This document summarizes some of Poland's important cultural heritage in architecture, music, film, sports, achievements, and cuisine. It highlights several UNESCO World Heritage sites in Polish architecture like Malbork Castle and Cracow's historic centre. Famous Polish musical figures mentioned include Frédéric Chopin and Krzysztof Penderecki. Acclaimed Polish film directors profiled are Roman Polanski and Agnieszka Holland. Important achievements noted are the Polish trade union Solidarity and Poland's first constitution from 1791.

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WORLD’S CULTURAL
HERTIAGE
THE LEGACY OF POLAND

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ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE
• Malbork Castle,
• Cracow’s Historic Centre,
• Medieval Town of Torun (Copernicus city),
• Auschwitz Birkenau, German Nazi Concentration and
Extermination Camp,
• Wieliczka Salt Mine,
• Wooden Churches of Southern Poland,
• Elblag Canal.

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Malbork Castle
The largest castle in the world by surface area, and the largest brick
building in Europe.

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Cracow’s Historic Centre
A relic of Poland’s Golden Age of Renaissance.

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Medieval Town of Torun
(Copernicus city)
Copernicus city is famous for having preserved almost intact its
medieval spatial layout and many Gothic buildings, all built from brick.

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Auschwitz Birkenau, German Nazi
Concentration and Extermination
Camp
The largest concentration camp during Second World War. A place
of death for more than 1.3 million people.

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Wieliczka Salt Mine
Built in the 13th century, producedtable salt continuously until
2007, as one of the world’s oldest salt mines still in operation.

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Wooden Churches of Southern
Poland.
The wooden churches of southern Poland represent outstanding examples of the
different aspects of medieval church-building traditions in Roman Catholic culture.
Built using the horizontal log technique, common in eastern and northern Europe
since the Middle Ages.

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Elblag Canal
It is considered one of the most significant monuments related to the history of
technology and was listed by UNESCO as a memorial to world culture
inheritances.

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MUSIC HERITAGE
• Fryderyk Chopin,
• Krzysztof Penderecki,
• Vader.

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Fryderyk Chopin’s Music
Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He
has been considered as one of the
greatest Romanic piano composers of all
times. Most of Chopin’s works are for solo
piano, though he also wrote two piano
concertos, a few chamber pieces and
some songs to Polish lyrics. He invented
the instrumental ballade and made major
innovations to the piano
sonata, mazurka, waltz, nocturne, polonai
se, etude, impromptu, scherzo and
prelude.

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Krzysztof Penderecki’s Music
Polish composer and
conductor.Among his best
known works are : Threnody to
the Victims of Hiroshima, St.
Luke Passion, Polish
Requiem, four operas, eight
symphonies and other
orchestral pieces, a variety of
intrumental concertos, choral
settings of mainly religious
texts, as well as chamber and
intrumental works.

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Vader’s Music
One of the greatest and
most renowned metal
bands all over the world.
The band has a broad
international recognition
and gives concerts in
different corners of earth.

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FILM HERITAGE
• Roman Polanski,
• Agnieszka Holland,
• Janusz Kamiński.

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Roman Polanski’s movies
The greatest Polish film
director, producer, writer and
actor. The author of many
renowned movies such as:
Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
Chinatown (1974), Tess
(1979), The Pianist
(2002), Ghostwriter
(2010), Carnage (2011) and
many others.

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Agnieszka Holland’s Movies
Agnieszka Holland is a Polish
film and TV director and
screenwriter. Best recognized
for her highly political
contributions to Polish
cinema, Holland is one of
Poland’s most prominent
filmmakers and a Hollywood
outsider. Not only is she
considered to be one of the
few female directors working
in Hollywood today, she is
one of the few who are not
actresses or industry
insiders.

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Janusz Kamiński’s cinematography
A Polish cinematographer
and film director. He rose to
fame after the movie
Schindler’s List (1993).
Since then he
photographed all Steven
Spielberg movies. He won
the Academy Award for
Best Cinematography
twice.

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SPORT HERITAGE
• Ski Jumping,
• Polish Winter Himalaism.

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Ski Jumping
One of the most popular
sport in Poland, mainly
due to the domination of
Adam Malysz in the last
decade. Nowadays, this
sport has its booming
years in our country and
a lot of young faces are
coming on stage.

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Polish Winter Himalaism
Polish climbers have
specialised in Winter
Climbing in Himalaya
Mountains. 10 out of 12
winter ascents of eight-
thousanders were
achieved by Polish
climbers.

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IMPORTANT ACHIEVEMENTS
• Polish trade union „Solidarity”,
• Constitution of May 3, 1791,
• Maria Curie-Sklodowska achievements.

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Polish trade union „Solidarity”
„Solidarity” is a Polish trade union
federation that emerged on 31
August 1980 at the Gdansk
Shipyard under the leadership of
Lech Walesa.
„Solidarity” played a significant role
in the return of democracy in
Poland in 1989 and the first free
elections after Second World War.

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Constitution of May 3, 1791
The world’s second oldest
codified constitution after the
U.S. Constitution and the
first constitution of its type in
Europe. The document was
designed to redress political
defects of the Polish–
Lithuanian
Commonwealth, diminished
significantly the role of the
nobility and guaranteed the
equal treatment before the
law of all people.

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Maria Curie- Sklodowska
Achievements
Maria Curie- Sklodowska was a Polish
physicist and chemist, working mainly in
France, who is famous for her pioneering
research on radioactivity. She was the first
woman to win a Nobel Prize, the only
woman to win in two fields, and the only
person to win in multiple sciences. She
was also the first female professor at the
University of Paris (La Sorbonne), and in
1995 became the first woman to be
entombed on her own merits in Paris’
Pantheon.

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POLISH CUISINE

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…AND HOSPITALITY!!!
Thank you for attention.