1. Beauty is ourentirePoland

2. Greater Poland Voivodeship After the last administrative division of Poland Wielkopolska Province ranks second in the country in terms of areaand third in terms of population. Approximately 25% of the total surface area covered by forests, on lake districts in the northernand central part of region is about 800 lakes, the largest natural reservoir of the Wielkopolska province is Powidzkie Lake (1036 ha). Odra and Warta are the main rivers of the region and the capital of Wielkopolska is Poznań. Poznań

3. Imperial Castle in Poznań

4. The Old Market in Poznań

5. Old Market Square and Fountain of Proserpine

6. The Neptune Fountain The Fountain of Apollo

7. The wells "Bamberka"

8. The beautiful Poznań City Hall

9. A characteristic element of Poznan are little goats, which show up at noon above the clock at City Hall tower.

10. And those naughty goats brawl at Kolegiacki Square

11. Monument of Wielkopolska Insurgents 1918 Monument of vicitmes of events of June 1956

12. The former Jesuit College, now the office of the city, deep in the parish church

13. Collegium Maius in Poznań

14. Opera House, Poznań

15. Cathedral on Ostrów Tumski

16. The area where held every year International Fair in Poznan

17. Former brewery - now a huge and prestigious shopping center

19. Part of the Old Brewery can be visited,here we see the historic brew house and fermentation tanks

20. Warta in Poznan, low level of water

21. Malta Lake, the favorite recreation area of residents and tourists, is located just east of the city center. Situated in the center is stunning Malta Lake itself. This artificial lake was built in 1952 from the waters of the Cybina River.

22. Malta

23. Malta

24. Since 2005, in December, at Poznan Market Square take place of Festivals of Ice Sculptures

27. We will go by train to Puszczykowo ...

28. Wielkopolski National Park - the umbrella roof for tourists in the forest in Puszczykowo

29. In Puszczykowo there is an park-museum dedicated to Arkady Fiedler (writer and the traveler), contains his ethnographic collections

31. A replica of Christopher Columbus' ship "Santa Maria" (scale 1:1) which is in the Arkady Fiedler Museum

32. Puszczykowo is surrounded by the Wielkopolski National Parkwhere you can meet swan family ...

33. ... as well as a dangerous wild pig

34. Wielkopolski National Park - Góreckie Lake and Castle of Klaudyna Potocka on Zamkowa Island

35. Wielkopolski National Park

36. A Lake in Ślesin

37. Powidzkie Lake it's an post-glacial lake of gutter-type, the largest lake in WielkopolskaVoivodeship

39. Powidzkie Lake

40. Powidzkie Lake

41. Powidzkie Lake

42. Gniezno - the first Polish capital, in 1025 there was a coronation of Prince Boleslaw the Brave as the first King of Poland

43. Gniezno - Basilica of the PrimateAssumption of the Virgin and St. Wojciech

44. he interior of the Cathedral of Gniezno - the altar in the main nave, Christmas decor

45. The grave (reliquary) St. Wojciech

46. OSTRÓW LEDNICKI Gniezno, OstrówLednicki, Poznan - here the boundaries of land inhabited by tribes of Polan, here been the began of reign of the Piast dynastyand through their of energy, determination and perseverance became the germ of a country with thousand years of history. The island is surrounded by an aura of mystery, arouse curiosity huge embankments, construction of which is attributed to the Prince Mieszko the First.

47. Museum of the First of Piast Dynasty

48. Remains of castle and chapel

49. reconstruction of a wooden hut

50. Rogalin Palace

51. Rogalin Palace

52. Rogalin Landscape Park

53. Kórnik Castle

54. Lichen Stary is a small town near Konin ....

55. .... but the Marian shrine, which is there,annually visited by some 1.5 million pilgrims and tourists.

56. Basilica Blessed Virgin Mary Sorrows, Queen of Poland Its construction started in 1994, and was completed in 2004. It is the largest in Poland, and the seventh in Europe and eleventh in the world, Shrine of Our Lady. It is 139 meters long, 77 meters in width, the height of the tower is almost 130 meters. Visible from afar a huge dome of the Basilica is 36 meters in diameter and 45 m in height. The temple has 365 windows and 52 doors, symbolizing the days and weeks a year, to the interior of the basilica lead 33 steps of stairs, which refer to the years of the life of Jesus Christ.

57. The temple is visible from a distance of ten to twenty kilometers, on a nearby hill there is so called Golgotha and the Way of the Cross - a work of penance

60. One of the many sculptures that surround the basilica

61. The sculpture depicting one of the apparitions of Our Lady

62. The upper church - the main nave

63. The main altar with the miraculous image of Our Lady

64. The relics of St. FaustinaKowalska in Divine Mercy Chapel

65. Paintings depicting scenes of two apparitions: for a shepherd - of Nicholas Sikatka and for one of soldier of Napoleon - of Thomas Kłossowski

67. The biggest organs in Poland

68. Stained Glass in the ceiling

69. The underground of Basilica - Lower Church

70. One of the side chapels

71. The anotherchapel

72. Lichen - an older part of the town with churches: St. Dorothy and Our Lady of Czestochowa

73. Pilgrim House "ARKA"

74. Kaliszone of the oldest cities in PolandTown hall

75. Kalisz - Sanctuary of the St. Joseph is visited each year by more than 70 thousand. pilgrims

76. Kalisz - the building of theater of WojciechBoguslawski

77. Kalisz - Church of Divine Mercy

78. Kalisz-Zawodzie, the wooden church of St. Wojciech and bell tower

79. Kalisz - Church and Franciscan Monastery; 1257

80. BackgroundSound - Waltz in F minor, op.70 No. 2 Frederic Chopin Illustrations - downloaded from web sites The presentation is prepared by - Anna the end

81. BackgroundSound - Waltz in F minor, op.70 No. 2 Frederic Chopin Illustrations - downloaded from web sites The presentation is prepared by - Anna the end