DISCOVERING POLAND

DISCOVERING POLAND
TOTAL AREA
- 312 679 KM 2
POPULATION
– 38 538 447
OFFICAL CURRENCY –
ZŁOTY (PLN)
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE –
POLISH
RELIGION–
ROMAN CATHOLICISM
(80% POPULATION)
POLITICAL SYSTEM –
DEMOCRACY
CAPITAL CITYWARSAW
LITHUANIA
RUSSIA
BELARUS
GERMANY
UKRAINE
CZECH REPUBLIC
SLOVAKIA
THE FLAG
AND THE NATIONAL COLOURS OF POLAND
WARSAW - THE PALACE OF CULTURE AND
SCIENCE
THE OLD TOWN WITH THE ROYAL
CASTLE AND THE MONUMENT OF
ZYGMUND III WAZA - THE KING WHO
MOVED THE CAPITAL FROM CRACOW
TO WARSAW
ŁAZIENKI – A FORMER SUMMER RESIDENCE
OF KING STANISŁAW AUGUST PONIATOWSKI
(XVIII)
RADOM
THE TOWN HALL
THE CATHEDRAL AND THE HIGH STREET
IN RADOM
THE BEACH, THE NEPTUNE FOUNTAIN AND THE OLD TOWN IN GDAŃSK
KRAKÓW - THE JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY
THE WAWEL ROYAL CASTLE – THE
POLITICAL AND CULTURAL CENTRE OF
POLAND UNTIL THE EARLY XVII CENTURY
THE OLD TOWN – THE MAIN
MARKET SQUARE WITH THE
CLOTH HALL (SUKIENNICE)
THE SKY TOWER
THE CENTRAL PART OF WROCŁAW – THE RYNEK
THE CENTENNIAL HALL
POZNAŃ – THE SHOPPING, ARTS AND BUSINESS
CENTRE – STARY BROWAR
THE ARCHCATHEDRAL
BASILICA OF ST. PETER AND
ST. PAUL
POZNAŃ
POZNAŃ
THE TWO HEAD - BUTTING BILLY
GOATS
THE CABLE CAR IN ZAKOPANE
THE ZAKOPANE STYLE OF
ARCHITECTURE
ZAKOPANE - THE MOST FAMOUS MOUNTAIN RESORT IN POLAND
THE HEL PENINSULA WITH ITS BEAUTIFUL
SANDY BEACHES, PORT, LIGHTHOUSE AND
THE FOKARIUM – A LARGE TANK FOR GRY
SEALS
HEL
THE FIRST CAPITAL CITY
– GNIEZNO –
(until 1380)
THE SECOND CAPITAL
CITY – KRAKÓW
(1380-1609)
THE PRESENT CAPITAL CITY OF POLAND
– WARSZAWA –
(from 1609)
THE TATRA MOUNTAINS – THE HIGHEST
MOUNTAINS IN POLAND
THE BALTIC SEA WITH ITS BEAUTIFUL SANDY BEACHES AND
PICTURESQUE TOWNS AND VILLAGES
THE GREAT MASURIAN LAKES
THE VISTULA – THE LONGEST RIVER IN POLAND
THE ODER RIVER
MIKOŁAJ KOPERNIK
(1473 -1543)
A RENAISSANCE MATHEMATICIAN AND
ASTRONOMER WHO FORMULATED THE
HELIOCENTRIC MODEL OF THE UNIVERSE
FREDERIC CHOPIN
(1810 – 1849) A POLISH COMPOSER
AND PIANIST
JAN MATEJKO (1838 – 1893)
ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS POLISH PAINTERS,
THE AUTHOR OF ‘THE BATTLE OF GRUNWALD’
MARIE SKŁODOWSKA – CURIE A POLISH PHYSICIST AND
CHEMIST, THE FIRST WOMAN TO
WIN A NOBEL PRIZE, THE ONLY
WOMAN TO WIN IN TWO FIELDS.
SHE IS MAINLY KNOWN FOR:
RADIOACTIVITY, POLONIUM AND
RADIUM
JOHN PAUL II – SOMETIMES
CALLED ‘BLESSED JOHN PAUL’ OR
‘JOHN PAUL THE GREAT’ – THE POPE OF
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH (1978-2005) AND
ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENCIAL
LEADERS OF THE 20TH CENTURY
MARSHAL JÓZEF PIŁSUDSKI – THE
FATHER OF THE NATIONAL
INDEPENDENCE, SOMETIMES
CALLED THE FATHER OF THE
SECOND REPUBLIC, A GREAT
POLISH LEADER
DANIEL OLBRYCHSKI – ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS POLISH
ACTORS, BEST KNOWN FOR HIS LEADING ROLES IN MOVIES
DIRECTED BY ANDRZEJ WAJDA.
LECH WAŁĘSA –
BRONISŁAW KOMOROWSKI –
THE INCUMBENT PRESIDENT OF THE
REPUBLIC OF POLAND ELECTED IN 2010
THE HUMAN – RIGHTS ACTIVIST,
CO - FOUNDER OF „SOLIDARITY”,
THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER IN
1983 AND THE PRESIDENT OF
POLAND BETWEEN 1990 - 1995
DONALD TUSK –
THE CURRENT AND THE 14TH PRIME
MINISTER OF POLAND, THE MEMBER
OF THE CIVIC PLATFORM PARTY. THE
LONGEST SERVING PRIME MINISTER IN
THE THIRD REPUBLIC (SINCE 2007)
ADAM MAŁYSZ – ONE OF
THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SKI
JUMPERS IN THE HISTORY OF THE
SPORT
ROBERT KUBICA – THE FIRST POLISH
RACING DRIVER TO COMPETE IN FORMULA ONE
JAN MELA -
A POLISH EXPLORER, IN 2002 HE LOST HIS
LEG AND FOREARM AFTER HE WAS ELECTROCUTED, IN 2004
HE REACHED THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH POLES. HE
CREATED THE FOUNDATION ‘OUTSIDE THE HORIZONS’
THE HORIZONS’
BIGOS – A HUNTER’S STEW –
A POLISH NATIONAL DISH MADE OF
CABBAGE, MEAT, AND SOME
MUSHROOMS
PIEROGI – DUMPLINGS –
FILLED WITH CABBAGE WITH
MUSHROOMS, CHEESE AND POTATOES
OR FRUIT
ŻUREK –
THE SOUR RYE SOUP WITH SAUSAGE AND
EGG, SOMETIMES SERVED IN A BREAD LOAF
FASOLKA PO BRETOŃSKU –
A VERY POPULR DISH IN POLAND, A KIND
OF STEW MADE OF BEANS AND MEAT
TRADITIONAL POLISH SAUSAGE
– MADE WITH PORK, BEEF, LAMB, TURKEY,
CHICKEN OR VEAL, IT CAN BE RAW , DRIED
OR SMOKED, SERVED COLD, GRILLED OR
COOKED
OGÓRKI KISZONE –
pickled cucumbers /
gherkins
TATAR – RAW MINCED BEEF WITH CHOPPED
ONION AND RAW YOLK
ROSÓŁ – GOLDEN CHICKEN SOUP WITH NOODLES
FREDERIC CHOPIN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wygy721nzRc
WOJCIECH KILAR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOJ
7OHIgne8
URSZULA DUDZIAK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_
vwk3_7Obg
IRA
URSZULA
DUDZIAK
THE GROUP FROM
RADOM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd
vwk3_7Obg
DaS_L2_1M
BRATHANKI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=kWRhdN2XusA