The document is a presentation prepared by students from a school in Jaworzno, Poland, as part of a Comenius project. It provides an overview of Poland's geography, culture, demographics, major cities, national symbols, traditional cuisine, notable figures, and local events, particularly focusing on Jaworzno and Silesia. Key highlights include Poland's main religion, customs during Easter and Christmas, and famous Polish personalities across various fields.

1. „Showpiece of our country”presentationprepared bystudents of Group of Schoolsnumber 1 in Jaworznoas a part of Comenius project

2. Poland

3. Poland in Europe

4. PolandPolishCapitalPopulation:38 463 689WarsawArea:322 575km²

5. Polish national symbolsCoat of armsPolish Flag of Poland

6. Capital of PolandA capital of Poland is Warsaw. Warsaw is a huge city. 2,4 mln peoplelivethere.

7. PolishNeighboursLithuaniaRussiaBelarusGermanyCzech RepublikUkraineSlovakia

8. Religionsin PolandThe mainreligioniscatholicism (34,21 mln people). The second one isorthodoxy (150 thousand of people).Otherreligiousgroups (150 thousand of peoplealtogether).

9. EasterOn Saturdaypeople go to thechurch to blessthefoodinbaskets.EasterSundaypeoplespendwiththeirfamilies and go to thechurch.On EasterMondaytraditionallyboyspourwater on girls.

10. ChristmasOn ChristmasEvepeoplein Poland eatsolemnsupperwith 12 dishes and singChristmascarols. Childrengetpresents under theChristmastree.

11. ChristmasChristmas Day commemorates Jesus Christ’sbirth.

12. RosółTraditionaldishes

13. TraditionaldishesSchabowy z ziemniakami

14. TraditionaldishesPierogi

15. TraditionaldishesŻurek z jajkiem

16. TraditionaldishesBigos

17. TraditionaldishesFaworki

18. Triparoundthe country

19. ClimateThe climate is temperate throughout the countrySpringSummerAutumnWinter

20. Vistula RiverThe longest river in Poland is theVistula River

21. BalticSeaThe Baltic Sea is known as the Mediterranean Sea in northern Europe, because itis surrounded by land

23. Masuria owsits nice shape to theglacier which arrived here in the Pleistocene. In this region thereare the largest Polish lakes.Masuria (Mazury)

25. Our Polish mountains is a great place if you want to relax away from the city andadmire the beautiful views.Mountains

28. The largestPolishcities

29. CracowWawel CastleMainSquare, CracowWawelski Dragon

30. WrocławJapanese Garden inWroclawWrocław city MainSquare

31. Sopot, Gdańsk, GdyniaMalbork CastleView on Gdańsk cityPier in SopotCrooked House

32. FamousPolishpeople

33. Wisława Szymborska 02 VII 1923Czesław Miłosz 30 VI 1911 - 14 VIII 2004Polish poet, essayist and literarycritic.Nobel Prize laureate (1996).Polish poet andwriter,diplomat. Nobel Laureate in Literature(1980)

34. Henryk Sienkiewicz 05 V 1846 - 15 XI 1916Władysław Reymont07 V 1867 - 05 XII 1925Polish novelist and journalist.Nobel Laureate in Literature (1905)Polishplaywright and novelist.Nobel LaureateinLiterature (1924)

35. Stanisław Moniuszko05 V 1819 - 04 VI 1872Fryderyk Chopin 01 III 1810 - 17 X 1949Polish composer and conductor.Polish composer and pianist.

36. Ignacy Jan Paderewski 06 XI 1860 - 29 VI 1941Polish pianist, composer, politician, Polish Prime Minister.

37. Maria Skłodowska-Curie 07 XI 1867 - 04 VIII 1934Chemist and physicist of Polish origin.First woman professor at the Sorbonne.Twice awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics and Chemistry

38. Mikołaj Kopernik 19 II 1473 - 24 V 1543Polishastronomer, mathematician, astrologer.„ Finally we shall place the Sun atthecentre of theUniverse.”

39. The first Polish pope in history.Poet and linguist, as well as actor, playwright and educator, philosopher, phenomenologist, mystic.Jan Paweł II 18 V 1920 - 02 IV 2005

40. Lech Wałęsa 29 IX 1943Polish president in 1990-1995.Co-founder and first chairman of the "Solidarność" movement.

41. Sportsmen Sportsmen

42. Adam Małysz - ski jumperRobert Kubica -racing driver

43. Jerzy Dudek - goalkeeperTomasz Adamek – boxer

44. Tomasz Sikora - biathleteJustyna Kowalczyk - cross country skier

45. Tomasz Majewski – shotputRobert Korzeniowski - walker

46. Wisła Kraków– foundedin 1906 Champion of Polish League for 12 timesFirst winner of The Chicago Trophy: season 2007/2008 Wisła Kraków - Sevilla FC 1:0Champions League 2008/2009Wisła Kraków - FC Barcelona 1:0

47. DirectorsRoman PolańskiKrzysztof KieślowskiAndrzej Wajda

48. Silesia

49. SilesiaSilesia on the map of Poland

50. SilesiaArea:12 333,51 km2KatowiceJaworznoPeople:4 654 115

51. Welcome to SilesiaSilesia isrichin natural resources and minerals. Thereare many minesinthisarea.

52. Regional dishes - SilesiaWodzionka

53. Regionaldishes - SilesiaKluski śląskie

54. Regionaldishes - SilesiaRolada

55. Jaworzno

56. Welcome to Jaworzno

57. JaworznoPeople:95 036Area:152,67 km2

58. LeisureinJaworzno

59. Things to see and doIn Jaworzno youcan do a lot of sport activities...

60. You can swim in the olympicswimming pool...

61. You can also ride horses...

62. Youcan go bowlingor shooting

63. In winter you can skate in the ice rink

64. You can play tennis

65. Community centrein Jaworzno

66. In summer the most popular place to relaxand have fun is the lake „Sosina”

67. AnnualEventsOn the first Saturday of June Jaworzno organizes „Jaworzno’s Day”. Youcanlisten to artistsfromallover country and watchdance and musicshows.

68. AnnualEventsJaworzno organizesalso „Energy Festival”. The festivalconsists of:sportscompetitionsmusic show, fireworks display.

69. Architecturein Jaworzno

70. City Library

71. St. Wojciech and Katarzynacollegiatechurch

72. Made by students of Group of Schoolsnumber 1 in Jaworzno