This delightful, practical book guides the traveler through the attractions of the cities of Cracow, Gdansk, and Warsaw, with excursions to the mountains around Zakopane, the salt mines of Wieliczka, the concentration-camp complex of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Teutonic Order's castle at Malbork, and the Baltic towns of Sopot and Gdynia. Cracow, the medieval capital, remains one of the most romantic cities of Central Europe, with Wawel Castle and Cathedral, the Renaissance Cloth Hall and Market Square, great churches and monasteries, museums and theaters. A vibrant hub of hanseatic trade in former times and of the Solidarity movement more recently, Gdansk is a bustling seaport with maritime traditions and a totally different atmosphere from other Polish cities. Warsaw, devastated in World War II, has become a lively center of commerce industry, and government, The Royal Way from the newly restored Castle to Wilanow Palace had shops, great palaces, and the picturesque Old Market Square. Travel writer Philip Ward has explored fifty countries around the world. His interpretations of the face and heart of Poland, past and present, will strike the reader as compelling, provoking, and above all, unique.
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World War, Tylman van Gameren, National Museum, Town Hall, King Jan, Nowy Swiat, Old Town, King Stanislaus Augustus, Long Market, Old City, Wit Stwosz, Casimir the Great, Virgin Mary, Domenico Merlini, Jan Matejko, Morskie Oko, Stefan Batory, Wawel Cathedral, Antonio Corazzi, Green Gate, Henryk Marconi, Historical Museum, Nowa Huta, Royal Way, Ulica Dluga New!
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World War, Tylman van Gameren, National Museum, Town Hall, King Jan, Nowy Swiat, Old Town, King Stanislaus Augustus, Long Market, Old City, Wit Stwosz, Casimir the Great, Virgin Mary, Domenico Merlini, Jan Matejko, Morskie Oko, Stefan Batory, Wawel Cathedral, Antonio Corazzi, Green Gate, Henryk Marconi, Historical Museum, Nowa Huta, Royal Way, Ulica Dluga New!
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- The Magic Flute (The Black Dog Opera Library) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on page 154, and page 169
- Report From The Besieged City by Zbigniew Herbert in Front Matter, and page 111
- Colloquial Polish: The Complete Course for Beginners (Colloquial Series) by Bolesaw W. Mazur in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Selected Poems: 1931-2004 by Czeslaw Milosz in Back Matter
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- Upon The Doorposts of Thy House: Jewish Life in East-Central Europe, Yesterday and Today by Ruth Ellen Gruber in Back Matter
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