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Beauty is our entire Poland

The Śląskie Region is situated on the southern Polish, on the upper Vistula, Oder and the Warta River, is bordering the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Includes the eastern part of the historical lands of Upper Silesia, polish part of Cieszyn Silesia and part of

western Malopolska, in this also the Basin Dabrowski, Basin Krakowski, district of Żywiec, Czestochowa and a big part of the Jura Krakow-Czestochowa.

The seat of the Voivodeships Government is the city of Katowice.

Silesian Voivodeship

Warszawa - Teatr WielkiKatowice

Katowice

Katowice – sports and entertainment hall „Spodek” and the Silesian Insurgents Monument

Katowice - Polish Soldier Monument

Katowice - Memorial to the Victims of Katyn

Katowice Routes outlet to Sosnowiec, Warsaw and Krakow

Residues from Coal Mine "Katowice"

Katowice - Mary street at dusk - straight on is the neo-Gothic Church of St. Mary

Bishop's Palace in Katowice, in the background the dome of the cathedral

Nikiszowiec, city in the city, the most remarkable part of Katowice and probably one of the most amazing old industrial urban areas in Europe, was built by mining company Georg von Giesche's Erben as houses

for miners employed in Nikisch Coal Mine.

Castle in Bedzin

Sosnowiec – Sielecki Castle

Community Centre in Sosnowiec

Palace of Schöne in Sosnowiec

Palace of Schöne in Sosnowiec

Coal mine in Sosnowiec-Kazimierz Górniczy

Zabrze - Coal Mine "Guido"

Tychy – housing estate

Tychy - Sun Gate

Tychy - the largest in Poland, operating continuously for 400 years - Tychy Brewery

Gliwice - Town Square and city hall.

Czerwionka – Leszczynysmall industrial town in Upper Silesia

Błędowska Desert

which today is a desert only by name, the SE part, which has still overgrown relatively sparse vegetation, the rest of the southern part is now overgrown

with pine and caucasian willow.

Błędowska Desert this is largest area of volatile sands in Poland (about 33 km ²)

situated on the border of the Silesian Upland and the Olkuska Upland

Częstochowa – Jasna Góra - spiritual capital of Poland

Jasna Góra - St. Mary's church and monastery of the Paulin

Chapel with the miraculous image of Our Lady

Jasna Góra - Stations of the Cross

Częstochowa - St. James the Apostole's

Częstochowa - the cemetery of St. Roch

Częstochowa - Monument to the Fallen in Defense of the Fatherland

City Hall in Częstochowa

Beskid Śląski - a mountain range, part of the Western Beskid Mountains.This is a region that falls within the province of the Western Carpathians. The highest peaks

of the Silesian Beskid are: Skrzyczne (1257 m) and Barania Góra (1220 m n.p.m.)

Beskid Śląski – the Skrzyczne peak

The sources of the Vistula, the longest Polish river, are located on the western slope of the Barania Góra

Beskid Śląski - Koniaków - is famous in the world with laces made by local lace-makers

Cieszyn on the Olza river

Town Hall in Cieszyn

Wisła is the only town in Poland with a Protestant majority

The ski jump in Wisla

Beskid Śląski - view of the Bielsko-Biala with the cable car to Szyndzielnia

Beskid Śląski - Szyndzielnia seen from the trail - from the Palenica to Blatnia

Beskid Śląski - view of the band of Klimczok from the trail to Orłowa

Beskid Śląski - Ustroń

Beskid Śląski - Ustroń

Beskid Śląski - the church of St. Albert in Ustroń

Żywiecka Valley - Żywiec

Żywiec – the palace of the Habsburgs, the so-called. New Castle

Żywiec – Chinese House in the Palace Park

The Żywiec Brewery - Fermentation tanks

Żywiec Brewery - the dome of historic the tank

The Miziowa mountain pasture - shelter of PTTK

The Miziowa mountain pasture - shelter of PTTK

Wielka Rycerzowa - peak in the Beskid Żywiecki

The shelter at Rycerzowa peak

Summit of Wielka Rycerzowa with a view on Wielka Racza and Przegibekka

Babia Góra - Queen of Beskydy

The whole mountain range of Babia Góra - from Diablak (1725 m), through the Brona pass (1408 m) to the LIttle Babia Góra (1517 m)

The Mountain range of Babia Góra

Beskid Żywiecki – Pilsko - a view from Cudzichowa Pasture

Żywieckie Lake

Music - Nocturne for piano No. 8 in D flat major; F. ChopinIllustrations - downloaded from web sitesA presentation is prepared by - Anna

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