1. Photo corner about partner
countries’ important cities and
famous places- created by Polish
students.
Partner countries: Turkey,
Bulgaria, Italy, Spain, Poland,
Lithuania, Romania
LLP Comenius: Let me know you;
United in Diversity

2. TURKEY
Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city. The
city has a mean elevation of 938 meters and has a population of
4,338,620. Ankara is an important commercial and industrial city. It is the
center of the Turkish Government, and houses all foreign embassies.

3. Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's
economic, cultural, and historical heart. With a population of 14.1
million, the city forms one of the largest urban agglomerations in
Europe, second largest in the Middle East and the third-largest city in
the world by population within city limits.

4. BULGARIA
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. Sofia is located at the foot
of Mount Vitosha in the western part of the country. It occupies a
strategic position at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula. Sofia's history
spans 2,400 years. It’s ancient name Serdica derives from the local Celtic
tribe of the Serdi who established the town in the 5th century BC. It
remained a relatively small settlement until 1879, when it was declared
the capital of Bulgaria.

5. Plovdiv is the second-largest city in Bulgaria after the capital Sofia with
a population of 339,077 inhabitants as of December 2012. It is the
administrative center of Plovdiv Province and the municipalities of the
City of Plovdiv, Maritsa municipality and Rodopi municipality, whose
municipal body had a population of 403,153 inhabitants as of February
2011.

6. ITALY
Rome is a city and special comune in Italy. Rome is the capital of Italy and
also of the Province of Rome and of the region of Lazio. With 2.7 million
residents in 1,285.3 km2 it is also the country's largest and most
populated comune and fourth-most populous city in the European Union
by population within city limits. The urban area of Rome extends beyond
the administrative city limits with a population of around 3.8 million.
Between 3.2 and 4.2 million people live in Rome metropolitan area.

7. Milan is the capital of Lombardy Region, and is the second-most populous
city in Italy, while is the first considering the metro area. The city proper
has a population of about 1.3 million, while Milan metropolitan region is
part of the so-called Blue Banana, the area of Europe with the highest
population and industrial density.

8. SPAIN
Madrid is the capital of Spain and its largest city. The population of the
city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid
metropolitan area is calculated to be around 6.5 million. It is the third-
largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its
metropolitan area is the third-largest in the European Union after
London and Paris. The city spans a total of 604.3 km2.

9. Barcelona is the capital city of the autonomous community of Catalonia
in Spain, and its 2nd largest city, with a population of 1.6 million within
its administrative limits. It’s urban area extends beyond the
administrative city limits with a population of around 4.5 million, being
the sixth-most populous urban area in the European Union after Paris,
London, the Ruhr, Madrid and Milan.

10. POLAND
Warsaw, known in Polish as Warszawa, is the capital and largest city of
Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly 260 kilometres from the
Baltic Sea and 300 kilometres from the Carpathian Mountains. Its
population is estimated at 1.711 million residents within a greater
metropolitan area of 2.666 million residents, making Warsaw the 9th
most populous city proper in the European Union.

11. Cracow is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland.
Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates
back to the 7th century. Cracow has traditionally been one of the
leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life and is one of
Poland's most important economic hubs.

12. ROMANIA
Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial
centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the
southeast of the country, lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less
than 70 kilometres (43 mi) north of the Danube River.

13. Cluj-Napoca commonly known as Cluj, is the second most populous city
in Romania, after the national capital Bucharest, and the seat of Cluj
County in the northwestern part of the country. Geographically, it is
roughly equidistant from Bucharest Budapest and Belgrade. Located in
the Someşul Mic River valley, the city is considered the unofficial capital
to the historical province of Transylvania.

14. LITHUANIA
Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population
of 539,939 as of 2014. Vilnius is located in the southeast part of Lithuania
and is the second biggest city of the Baltic states.

15. Kaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania and has historically been a
leading centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life.
Kaunas was the biggest city and the centre of a powiat in Trakai
Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1413. During Russian
Empire occupation it was the capital of the Kovno Governorate from
1843 to 1915.

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finansowym Komisji Europejskiej. Projekt lub
publikacja odzwierciedlają jedynie stanowisko
ich autora i Komisja Europejska nie ponosi
odpowiedzialności za umieszczoną w nich
zawartość merytoryczną.