UNESCO monuments

in PolandAnna Vasa School

Golub-DobrzyńPoland

Asia Buczkowska

Poland is a country of 1000-year-old history,

rich traditions and cultural heritage. The

legacy of centuries that includes monuments of

architecture and masterpieces of art is perfectly combined

with Polish nature and its original landscapes. Millions of tourists visit

Poland every year.

This historic city with old walls and numerous museums used to be a king 's residence and

a center of civilizationspreading culture all over

Poland. Here is the Wawel – the seat of Polish kings and the place of their coronations;

StMary’s Church with its famous change by Veit Stoss; the Main

Market Square – the largest medieval town square inEurope; Kazimierz – a unique district of

Kraków that used to be a separate Jewish town; and the

Jagiellonian University– the oldest Poland’s college with its

famous Collegium Maius.

MAGIC CITY - KRAKÓW

One of Europe’s oldest factory enterprises in continuousoperation since the 13th century. The country’s

great resource of riches for centuries, it is now consideredto be one of the best-known

and most willingly visitedtourist attractions in Poland.

The tourist route is 3.5 kilometers long and leads

through over twenty chambers and chapels.

WIELICZKA SALT MINE

The scene of suffering of millions of people during World War II. The largest

Nazi concentration camp in German-occupied Europe. Here the Germans were carrying out their plan of killing the whole nations, mainly Jews and Poles.

GENOCIDE COMMEMORATED

BIAŁOWIEŻA NATIONAL PARK

The Białowieża Forest is a symbol of Poland’s natural wealth and

diversity. The international experts recognized its unique value and the

Białowieża National Park was included on

UNESCO’s World Heritage List as well

as on UNESCO’s List of World Biosphere Reserves.

The historic center of Warsaw is an exception on UNESCO’s World Cultural Heritage List. It’s the only urban complex

almost entirely reconstructed after the World War II total

destruction. The contemporary Warsaw is a big

city, Poland’s capital and its cultural, scientific, educational

and tourist center.

WARSAW

Old City of Zamość is  located in the heart

of the city. In 1992 he was inscribed on the

UNESCO list.

OLD CITY OF ZAMOŚĆ

TORUŃ

Toruń is a city widely known in Poland and also far beyond its borders all that thanks to the

great astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus and to the flavor of

the famous Torunian gingerbread as well as to the charm and character of one of

Europe’s most beautiful old towns. The Old Town of Toruń was included on UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 1997.

Malbork Castle is one of the largest group of Gothic architecture in the world. Between

1309 to 1457 the castle in Malbork was the seat of the Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights. 

In 1997 he was included in the UNESCO World

Heritage List.

MALBORK CASTLE

KALWARIA ZEBRZYDOWSKAKalwaria ZebrzydowskaOne of Poland’s major

pilgrimage destinations. The whole complex of

chapels was built over the surrounding hills in the

unusual landscape of the Beskid Makowski. They all

form the Kalwaria Zebrzydowska Religious

and Landscape Park registered on UNESCO’s

World Cultural.

Churches of Peace in Jawor and

Świdnica are the largest wooden buildings of the

functions of religion in Europe. In 2001, they were inscribed

on the UNESCO World Heritage Site.

CHURCHES OF PEACE IN JAWOR AND ŚWIDNICA

This southeastern region of Poland is full of medium-size

mountains and colourful landscapes. Here we can find wooden Orthodox and Roman-

Catholic churches perfectly fitted into their natural

environment. Some of these churches are several hundred

years old and six were inscribed on UNESCO’s World

Cultural Heritage List.

WOODEN CHURCHES OF MAŁOPOLSKA AND PODKARPACKIE

Occupying more than 1700 acres, it’s one of the largest

landscape parks in Europe. It area on both sides

of the Nysa Łużycka River that make the Polish-German state border. The larger part of the

park (over 1200 acres) is located on the Polish side,

while the German part occupies the neighborhood of

Bad Muskau (Mużaków).

MUSKAUER PARK

Centennial Hall - a sports hall located in the Park

Szczytnicki in Wroclaw. Built in the

years 1911-1913. In 2006 it was listed as a piece of

UNESCO World Heritage.

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