2. In Poland you can see a lot of interesting
and valuable buildings. Some deserve our
attention because of history,art or
architecture, others are just places where
we live or work. Still a lot of buildings are
preserved in excellent condition. We will
show you some the most interesting
places.
4. The Presidential Palace in
Warsaw, is the elegant
classicist latest version of a
building that has stood on the
Krakowskie Przedmieście site
since 1643. Over the years, it
has been rebuilt and
remodeled many times. For its
first 175 years, the palace was
a private property of several
aristocratic families.
5. Belweder in full Pałac
Belwederski, Belweder
Palace, from the Italian bello
and vedere -"beautiful" and
"to see" is a palace in
Warsaw, a few kilometers
south of the Royal Castle.
The President of the
Republic of Poland,
Bronisław Komorowski,
resides at Belweder.
6. Wawel - is an architectural
complex erected over many
centuries on the left bank of
the Vistula River in Kraków, at
an altitude of 228 metres above
the sea level. It is a place of
great significance to the Polish
people. Polish Royalty and
many distinguished Poles are
interred in the Wawel
Cathedral.
8. The Renaissance Sukiennice
(Cloth Hall, Drapers' Hall) in
Kraków, is one of the most
recognizable icons. It is the
central feature of the Main
Market Square in the Kraków
Old Town (listed as the
UNESCO World Heritage
Site since 1978).
10. The National Stadium
(Polish: Stadion Narodowy)-
football stadium in Warsaw,
on the site of the former 10th-
Anniversary Stadium.
The new stadium has a
seating capacity of 58,145. Its
construction started in 2008
and finished in November
2011. The stadium has a
unique retractable PVC roof
which unfolds from a nest on
a needle suspended above the
centre of the pitch.
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12. Tenement- is a Polish term
describing a type of
residential building made
of brick or stone, with at
least 2 floors. The word is
usually used to describe a
building which is
incorporated with other
similar buildings.
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14. Local Coucil in Opatówek-
the building where the
commune administrator and
councillors work. Residents
of Opatówek can come here
every weekday.
15. This is the "cake shop"
or"Gothic house" as we call
it. An emblem of the Zajączek
family is on the front wall.
At first there was a nursery
school of the Nationalist
Organization of Women here,
later a manufacturing
company producing sweets
and cakes.
16. Parish church is one of the most characteristic
buildings in Opatówek. The church is about one
hundred years old. Every Sunday catholics gather
there.
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19. Iron bridge in
Opatowek –was
built in 1824 and
it is the oldest
existing iron
bridge in Poland.
20. Detached house- a single-family
detached home, also called a single-
detached dwelling or a separate house,it
is a free-standing residential building.
