Poland Sights
Posted by admin in Monday, March 02nd 2009

Poland is a country, which is ideal for tourism. Rarely can be found in Europe with such a variety of landscapes with moving from north to south: here golden beaches of the Baltic Sea and the Great Mazury Lake, the Tatra mountains and wild mountain ranges Beskydy. The Bialowieza National Park is highlighting on the border with Belarus, the sandy beaches of the Baltic coast, the ski resorts of Bielsko-Biala (season is from December until mid-March).

In Warsaw, the tourists can visit the many museums. For example, national, technical, State Archaeological Museum and also the Museum of Natural History, the Museum of Polish Troops and more than 30 museums. From the architectural monuments there are the Royal Castle, Old Town, Barbican (medieval walls and towers), Lazienki (summer palace of King Stanislaw II and rose garden). The Gothic Cathedral of St. Jan (XIV century). And the Church of the Holy Cross (XVI century) can make a profound impression. And children and adults will be interesting to walk along the zoo.

Poland is rich in sights, to see them you need a visa, but to get it you have to use the visa services.
The main sights of Krakow is Wawel Castle (XIII century)., Cathedral of St. Stanislaus (1359), Church of St. Mary (1223) and “Cave”. The city can be accessed from public Wawel collection of art objects.

In Gdansk Polish Maritime Museum is the most interesting, the Church of St. Mary (1343 - 1505 gg.), The city hall in the Gothic style, the building of the Exchange (1379) and Old Town.

Memorial Museum of the Victims of Fascism and Oswiecim (Auschwitz) is about Lodz. In the town there is a museum of archeology and ethnography.

In Bialystok sure to visit the contemporary White church and an Orthodox cathedral, and in Poznan - Gothic cathedral, the city hall in the XVI. and Old City.

Torun can be proud of City Hall of 14th century, which is the real pearl of Gothic architecture. Torun is famous for the remains of the castle Teutonic Knights (1231), Gothic-style mansions and Baroque, City Hall (XIII - XIV centuries.) and its Old City.

In Szczecin, there are several churches, among them are the Church of St. Peter and Paul (1124).

Church of St. John the Baptist (1158), Church of St. Elizabeth (XIII cent.), Holy Cross Church (XIII - XIV centuries.) Church of the Assumption (XIV cent.), The Gothic town hall (XIII cent.), The former royal Palace - all of these memorial sites are located in Wroclaw.

In Gniezno City, the first capital of Poland, in the Cathedral the attention attracted by the magnificent gates of 12 century, with relief decoration - a masterpiece of decorative art.

It is also worth visiting in the Wieliczka salt mines and see, go back to the Middle Ages.

 
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