Puławy is a town in eastern Poland located on the Wisła and Kurówka rivers. In the 15th century it was first mentioned as a settlement near a Vistula river ford. In the 18th century, Prince Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski and his wife Izabela Czartoryska made Puławy their property and cultural center, called the "Polish Athens". They built the baroque-classicist Czartoryski Palace and park that became a museum of Polish culture. In the 1960s, a large chemical plant was built north of the town, stimulating its growth. Today Puławy is known for its palace museum, English landscape

1. Puławy

2. Flag
Coat of arms
• Puławy is a town in eastern
Poland, on the Wisła and
Kurówka rivers. Puławy is
the capital of Puławy
County, and was known as
Nowa Aleksandria from
1846 to 1918. Its coat of
arms is the Pahonia.

3. • Puławy was first mentioned in
documents in the 15th century.
At that time, it was spelled as
Pollavy, and its name probably
comes from a Vistula river ford,
which was located nearby. The
town is a local center of science,
industry and tourism, together
with nearby Nałęczów and
Kazimierz Dolny. Puławy is home
to Poland’s first permanent
museum, it also is a Vistula river
port. Puławy has several sports
clubs, with the most famous ones
being Wisła Pulawy (men’s
football 2nd Eastern Division in
2012/13, swimming, track and
field, weight lifting), and Azoty
Puławy (men’s handball 1st
Division).

4. History
Izabela Czartoryska, née Fleming
• The history of Puławy dates back to
the 15th century, when a
settlement near a Vistula river ford
was established.
• In 1784 it became the property of
Prince Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski
and his wife Izabela Czartoryska,
née Fleming. Under their
stewardship, and after the loss of
Poland's independence in 1795 the
palace became a museum of Polish
national memorabilia and a major
cultural and political centre. In
1784 Adam and Izabela moved
permanently into the palace, and
soon afterwards Puławy became
known as Polish Athens.

5. Zakłady Azotowe PUŁAWY PLC
•
Production warehouse in Zakłady Azotowe
PUŁAWY PLC
• Postwar history of Puławy
has been dominated by the
1960 decision of the
government to build a large
chemical plant north of the
town Zakłady Azotowe
Puławy. It was opened in
1966 and produced nitrate
fertilizer. As a result, in the
1960s and 1970s Pulawy
quickly grew in size, with
new districts built for the
influx of workers. Recently
the plant has become the
world's largest producer of
melamine.

6. Points of
interest
Temple of the Sibyl, Puławy
Czartoryski Palace
• The most valuable landmark in
Puławy is the baroque-classicist
palace and park complex. It
includes classicist park pavilions
dating from the early 19th
century. One of these, the
colonnaded round Temple of the
Sybil . The palace is surrounded
by a 30-hectare park, which was
in 1798-1806 fashioned into an
English landscape garden. Near
the Temple of the Sibyl is the socalled Gothic House. Among
other interesting buildings
located in the park are: Roman
Gate, Greek House , currently a
public library and Chinese Arbor.

7. SOME PHOTOS FROM OUR
AUTUMN WALK
OCTOBER 2013

8. CZARTORYSKI PALACE

9. Park

11. INDEPENDENCE SQUARE

13. GREETINGS FROM PUŁAWY
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