Southern Poland

This is the colorful old city of Poznan with it's Thirteenth-Century Town Hall. The Town Hall is the building with three floors of columns. Poznan has Poland's original cathedral where the first ruler of the country and his son are buried.

 It has been a vital city since the beginning of the country. Cathedral Island could be considered as the center of early Poland but the capital was later moved to Krakow.

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Lodz is not a medieval city but a product of the Industrial Revolution. It is the manufacturing center of the central part of Poland. The following scene scenes begin in a complex know. as the Manufaktura

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This is central Lodz.

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Wroclaw is a medieval city of Bohemian origin. It has been part of many empires before coming back to Poland. This is Wroclaw Old Town Hall in Market Square

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Mostly modern Katowice is another city that was a product of the Industrial Revolution.

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Here is Wawel Cathedral, in the city of Krakow, and the adjoining Royal Castle

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Krakow is a very old city that was the capital of Poland for more than five hundred years. The capital was moved to Warsaw because Poland and Lithuania formed a union and Warsaw was halfway between Krakow and Vilnius. Krakow was the focal point of the Polish Renaissance during the Jagellonian Dynasty. Wawel Cathedral was the royal coronation cathedral and was where Pope John Paul preached his first sermon. The enclosed fortress was the center of Poland in the same way that the Moscow Kremlin is of Russia.

This is Main Square of old Krakow

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Wadowice is about a thousand years old and known as the hometown of Pope John Paul II. The first scene is St. Mary's Basilica. The building to the right is where the family of the future Pope John Paul had an apartment when he was born.

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Rzeszow is a medieval city with a famous old castle that was rebuilt in the Twentieth Century.

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This is Lublin's Old Town and Castle that was begun in the Twelfth Century.

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