wanderings on poland (4)

Beauty is our entire Poland

Podlaski Voivodeship

It is located in the north-east of the country,in the geographical center of Europe. Podlaski

Voivodeship includes areas of Podlaska Lowland, Suwałki Lake District

and the Mazowiecka Lowland. Through its center flows Narew River. The capital is Bialystok.

Bialystok - Branicki Palace

Bialystok - Branicki Palace

Białystok – Branicki Garden

Białystok –Lubomirski Palace

Białystok - Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Białystok - Orthodox church of St. Nicholas

Białystok - Orthodox church of Holy Spirit

Białystok - Church of St. Roch

Bialystok - bird's eye view

Łomża and Narew River

Meanders of Narew river

Narew

Augustów

Augustów

Augustow Canal connects the Biebrza River (the tributary of Narew) with the Neman. Runs through the range of Augustów lakes and valleys of two rivers- Netta and

Czarna Hańcza. The total length of the Canal is over 101.2 km including 80 km on Polish territory, 17.8 in the territory of Belarus is a 3.4 km stretch of the border.

Canal has 18 locks, 14 of them are located in Poland, most of them survived preserved in an unaltered technical shape at today. They allow to overcome the difference in the

levels of 54.04 m.

Augustow Canal

Augustow Canal - Paniewo Sluice

Kanał Augustowski – sluice in Dębowo

Sluice in Mikaszówka

Śluza Dębowo

Bielsk Podlaski - a street with old wooden buildings

Drohiczyn - View of the Castle Hill

Tykocin - historic buildings in the vicinity of the former Little Market

Tykocin – Market

Tykocin - church St. Trinity and the monument Hetman Stefan Czarniecki

Supraśl - Basilian Monastery Complex, the oldest object in the complex is of the Annunciation Church from sixteenth century

built in the Gothic-Byzantine style (in Europe, survived only three such churches.)

Supraśl - Monastery of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary and the Renaissance garden

Buchholtz family palace in Supraśl

Dominican Monastery in Sejny

Górka - wooden manor of family Daszkiewicz

Augustow Primeval Forest - a large forest complex located in Podlaskie province, on Lithuania and Belarus. The entire surface of the forest is about 160 thousand ha, of which the in Polish borders there are over 114 thousand ha. In this

area there is Wigry National Park. By Augustów Forest lead almost all canoe trips in Suwalki - by the rivers: Black Hańcza , Rospuda, Marycha, Blizna and Channel Augustów. Within the Augustow Forest is located whole the

Augustow Lake District with the picturesque lakes, such as:Necko, Rospuda, Białe, Studzieniczne, Sajno, Serwy.

In the forest you can see a small chapel on the tree

… and by the road Jesus stands…

The forest meadows

Stańczyki overpasses near Gołdap, highest overpasses in Poland, they were part oflocal rail system, arcaded structure 32m high and 150m long, were built in 1926.

Lake Sajno

Rospuda River it's headwaters of the river is Netta (right tributary of the Biebrza). Flows through the Suwałki Lake District and north-western part of the Augustow Forest. The

length of the river is about 102 km.

Among forests and swamps - meanders of Rospuda River

Dolina Rospudy (Rospuda Valley) is one of the most unique peatlands in Europe with totally undisturbed water relations. It is

under protection as it is the habitat of many rare species of animal and plant life.

Rospuda in spring

and in the full summer

Rospuda River - canoeing

The Rospuda Valley - range Młyńsko

The Rospuda Valley near Lake Jałowo and range Sacred Place

Range Sacred Place

Wigry Lake

Wigry - Monastic complex founded in the seventeenth century by the Catholic Order Camedolite

Camedolite Monastery

Bialowieza Forest - a vast complex of forest, a remnant of ancient wildernesses, is located in the Podlaskie and on Belarus. A area of whole wilderness amounts more than 1500 km2 (of which in the Polish borders 620 km2). This is

the last remnant of natural forests in the lowlands European.In the Bialowieza Forest is located in Bialowieza National Park (BNP).

Bialowieza National Park

Bison - the undisputed king of the forest

Deers

Lynx

Hunting wildcat, is a bit larger than the domestic cat

White-backed Woodpecker

Crane Eagle owl - the largest owl in Europe

Black Stork

Landscapes of Podlasie

Krynki – known from that it has a unique spatial arrangement - like in Paris, the streets radiate out from the six-lateral market.

Krynki - orthodox church Nativity of the Virgin

Krynki - Hasidic synagogue from Slonim

Krynki - Youngest synagogue "Caucasian Beth Midrash."

Krynki - Parish Church of St. Anna

Kruszyniany - Tatar mosque in the late eighteenth century

Music – F. Chopin; Nocturne for piano No. 21 in C minorIllustrations - downloaded from web sitesThe presentation prepared by Anna

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Borderland cultures