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1. POLAND
OUR COUNTRY

2. Poland is a part of the European
Union
• Poland is situated in
the central part of
Europe. It occupies the
area from the Baltic
Sea to the ranges of
the Sudety and the
Tatra Mountains.
Poland is a part of the
European Union.

3. Worth Visiting

4. Warsaw
• Warsaw is the capital city of
Poland. It is also the biggest
Polish city with the
population of nearly 2 million.
• It is located on the longest
Polish river - The Vistula
River. It has a lot of tourist
attractions. Among the others
there are the Royal Castle and
Old City, the Royal Way, and
the suburban royal residences
at Łazienki and Wilanów.

5. The capital city of Warsaw
• Warsaw was rebuilt after its
total destruction during Second
World War. Nowadays there
are a lot of monuments and
historical buildings appreciated
by UNESCO.
• Warsaw is also the cultural
capital of the country. There are
over fifty museums here and
over fifty galleries, as well as
over thirty professional theatres

6. Let’s explore Warsaw

7. Wieliczka
• The Wieliczka mine is one of the
greatest tourist attraction. This
Salt-Mines Museum has unique
documents, and ancient mining
tools collections.The mine has
nine levels to the depth of about
300 m, approximately 300 km of
galleries and nearly 3 thousand
chambers decorated with
numerous sculptures carved in
salt. This is the biggest chapel of
Blessed Kinga. In this chamber
everything is made of salt.

8. Famous Poles

9. Pope John Paul II
• He was born on 18 May 1920
and died on 2 April 2005. The
official process for beatification
began 28 June 2005. Pope John
Paul II was respected around
the world by both Christians
and non-Christians. People
called him “people's Pope” or
the “Pilgrim Pope” because he
travelled great distances.
According to John Paul II, the
trips symbolised bridge-
building between nations and
religions.

10. Fryderyk Chopin
• was a pianist and the greatest
Polish composer. He was
born in Zelazowa Wola near
Warsaw. He spent most of
his life abroad (amongst
other places, in France). He
composed his works
especially for the piano,
including concerts,
polonaises sonatas, etudes,
preludes, waltzes, and
mazurkas.

11. Nicolaus Copernicus
• He was an astronomer. He
developed a heliocentric
theory of the Solar System.
He published his
discoveries in the work ‘On
the Revolutions of the
Celestial Spheres’ (De
revolutionibus orbium
coelestium).

12. Adam Małysz
• He was born in 1977. He
is the only ski jumper to
have won three
consecutive World Cup
titles, doing so
from 2001 to 2003. He is
also a winner of the Four
Hills Tournament (2000–
01) and the only three-
time winner of the Nordic
Tournament (2001, 2003,
2007).

13. Marek Kamiński
• He is a traveller. He
was the first person
who reach both poles.
He walked to
Spitsbergen - 400 km
high) and Greenland’s
glaciers -600 km high.

14. Produced by
Pupils at Primary School No 5,
Bielsk Podlaski,
Poland