself.
This artificial lake was built in 1952 from the waters of the Cybina River.
Malta
Malta
Since 2005, in December, at Poznan Market Square take place of Festivals of Ice Sculptures
We will go by train to Puszczykowo ...
Wielkopolski National Park - the umbrella roof for tourists in the forest in Puszczykowo
In Puszczykowo there is an park-museum dedicated to Arkady Fiedler (writer and the traveler),contains his ethnographic collections
A replica of Christopher Columbus' ship "Santa Maria" (scale 1:1) which is in the Arkady Fiedler Museum
Puszczykowo is surrounded by the Wielkopolski National Parkwhere you can meet swan family ...
... as well as a dangerous wild pig
Wielkopolski National Park - Góreckie Lake and Castle of Klaudyna Potocka on Zamkowa Island
Wielkopolski National Park
A Lake in Ślesin
Powidzkie Lake it's an post-glacial lake of gutter-type,the largest lake in Wielkopolska Voivodeship
Powidzkie Lake
Powidzkie Lake
Powidzkie Lake
Gniezno - the first Polish capital, in 1025 there was a coronationof Prince Boleslaw the Brave as the first King of Poland
Gniezno - Basilica of the PrimateAssumption of the Virgin and St. Wojciech
he interior of the Cathedral of Gniezno - the altar in the main nave, Christmas decor
The grave (reliquary) St. Wojciech
OSTRÓW LEDNICKIGniezno, Ostrów Lednicki, Poznan - here the boundaries of land inhabited by tribes of Polan,
here been the began of reign of the Piast dynasty and through their of energy, determination and perseverance became the germ of a country with thousand years of history.
The island is surrounded by an aura of mystery, arouse curiosity huge embankments, construction of which is attributed to the Prince Mieszko the First.
Museum of the First of Piast Dynasty
Remains of castle and chapel
reconstruction of a wooden hut
Rogalin Palace
Rogalin Palace
Rogalin Landscape Park
Kórnik Castle
Lichen Stary is a small town near Konin ....
.... but the Marian shrine, which is there,annually visited by some 1.5 million pilgrims and tourists.
BasilicaBlessed Virgin Mary
Sorrows, Queen of Poland
Its construction started in 1994, and was completed in 2004. It is the largest in Poland, and the seventh in
Europe and eleventh in the world, Shrine of Our Lady. It is 139 meters
long, 77 meters in width, the height of the tower is almost 130 meters.
Visible from afar a huge dome of the Basilica is 36 meters in diameter and 45 m in height. The temple has 365 windows and 52 doors, symbolizing the days and weeks a year, to the
interior of the basilica lead 33 steps of stairs, which refer to the years
of the life of Jesus Christ.
The temple is visible from a distance of ten to twenty kilometers,on a nearby hill there is so called Golgotha and the Way of the Cross - a work of penance
One of the many sculptures that surround the basilica
The sculpture depicting one of the apparitions of Our Lady
The upper church - the main nave
The main altar with the miraculous image of Our Lady
The relics of St. Faustina Kowalska in Divine Mercy Chapel
Paintings depicting scenes of two apparitions:for a shepherd - of Nicholas Sikatka and for one of soldier of Napoleon - of Thomas Kłossowski
The biggestorgans
in Poland
Stained Glass in the ceiling
The underground of Basilica - Lower Church
One of the side chapels
The another chapel
Lichen - an older part of the town with churches: St. Dorothy and Our Lady of Czestochowa
Pilgrim House "ARKA"
Kaliszone of the oldest cities in Poland
Town hall
Kalisz - Sanctuary of the St. Joseph is visited each year by more than 70 thousand. pilgrims
Kalisz - the building of theater of Wojciech Boguslawski
Kalisz - Church of Divine Mercy
Kalisz-Zawodzie, the wooden church of St. Wojciech and bell tower
Kalisz - Church and Franciscan Monastery; 1257
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Background Sound - Waltz in F minor, op.70 No. 2 Frederic ChopinIllustrations - downloaded from web sitesThe presentation is prepared by - Anna
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Background Sound - Waltz in F minor, op.70 No. 2 Frederic ChopinIllustrations - downloaded from web sitesThe presentation is prepared by - Anna