Perlis of Polish architecture and

NaturePiotr Kardaszewski

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Localization Monuments

◦ Wawel Castle in Cracow◦ Lublin Castle◦ City Hall in Poznań◦ Cathedral in Gniezno

Natural Wonders◦ Rock „Hercules’s Mace”◦ Sea Eye◦ Moving dunes◦ Vicious rocks

Modern Architecture◦ Polish Television Office Building◦ Wilson Square Subway Station◦ BRE Bank in Bydgoszcz◦ The Stock Exchange of Securities

The Table of content

Localization

Wawel Castle

Lublin Castle

City Hall in Poznań

Cathedral in Gniezno

Rock Hercules’s Mace

Sea’s Eye

Moving Dunes

Vicious Rocks

TVP office building

Wilson Square , S. Station

BRE Bank

Stock Exchange of Securities

Defending-residential Polish Royal Castle which has 71 rooms. It was a residence of the most of the Polish Kings

Built around XI th century, in Romanian style, at first had only defending function.

In late XIV century it was rebuilt in the Gothic Style and in the Baroque it was transformed into the residence.

Now in the Castle is museum and there is much to explore. Like a cathedral, where are tombs of Kings of Poland. There is also a museum. The Castle present a monument in the Italian style.

Wawel Castle in Cracow

Castle was built in the XII th century and at first it was a castle which defended Lublin.

In XIII th century the Romanian Tower was built The best known place is a Holy Trinity Chapel in which are the

Byzantine Paintings. During the XX th century there was a prison. Now there is a Museum of Art with rich collection.

Lublin Castle

City Hall was built in the XIV th century. After rebuilt it is a renaissance building standing on the Market.

It had been rebuilt in the renaissance style in XV th century. The Local workers made a new clock in Renaissance which had the

funny mechanisms with steel goats which are going out at 9am, 12am, 3pm and 6 pm.

Inside the building there are the many sculptures, paintings and renaissance ornaments.

City Hall in Poznań

Cathedral was built in the late IX th century. At first it was in Romanian style, but later it was rebuilt into the Gothic style.

The first Cathedral in Poland, place of coronation of Polish kings. It was the main cathedral of the first archbishopric in Poland.

There was a funeral of St. Wojciech, the famous Gniezno’s Gate with the scenes from St. Wojciech life.

It is the oldest church in Poland and currently it is in gothic style.

Cathedral in Gniezno

Made of hard limestone rock club rock located in Pieskowa (area Sułoszowa) in the Ojców National Park.

It is a unique made of limestine natural wonders with that size and look.

It is near to Pieskowa Castle There are many Polish legends connected with this Natural

wonder.

Rock „Hercules’s mace”

The largest lake in the Tatra Mountains, located in Valley Stream Fish-foot Mieguszowieckie Peaks, at an altitude of 1395 m above the sea level.

It is a lake of glacial origin of a karowo-moraine. Fills the hollow bowl of rock by glaciers, closed bolt from the

north, where the shaft is a terminal moraine. Morskie Oko has an area of 34.93 ha, length 862 m, width of 568

m and at the deepest point reaches 50,8 m. There are many trips organized by the local people by low price.

Sea’s Eye

Dunes which are in the Słowiński National Park The winds from the sea, causes moving of the Sand so, the dunes

are moving too. The highest dune in the NP. is Łączka which has 30 meters height The often winds causes the very often and fast movement of the

dunes.

Moving dunes

Band rock blocks at a height of 853 m above sea level creates a picturesque maze (rock city), located in south-western Poland, in the Central Sudetes Mountains Table

It is located in lower Silesia, between the villages Kudowa-Zdrój and Karłów.

At the bottom of the Upper Cretaceous sea deposited thick layers of sandstone. In the Tertiary, when the Alpine orogeny they were wydźwignięte along with all the Sudetenland. Then he began a long period of erosion and drainage weathered. As a result of erosion the gaps and corridors appeared.

It is very poplar tourist attraction in the region.

Vicious rocks

The new office building of TVP is and example of modern achitecutre.

The surface is made of glass. There are the tower in the modern style. The form of this building is irregular as we can see on the photo

below. The one part is made from the concrete and whole building is

generally gray and light blue.

Polish Television Office Building

M1 subway station on line in Warsaw, located in Zoliborz street near the Slovak and in the northern part of the Wilson Square , around the streets of Mickiewicz and Krasinski

Built at 8th April 2005 The station is maintained in the colors gray and silver . On the

floor in the vicinity of the staircase is interesting , stone mosaic The walls near the tracks are an interesting texture , are made of

stainless steel ( cortenowskiej ) , the top layer of rust protects it from further oxidation

Inside they are listed with each stone , steel, glass and polished , colored concrete

Wilson Square Subway Station

The Bank BRE in Bydgoszcz is very interesting looking building. It is made half of bright brick and another half is made of glass.

The Bank look like two big treasure cases next to themselve. It is an functioning bank, but it is good to see how it is build from

the outdoor.

BRE Bank in Bydgoszcz

Public institution aimed at ensuring the possibility of trading in securities

The colors in which this building is are light blue and Grey. The building is made of glass and concrete and it has rectangular

form. It is in Warsaw at the corner of the street and it matches with the

city colors, so it looks very modern.

The Stock Exchange of Securities