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 | Warsaw’s main attractions can be found near the old-city’s Market Square; these are the Royal Palace, the round “Barbakan Bastion”, and the Gothic style St. John’s Cathedral. Buildings of the old-city – including the Royal Palace were placed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. |
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 | Situated on the Vistula River, Krakow is Poland’s richest city in terms of the number of its historic sights and monuments – at the same time it is one of the most beautiful and charming cities of Central Europe. For more than 500 years, Krakow served as the country’s capital and as the royal residence. |
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 | One of the most beautiful cities in Poland, situated on the Oder River, Wroclaw is also known as the “City of a Hundred Bridges”. Because of its bridges, streams and canals, it is also referred to as the “Polish Venice”. |
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 | Gdansk sits on the shore of the Gulf of Gdansk, part of the Baltic Sea shore. Merging with nearby Gydinia and Sopot, it forms an agglomeration, the so-called Tricity of close to 1 million people. Also known as Danzig, the one-time member of the Hanseatic League was an important commercial city and port in the Middle Ages; numerous monuments have remained from this period. |
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 | Poznan, formerly a famous market town on the Warta River, is now, with a population of 600 thousand, a dynamically developing industrial and cultural centre, as well as a bustling university town.Poznan’s oldest quarter is the “Cathedral Island” (Ostrow Tumski), in the middle of the Warta River; its 10th century cathedral contains the tombs of Poland’s first rulers. |
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