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Things To Do and See in Southern Poland
Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, Oswiecim
reach Auschwitz from Krakow, either by bus or by train. governed Poland for five centuries (1038-1596), this castle is a symbol of the independent Polish state and today contains a priceless collection of
16th-century Flemish tapestries, considered to be one of the largest
in the world. features the 16th-century Renaissance Cloth Hall and the splendid
14th-century Gothic Basilica of the Virgin Mary. features two striking towers, the taller of which is a magnificent
Gothic
spire with a gold-plated crown built in 1666.
Jewish District (Kazimierz), Krakow of the fifteenth century, which served as the main cultural center of
the
Polish Jewry for centuries. of Zygmunt of 1520, one of the world's largest, and the burial place
of
many Polish kings and their families, national heroes and numerous
bishops. military engineering with its circular fortress was added to the city's
fortifications in the late 15th century. structure dates from 1555 and features in its interior many food stalls and small shops, terrace cafes and flower stands that surround
the
statue of Adam Mickiewicz. is in the city of Prague) that was restored after World War II
and
now houses a Jewish Museum. famous writer and philosopher Moses Isserles (aka Rabbi Remu'h)
and
still holds regular services for the small Jewish community in the
city. distinguished alumni including distinguished Polish intellectuals, political leaders and well-known international figures like Nicolaus Copernicus and Pope John Paul II. The Collegium Maius is the
oldest surviving building of the university. four towers are the remnants of the city's fortifications, most
of
which were destroyed at the beginning of the nineteenth century.
(Ratusz), Krakow converted into a Renaissance building in the 16th century,
which now houses the Museum of Ethnography.
the
center of the Cult of St. Stanislaw, an 11th-century bishop and
martyr. art and sculpture from the 13th through the 16th centuries, including Rembrandt's "Landscape with the Good Samaritan" and Leonardo
da
Vinci's "Lady with an Ermine."
once the
route taken during Royal processions and funerals.
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