POLAND
SP nr 11 Puławy
Polska – Poland
Polska to kraj w Centralnej Europie
Poland is a country in Central Europe
Polska – Poland
Rzeczpospolita Polska - Republic of Poland
Orzeł Biały
(White Eagle)
Godło Polski
National Emblem
Flaga
Flag
Stolica Polski – Warszawa
Capital of Poland - Warsaw
POLAND IN EUROPE
GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION
BALTIC SEA
CZECH REPUBLIC
GERMANY
SLOVAKIA
RUSSIA LITHUANIA
BELARUS
UKRAINE
POLAND – SIZE & EXTENT
the ninth biggest country in
Europe
 the total length of the
coast line = 3511 km
 the extent from the North
to the South = 649 km
 the extent from the West
to the East = 689 km
WATER NETWORK
 the longest river of
Poland is The Vistula
(Wisła -1047km long)
which flows from the Ram
Mountain (Barania Góra)
 the second longest
river is The Oder (Odra
- 854 km long - 742 km
is in Poland)
WISŁA
ODRA
Polska – Poland
Mapa Polski
Poland’s
topography
Na północy Polska ograniczona jest przez Morze
Bałtyckie, a południu przez Góry Sudety i Karpaty.
To the north, Poland is bordered by the Baltic Sea and to the south,
by the Sudeten Mountains and the Carpathian Mountains.
CLIMATIC DIVERSITY
 Polska lies in the moderate warm transitional climatic
zone
 western part of the country – maritime climate features
caused by the closeness of the Atlantic Ocean (warmer
winter, cooler summer, more rainfall)
eastern part of the country – continental climate
features (frosty winter, warmer summer, less rainfall)
average year
temperature
= about 60C
average year
temperature =
about 80C
 average ammount of rainfall is 600 mm
Economic Situation
1989- Fall of Communism
1992- Poland came out of recession, (transform the centrally-
controlled economy into a market-oriented system)
1995- The Polish currency zloty became fully convertible and has
floated freely since mid-April 2000.
1999- The country became a full NATO member
2004- Poland joined the European Union
(adopted the EU's common external trade policy and measures)
Cultural diversity
Ethnic division:
Polish 97 % German 1 % Ukrainian 1 %
Byelorussian 1 %
Languages: Polish
Religions:
Roman Catholic 95 %
Eastern Orthodox, Protestant and other 5 %
Polska ma 16 województw.
Poland has 16 voivodeships.
Polska ma 16 województw.
Poland has 16 voivodeships.
Województwa Miasto wojewódzkie
Capital city or cities
Voivodeship
Wielkopolskie Poznań Greater Poland
Kujawsko-Pomorskie Bydgoszcz / Toruń Kuyavian-Pomeranian
Małopolskie Kraków Lesser Poland
Łódzkie Łódź Łódź
Dolnośląskie Wrocław Lower Silesian
Lubelskie Lublin Lublin
Lubuskie Gorzów Wielkopolski / Zielona Góra Lubusz
Mazowieckie Warszawa Masovian
Opolskie Opole Opole
Podlaskie Białystok Podlaskie
Pomorskie Gdańsk Pomeranian
Śląskie Katowice Silesian
Podkarpackie Rzeszów Subcarpathian
Świętokrzyskie Kielce Świętokrzyskie
Warmińsko-Mazurskie Olsztyn (Holy Cross)
Zachodniopomorskie Szczecin Warmian-Masurian
MOST POPULATED CITIES IN
POLAND
6.
Gdańs
k
5. Poznań
4.
Wrocł
aw
1.
Warsza
wa
2. Łódź
3. Kraków
Warszawa - Warsaw
 Warszawa –jest stolicą Polski i jest
największym miastem w Polsce.
Leży nad rzeką Wisłą.
 Warsaw is the capital and largest
city of Poland. It is located on the
Vistula River.
Zamek Królewski
Royal Castle
Pałac Kultury i Nauki
Palace Of Science and CultureRzeka Wisła - Vistula River
NORTHERN POLAND
TOURIST ATTRACTIONS
SEASIDE LANDSCAPE
HEL SPIT
length 34 km, width from 150 to 300
metres
Sand bar peninsula with wind-sculpted
forest dunes
200/300 years ago there used to be a chain
of tiny islands
SEASIDE LANDSCAPE
 founded in 1967
1977 - recognised by UNESCO as a
world biosphere reserve
SŁOWIŃSKI NATIONAL
PARK
SEASIDE LANDSCAPE
 there are the largest shifting sand dunes in Central
Europe - they are 40 m high (desertic landscape)
 coastal lakes, bogs, meadows, peat
bogs, coastal forests and sand bar shifting
dunes are the characteristic features of the
park
SŁOWIŃSKI NATIONAL PARK
SEASIDE LANDSCAPE
the highest active cliffs measure up to
90 metres
 high cliffs are the characteristc feature of
the coast (post-glacial hills- moraines)
CLIFF COAST
TRICITY
GDAŃSK GDYNIA SOPOT
TRICITY
*GDAŃSK
View of St. Mary’s Basilica
*GDAŃSK
World War II Monument at Westerplatte
*GDAŃSK
Oliwa Cathedral with its famous organ
*GDYNIA
View of Marina
*GDYNIA
Dar Pomorza Museum (left) & ORP Błyskawica (right)
*SOPOT
Pier – the longest construction made of wood in Europe
*SOPOT
Leaning House
*LAKELAND
 it stretches from the north up to the lowlands in the south , it
covers the area of the latest glacial age; early glacial landscape
 it is characterized by post-glacial hills overspread with forests and
lakes
MASURIAN
LAKELAND
POMERANIAN
LAKELAND
GREAT POLAND
LAKELAND
* MASURIAN LAKELAND
 there are two largest lakes in Poland - Śniardwy and
Mamry
 in the northern part of the region there is
the deepest lake in Poland - Lake Hańcza is
108.5 m deep
LAKE
ŚNIARDWY
LAKE
MAMRY
LAKE HAŃCZA
*MASURIAN LAKELAND
 historic viaducts can be admired here
(length - 200m /height 36m)
STAŃCZYKI
*MASURIAN LAKELAND
GIERŁOŻ
 ‘Wolf’s Lair’ was also the location of the famous assassination
attempt against Hitler
 the ruins of the most famous and the most secret
object of World War II are situated in the area ,
called ‘Wolf’s Lair’
 Hitler’s headquarters in Gierłoż also draw sightseers
*MASURIAN LAKELAND
The sanctuary with the monastery is one of the most important
baroque monuments in northern Poland
 Święta Lipka - called ‘Częstochowa of the North’
There is Our Lady’s Sanctuary - 100, 000 pilgrims
come here every year
ŚWIĘTA LIPKA
*MASURIAN LAKELAND
TEUTONIC KNIGHTS CASTLES
The largest Gothic castle in Poland
MALBORK
*MASURIAN LAKELAND
TEUTONIC KNIGHTS CASTLES GOLUB DOBRZYŃ
*MASURIAN LAKELAND
GRUNWALD
 The Battle of Grunwald took place on 15 July
1410 with the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand
Duchy of Lithuania, ranged against the Knights
of theTeutonic Order. It was one of the biggest
and most important battles in Medieval Europe.
*TORUŃ
Town Hall and
monument of N.
Copernicus
(Mikołaj Kopernik)
TORUŃTHE TOWN OF NICOLAUS COPERNICUS
*TORUŃ
Leaning Tower
Mikołaj Kopernik’s House
* POMERANIAN LAKELAND
significant differences of the ground level
height are a specific feature of the region,
the landscape itself looks like low mountains
 there is the highest point in the low
plains (part of The North European Plain) -
Wieżyca
WIEŻYCA
*POMERANIAN LAKELAND
Museum – Kashubian Etnographic Park
The Museum presents architecture of past
Kashubian and Kociewian Districts .There are approximately 40
buildings like:7 farmyards, 2 manor houses, 5 cottages, 4 nobleman
houses, a village school with a classroom, a church, a sawmill, a
windmill, a smithy. Interiors and crofts are furnished with original
farming and dwelling equipment.
 the oldest Polish museum in the open air
founded in 1906
Manor house – 2nd half of
the XVIII century
WDZYDZE KISZEWSKIE
*GREAT POLAND LAKELAND
GNIEZNO – FIRST CAPITAL OF POLAND
The Assumption Cathedral – one of the
Polish culture treasures , dates back to
14th century, surrounded by 14 chapels
built in 14th/18th century. The most
valuable monuments are the famous
bronze Gniezno doors (12th century) and
the silver coffin with St. Adalbert’s
relics.
GNIEZNO
*GREAT POLAND LAKELAND
 they were made in about 1175 in
Gniezno during the reign of Mieszko III the
Old and are one of the most significant
work of romanesque art in Poland.
 are a set of bronze doors in the
Gniezno Cathedral. They are decorated
with eighteen scenes from the life of St.
Adalbert.
GNIEZNO DOORS
*GREAT POLAND LAKELAND
 the most known archeological reserve
from the Bronze Age in Central Europe
 excavation works were started in 1934 and soon
wooden settlement constructions were excavated
therethe settlement was built over 2700 ago
BISKUPIN
*POZNAŃ
Old Town with Town Hall
POZNAŃ
*POZNAŃ
Town Hall interior
Poznań Goats (Kids) on The Town Hall
*BIAŁYSTOK
The Branicki Family Palace
BIAŁYSTOK
*KRUSZYNIANY and BOHONIKI
BOHONIKI
mosque built by Tatars in 1883
mizar – Muslim cemetery
*BIEBRZA RIVER NATIONAL PARK
 the biggest national park in
Poland
 it protects wide and almost unchanged valley
peat bogs with their unique variety of plant, bird
and other animal species, and natural ecosystems
BIEBRZA RIVER NATIONAL PARK
*BIAŁOWIESKI NATIONAL PARK -
Białowieża Primaeval Forest
BIAŁOWIESKI NATIONAL PARK
 the European bison – the biggest
land mammal of Europe is the park
symbol
*
*Kraków
*The second capital city of Poland
*Tatry
The Tatra Mountains lies in the Central Western part of
Carpathians.
*Zakopane
The largest city in the Tatra mountains.
Katowice
There are 309 304 inhabitants. It’s the 10th city in the
country in terms of population.
*Wrocław
Located in Silesian Lowland near River Oder.
*
Lublin.Situated on the river Bystrica .
Kazimierz Dolny - Kazimierz
Nałęczów
JanowiecWilla Podgórze w Nałęczowie
Podgórze Villa in Nałęczów
Mój region - Kazimierz Dolny, Janowiec i Nałęczów
My region - Kazimierz, Janowiec and Nałęczów
Park w Nałęczowie
Park in Nałęczów
Moja Szkoła
Podstawowa Nr 11
w Puławach
My School in
Puławy
Puławy - Pulawy
2 MOSTY
2 Bridges
Most im. Jana Pawła II w Puławach
John Paul II Bridge, Pulawy
Most im. Ignacego
Mościckiego w
Puławach
Ignacy Moscicki
Bridge, Pulawy
Pałac Czartoryskich
Czartoryski Palace
Szkoła Podstawowa nr 11 w Puławach.
Primary School No. 11 in Pulawy.
Henryk Sienkiewicz to
patron naszej szkoły.
Henryk Sienkiewicz is
the patron of our
school.
To jest nasza
szkoła nr.11.
This is our
school No. 11.
To My!
These are our photos!- girls from class VI b
Klaudia DębiecAsia Stępień
Ewelina FijałkowskaJulia Durakiewicz
Polska –
moja ojczyzna
Poland –
my homeland
Girls from classesVIA , Ve
Szkoła Podstawowa nr 11 w Puławach

Polska – moja ojczyzna

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    Polska – Poland Polskato kraj w Centralnej Europie Poland is a country in Central Europe
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    Polska – Poland RzeczpospolitaPolska - Republic of Poland Orzeł Biały (White Eagle) Godło Polski National Emblem Flaga Flag Stolica Polski – Warszawa Capital of Poland - Warsaw
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    POLAND IN EUROPE GEOGRAPHICALPOSITION BALTIC SEA CZECH REPUBLIC GERMANY SLOVAKIA RUSSIA LITHUANIA BELARUS UKRAINE
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    POLAND – SIZE& EXTENT the ninth biggest country in Europe  the total length of the coast line = 3511 km  the extent from the North to the South = 649 km  the extent from the West to the East = 689 km
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    WATER NETWORK  thelongest river of Poland is The Vistula (Wisła -1047km long) which flows from the Ram Mountain (Barania Góra)  the second longest river is The Oder (Odra - 854 km long - 742 km is in Poland) WISŁA ODRA
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    Polska – Poland MapaPolski Poland’s topography Na północy Polska ograniczona jest przez Morze Bałtyckie, a południu przez Góry Sudety i Karpaty. To the north, Poland is bordered by the Baltic Sea and to the south, by the Sudeten Mountains and the Carpathian Mountains.
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    CLIMATIC DIVERSITY  Polskalies in the moderate warm transitional climatic zone  western part of the country – maritime climate features caused by the closeness of the Atlantic Ocean (warmer winter, cooler summer, more rainfall) eastern part of the country – continental climate features (frosty winter, warmer summer, less rainfall) average year temperature = about 60C average year temperature = about 80C  average ammount of rainfall is 600 mm
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    Economic Situation 1989- Fallof Communism 1992- Poland came out of recession, (transform the centrally- controlled economy into a market-oriented system) 1995- The Polish currency zloty became fully convertible and has floated freely since mid-April 2000. 1999- The country became a full NATO member 2004- Poland joined the European Union (adopted the EU's common external trade policy and measures)
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    Cultural diversity Ethnic division: Polish97 % German 1 % Ukrainian 1 % Byelorussian 1 % Languages: Polish Religions: Roman Catholic 95 % Eastern Orthodox, Protestant and other 5 %
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    Polska ma 16województw. Poland has 16 voivodeships.
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    Polska ma 16województw. Poland has 16 voivodeships. Województwa Miasto wojewódzkie Capital city or cities Voivodeship Wielkopolskie Poznań Greater Poland Kujawsko-Pomorskie Bydgoszcz / Toruń Kuyavian-Pomeranian Małopolskie Kraków Lesser Poland Łódzkie Łódź Łódź Dolnośląskie Wrocław Lower Silesian Lubelskie Lublin Lublin Lubuskie Gorzów Wielkopolski / Zielona Góra Lubusz Mazowieckie Warszawa Masovian Opolskie Opole Opole Podlaskie Białystok Podlaskie Pomorskie Gdańsk Pomeranian Śląskie Katowice Silesian Podkarpackie Rzeszów Subcarpathian Świętokrzyskie Kielce Świętokrzyskie Warmińsko-Mazurskie Olsztyn (Holy Cross) Zachodniopomorskie Szczecin Warmian-Masurian
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    MOST POPULATED CITIESIN POLAND 6. Gdańs k 5. Poznań 4. Wrocł aw 1. Warsza wa 2. Łódź 3. Kraków
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    Warszawa - Warsaw Warszawa –jest stolicą Polski i jest największym miastem w Polsce. Leży nad rzeką Wisłą.  Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River. Zamek Królewski Royal Castle Pałac Kultury i Nauki Palace Of Science and CultureRzeka Wisła - Vistula River
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    SEASIDE LANDSCAPE HEL SPIT length34 km, width from 150 to 300 metres Sand bar peninsula with wind-sculpted forest dunes 200/300 years ago there used to be a chain of tiny islands
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    SEASIDE LANDSCAPE  foundedin 1967 1977 - recognised by UNESCO as a world biosphere reserve SŁOWIŃSKI NATIONAL PARK
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    SEASIDE LANDSCAPE  thereare the largest shifting sand dunes in Central Europe - they are 40 m high (desertic landscape)  coastal lakes, bogs, meadows, peat bogs, coastal forests and sand bar shifting dunes are the characteristic features of the park SŁOWIŃSKI NATIONAL PARK
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    SEASIDE LANDSCAPE the highestactive cliffs measure up to 90 metres  high cliffs are the characteristc feature of the coast (post-glacial hills- moraines) CLIFF COAST
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    *GDAŃSK View of St.Mary’s Basilica
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    *GDAŃSK World War IIMonument at Westerplatte
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    *GDYNIA Dar Pomorza Museum(left) & ORP Błyskawica (right)
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    *SOPOT Pier – thelongest construction made of wood in Europe
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    *LAKELAND  it stretchesfrom the north up to the lowlands in the south , it covers the area of the latest glacial age; early glacial landscape  it is characterized by post-glacial hills overspread with forests and lakes MASURIAN LAKELAND POMERANIAN LAKELAND GREAT POLAND LAKELAND
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    * MASURIAN LAKELAND there are two largest lakes in Poland - Śniardwy and Mamry  in the northern part of the region there is the deepest lake in Poland - Lake Hańcza is 108.5 m deep LAKE ŚNIARDWY LAKE MAMRY LAKE HAŃCZA
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    *MASURIAN LAKELAND  historicviaducts can be admired here (length - 200m /height 36m) STAŃCZYKI
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    *MASURIAN LAKELAND GIERŁOŻ  ‘Wolf’sLair’ was also the location of the famous assassination attempt against Hitler  the ruins of the most famous and the most secret object of World War II are situated in the area , called ‘Wolf’s Lair’  Hitler’s headquarters in Gierłoż also draw sightseers
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    *MASURIAN LAKELAND The sanctuarywith the monastery is one of the most important baroque monuments in northern Poland  Święta Lipka - called ‘Częstochowa of the North’ There is Our Lady’s Sanctuary - 100, 000 pilgrims come here every year ŚWIĘTA LIPKA
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    *MASURIAN LAKELAND TEUTONIC KNIGHTSCASTLES The largest Gothic castle in Poland MALBORK
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    *MASURIAN LAKELAND GRUNWALD  TheBattle of Grunwald took place on 15 July 1410 with the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, ranged against the Knights of theTeutonic Order. It was one of the biggest and most important battles in Medieval Europe.
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    *TORUŃ Town Hall and monumentof N. Copernicus (Mikołaj Kopernik) TORUŃTHE TOWN OF NICOLAUS COPERNICUS
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    * POMERANIAN LAKELAND significantdifferences of the ground level height are a specific feature of the region, the landscape itself looks like low mountains  there is the highest point in the low plains (part of The North European Plain) - Wieżyca WIEŻYCA
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    *POMERANIAN LAKELAND Museum –Kashubian Etnographic Park The Museum presents architecture of past Kashubian and Kociewian Districts .There are approximately 40 buildings like:7 farmyards, 2 manor houses, 5 cottages, 4 nobleman houses, a village school with a classroom, a church, a sawmill, a windmill, a smithy. Interiors and crofts are furnished with original farming and dwelling equipment.  the oldest Polish museum in the open air founded in 1906 Manor house – 2nd half of the XVIII century WDZYDZE KISZEWSKIE
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    *GREAT POLAND LAKELAND GNIEZNO– FIRST CAPITAL OF POLAND The Assumption Cathedral – one of the Polish culture treasures , dates back to 14th century, surrounded by 14 chapels built in 14th/18th century. The most valuable monuments are the famous bronze Gniezno doors (12th century) and the silver coffin with St. Adalbert’s relics. GNIEZNO
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    *GREAT POLAND LAKELAND they were made in about 1175 in Gniezno during the reign of Mieszko III the Old and are one of the most significant work of romanesque art in Poland.  are a set of bronze doors in the Gniezno Cathedral. They are decorated with eighteen scenes from the life of St. Adalbert. GNIEZNO DOORS
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    *GREAT POLAND LAKELAND the most known archeological reserve from the Bronze Age in Central Europe  excavation works were started in 1934 and soon wooden settlement constructions were excavated therethe settlement was built over 2700 ago BISKUPIN
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    *POZNAŃ Old Town withTown Hall POZNAŃ
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    *POZNAŃ Town Hall interior PoznańGoats (Kids) on The Town Hall
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    *KRUSZYNIANY and BOHONIKI BOHONIKI mosquebuilt by Tatars in 1883 mizar – Muslim cemetery
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    *BIEBRZA RIVER NATIONALPARK  the biggest national park in Poland  it protects wide and almost unchanged valley peat bogs with their unique variety of plant, bird and other animal species, and natural ecosystems BIEBRZA RIVER NATIONAL PARK
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    *BIAŁOWIESKI NATIONAL PARK- Białowieża Primaeval Forest BIAŁOWIESKI NATIONAL PARK  the European bison – the biggest land mammal of Europe is the park symbol
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    *Tatry The Tatra Mountainslies in the Central Western part of Carpathians.
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    *Zakopane The largest cityin the Tatra mountains.
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    Katowice There are 309304 inhabitants. It’s the 10th city in the country in terms of population.
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    *Wrocław Located in SilesianLowland near River Oder.
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    * Lublin.Situated on theriver Bystrica .
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    Kazimierz Dolny -Kazimierz Nałęczów JanowiecWilla Podgórze w Nałęczowie Podgórze Villa in Nałęczów Mój region - Kazimierz Dolny, Janowiec i Nałęczów My region - Kazimierz, Janowiec and Nałęczów Park w Nałęczowie Park in Nałęczów
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    Moja Szkoła Podstawowa Nr11 w Puławach My School in Puławy Puławy - Pulawy 2 MOSTY 2 Bridges Most im. Jana Pawła II w Puławach John Paul II Bridge, Pulawy Most im. Ignacego Mościckiego w Puławach Ignacy Moscicki Bridge, Pulawy Pałac Czartoryskich Czartoryski Palace
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    Szkoła Podstawowa nr11 w Puławach. Primary School No. 11 in Pulawy. Henryk Sienkiewicz to patron naszej szkoły. Henryk Sienkiewicz is the patron of our school. To jest nasza szkoła nr.11. This is our school No. 11.
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    To My! These areour photos!- girls from class VI b Klaudia DębiecAsia Stępień Ewelina FijałkowskaJulia Durakiewicz
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    Polska – moja ojczyzna Poland– my homeland Girls from classesVIA , Ve Szkoła Podstawowa nr 11 w Puławach