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Leżajsk is one of the oldest towns of the south-eastern part of Poland. It has a population of about 14 000. The town’s location decreed by the king Władysław
Jagiełło took place in 1397.
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In the past Leżajsk was a place of multicultural character. For a few centuries, until the end of the Second World War, the town and its surroundings were inhabited
by Poles, Jews, Ruthenians and Germans.
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Leżajsk’s most prominent sites include: the Bernardine Order Monastery and Church Complex, the Parish Church, the Manor House Complex, the Jewish
Cemetery, the Wooden Manor House, the Former Orthodox Church, the Municipal Public Library.
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The Monastery and Church Complex was erected in the years 1618-1628.
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Its baroque organ is one of the largest in Europe.
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The Parish Church dates from the beginning of the 17th century.
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Its main altar contains a famous painting presenting Virgin Mary with the Holy Infant.
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The Manor House Complex was built in the years 1760-1770.
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Today it houses the Museum of Leżajsk Region.
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One of the museum’s permanent exhibitions is devoted to wooden toy making.
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In the Jewish Cemetery there is the grave of the Zaddik Elimelech, one of the greatest members of the Hassidic movement.
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Elimelech lived in the years 1717-1778 and worked as a psychologist and philosopher.
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The Wooden Manor House, erected in the 17th century and made of larch logs, is one of the oldest Leżajsk buildings.
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The manor house was renovated by its private owner in 1990.
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The Former Orthodox Church was built in 1832.
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Nowadays it belongs to Roman Catholics and is known as a branch church for school children.
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Until the Second World War the edifice of the present Municipal Public Library housed a social and culture club of the “Proświta” Ruthenian Association.
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This presentation has been made by the students of Leżajsk Primary School No. 2, Poland. It is the result of their joint actions connected with the implementation
of a Comenius project.