Wanderings on Poland (6)

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Beauty is our entire Poland

Masovian Voivodeship

The Voivodeship is located in the central-eastern Poland mostly in the area Central-European Lowlands, only its small eastern parts are on the area

Lowlands East-Baltic-Belarus and the southern in the area Highlands Polish. In Masovian Voivodeship there is 85 cities,

in this five cities at the Rights-districts:Warsaw, Radom, Plock, Siedlce and Ostroleka.

Warsaw - The Grand Theatre

New buildings left-bank Warsawpanorama

Warsaw - Shopping Center "Golden Terraces"

Warsaw - Shopping Center "Golden Terraces"

Warsaw - Old Town (view from Solec)

Warsaw - Old Town Square

Warsaw - Wilanow Palace

Radom - Citizens Club

Radom - Bernardine Church & Monastery

Radom - City Hall.

Garrison Church in Radom

Radom - Bernardine monastery and church of St. Catherine of Alexandria

In Radom been held for years International Air Show

one of the oldest Polish cities, located on a high slope,, astounds with a history, unique collections of Art Nouveau

and overlooking at broads of the Vistula River.

Płock

Plock - view at the escarpment from Radziwie

Płock – castle of the dukes of Mazovia and the Cathedral Basilica

Panorama City Center of Plock

Aphrodite Fountain before town hall the Old Market

The view from the escarpment on the valley of the Vistula

Plock is the most important place of the Divine Mercy for the whole world.22nd February 1931 on the first Sunday of Lent just here, in Plock,

26-year-old Sister Faustina had the first and most important revelation of Jesus.

The cell of St. Sister Faustina was in a place where it currently stands

Merciful Jesus statue, on the first floor

now defunct monastery.

Church and convent of Mariavites in Plock

ORLEN in Plock from afar...…

... and from a short distance

Ostrołęka - church of St. Adalbert

Ciechanów - castle of the dukes of Mazovia

Water towerproject of George Michael Boguslawski

Neo-Gothic bell tower near the churchNativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

City Hall in Ciechanów

Confluence of Bugo-Narew (Bug and Narew) and Vistula River at Modlin The ruins of a granary at the bottom the fortress from the XIX century

Modlin: the mouth of the Bug and Narew to the Vistula River and the ruins of the granary

On the north-west from Warsaw there is Kampinos Forest.The most striking feature of the landscape of the Forest are the contrasts between

alternately arranged strips of dunes and wetlands. The "trade mark" Kampinos Forest's it is an elk, that we can often meet.

They live here also mammals such as beaver, lynx, otter, fox, and deer, raccoons and badgers.

Kampinos Forest it is ideal for hiking and biking.

Dunes in Kampinos Foresttoday constitute the largest and best preserved

complex of inland dunes in Europa.

Forest in the "wet wersion"

Elk

Beaver

Lynx

Badger

Marten

Otter

Kampinos National Park around Palmiry

Palmiry Cemetery-Mausoleum

the place of national memorialwith the graves of more than 2000

Poles and Jews murderedby the Germans during World War II

Willows - rooted in the landscape of Mazovia. Often it can be found in river valleys, to balk, among fields and meadows

and in the immediate vicinity of buildings.

Żelazowa Wola – manor house where Chopin was born

Manor in Sucha

Drwalew - palace from the mid-nineteenth century

Palace of Otwock Wielki

Baroque Palace of Bielinski (1682-1689) in the village of Otwock Wielki, close to Warsaw.

The same palace on the other side

Palace in Teresin

Jadwisin - Radziwill Palace

Starawieś near Węgrówseventeenth century Radziwill palace

Castle in Liw

Czerwińsk The church and monastery Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - one of the most

important monuments of Romanesque art in Poland. The origins of the abbey dates back to XI or XII century

Czerwińsk – Basilica of the Annunciation

Mariańskie Porzecze - beautiful eighteenth century wooden church of Our Lady Goźlińska jewel of wooden of baroque architecture in Mazovia.

Niepokalanow - Basilica of Our Lady Mediatrix of GracesThe founder of Niepokalanow was St. Maximilian Kolbe

Niepokalanow - Franciscan Church of St. Mary

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Muzyka – F. Chopin; Nocturne for piano No. 4 in F majorIllustrations - downloaded from web sitesA presentation prepared - Anna