Poland is a country located in central Europe. The capital city is Warsaw and the president is Bronislaw Komorowski. There are 16 provinces and various geographic features like lakes, mountains, and the Baltic Sea. Some famous Polish people include Marie Curie who discovered polonium and radium, composer Frederic Chopin, mathematician Nicolaus Copernicus who formulated the heliocentric model of the universe, and writer Henryk Sienkiewicz who won the Nobel Prize. The summary highlights key facts about Poland's capital, leadership, geography, famous citizens, and monuments like Wawel Royal Castle and the historic crane in Gdansk.

1. POLAND
My homeland

2. INFORMATIONS
ABOUT POLAND
• The capital city of the Poland is Warszawa.
• Polish President is Bronislaw Komorowski .
• Polish Prime Minister is Donald Tusk .
• There are 16 provinces in Poland.

3. GEOGRAPHY
• Poland is a country in central Europe. There
are lakes, Baltic Sea and mountains in it. The
moutain ranges are: Carpathian, Sudetes,
Tatras, Beskids and Bieszczady.

4. FAMOUS PEOPLE FROM POLAND
• I want to describe four of most famous people of science, literature and music.
• First of them is Maria Skłodowska – Curie. She discovered two elements: polonium and
radium. She was first women who won a Nobel prize.
• The second person is Fryderyk Chopin. He was a composer and virtuoso pianist. Many of
his works were published after Chopin's death.
• Żródła: Nowa Encyklopedia powszechna PWN
Wikipedia.

5. Nicolaus Copernicus was a mathematician
and astronomer who formulated a
heliocentric model of the universe which
placed the Sun, rather than the Earth, at the
center.
Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius
was a Polish writer, and a Nobel
Prize-winner His the most famous
work is ,,Trilogy’’.
Źródło Obrazków: grafika google

6. POLISH MONUMENTS aNd INTErESTINg
PLacES
There are lots of monuments and interesting places in Poland.
 Wawel Royal Castle in
Krakow
Wawel Castle was built on the
hill. Medieval legends tell
stories about an evil dragon
that lived in a cave on Wawel
Hill. Polish kings used to live
in this castle.
 Historic crane in Gdansk
The oldest documented
mention of Zuraw as a
wooden port crane was in
1367. The large crane was
used to place masts on
ships and to load cargo.
The crane is gate to the
city too

7.  Warsaw Old Town
Warsaw Old Town is an oldest fragment of the city. It was destroyed during
the World War II and reconstructed after the war. There are: Royal castle,
King Zygmunt III Waza Column, Church of St. Martin, Old Town
Market Square and Monument of the Warsaw Mermaid.

8. Pictures and some of the information from: Wikipedia.pl, Nowa Encyklopedia powszechna PWN, Google
Graphics,