The biggest polish cities

1. TheBiggestPolishCities

2. Thebiggestcitiesin Poland are: Warsaw (Warszawa) Cracow (Krakow) Lodz Wroclaw Poznan

4. Warsaw Warsaw isthe capital of Poland. Almost 2 millionpeople live there. It’sorigins go back to theIXthcentury. IthasbeenseverlydestroyedduringWorld War II and rebuiltwhenthe war finished. AfterWorld War II Now

5. Placesworth-seeingin Warsaw Royal castle Polishkingslivedhereinthe past. Nowitis a museum.

6. Lazienki Park One of the most beautifulparksin Poland. Itused to belong to Polishmonarchs, nowitisopen to the public.

7. Palace of Culture and Science It was builtin 1955 and itisthe symbol of sovietocupationin Poland (1945-1989). Itused to be thetallestbuildingin Europe till 1957. Nowitis 9th in Europe and 18th inthewold. SomePolishpeoplewouldlikeit to be destroyed as theythinkitisveryugly.

8. Thismermaidisthe symbol of Warsaw.

9. Cracow It was the capital of Poland from 1038 to 1596. Itis one of theoldestcitiesinPolad. It’stheunofficialcentre of culturein Poland.

10. Placesworth-seeinginCracow Wawel I t used to be the royal castle, nowthereis a museum.

11. TheBarbican (Barbacan) Itisa fortified outpost of, and gateway leading intothe old town.

12. The Florian Gate (St. Florian's Gate) Named after St. Florian is one of the best-known Gothic towers in Poland and a focal point of Kraków's Old Town.

13. Lodz Itused to be the industrial centre of Poland. Thename of the city can be literallytranslatedintoEnglish as „boat”.

14. Wroclaw Wrocław is the chief city of the historical region of Silesiain south-western Poland. Itis situated on the River Oder( Odra). Over the centuries the city has been part of Poland, Bohemia, Austria, Prussia and Germany.

15. Poznan Poznańisamongtheoldestcitiesin Poland. It was one of the most importantcentres of theearlyPolish state, whose first rulerswereburiedatPoznan’sCathedral.