Wanderings on Poland (3)

Beauty is our entire Poland

Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

It is located in the north-east of the country.The capital of the province is

Olsztyn

Warmia and Masuria is a region which is famous not only with its long, because more than 650-year history, but primarily with unusually beautiful landscapes, the

largest number of lakes in Poland and overgrowing large areas of forest. Not without reason Warmia and Masuria are called Land of Thousand Lakes

and are considered "green lung" Polish.

Olsztyn – Panorama City

Basilica of St. James the Apostle in Olsztyn

Castle in Olsztyn

Courtyard

Kopernikus-OlsztynBronze monument to Nicolaus Copernicus in Olsztyn (Allenstein) at entrance to the castle

Planetarium in Olsztyn

Szczytno and Lake Domowe Duże

Collegiate church in Dobre Miasto

Elbląg - Old Market Square and Fairs Gate

Sigismund Augustus boulevard in Elblag, Catedral St. Nicholas in the background

Ełk – view from lake

Płw. Hel

Zat. Gdańska

Granica Polski

R O S J A

P O L S K A Zalew Wiślany

Vistula Lagoon - Baltic Sea bay- 838 km² (within Poland is 328 km²), is cut off from Gdansk Bay by the Vistula Spit. By the Lagoon runs, obliquely to its longitudinal axis,

the state border between the Poland and the Russian Federation (Kaliningrad).

Kadyny - a village on the Vistula Lagoon (about 23 km from Elbląg), You can see hereknightly estate, belonging in the first half of the twentieth century

to a German family - the Hohenzollern.

Kadyny - former palace, now the hotel

Vistula Lagoon - view of Frombork

Frombork - View from the tower on the town and port

Frombork - Cathedral Hill, Cathedral and the tower Radziejowski

Frombork - Katedra

Krynica Morska – pier and ships plying to Elblag and Frombork

A cruise across the Vistula Lagoon

Vistula Spit - the beach in Krynica Morska

Iceboats - ice-covered lagoon is a paradise for a fans of this sport

Lidzbark Warmiński - XIV century castle of the bishops of Warmia, the pearl of Gothic

Lidzbark Warmiński – Bishops Castle

Święta Lipka (Saint Lipka) - Shrine, Minor Basilica since 1983

Basilica of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Saint Lipka

Warmia and Masuria - Land of a Thousand Lakes

Węgorzewo - castle

Giżycko – Canal

Swing bridge on the Giżycki Canal

Giżycko - Fortress Boyen

Giżycko - Twierdza Boyen

Giżycko – ramparts of Fortress Boyen

Giżycko - Fortress Boyen

ramparts of Fortress Boyen

Niegocin Lake from Water Tower in Giżycko

Giżycko – Kisajno Lake, the second of five, which is located within the city

Wolf's Lair - Hitler's military headquarters, located near the Ketrzyn, near the village of Gierloz. During the war, "Wolfsschanze" was the most important fortress of leader of the Third Reich had its own airport, railway station, power station, direct connection to Berlin and the front line.

fragment of the ruins of the fortress, "Wolf's Lair"

Śniardwy – largest lake in Poland, located in the basin of Pisa, with eight islands. The lake is connected to the system of canals from the lakes - Tuchlin, Łuknajno, Mikolajskie, Ros, Białoławki and Tyrkło. This

water region is named Great Masurian Lakes.

Śniardwy Lake

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Entrance from the lake Beldany to Śniardwy, in the background Lake Łuknajno

Mikołajki and Lake Mikołajskie

Mikołajki - boulevard at lake

On the peninsula at the mouth of the river Krutynia to the lake Bełdany

there is a reconstruction of settlements of Galinds

The town Pisz on the Pisa river

District of Pisz - between Rakowo Piskie and Szymki

Morning on Lake Roś

Roś Lake at sunset

Music – Nocturne for piano No. 3 in B major; F. ChopinIllustrations - downloaded from web sitesSlideshow prepared - Anna

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