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POLAND BASIC
INFORMATION
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POLAND
POLONIA
POLSKA
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THE CAPITAL CITY OF POLAND:
WARSAW
VARSOVIA
WARSZAWA
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THE OFFICIAL FLAG OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND
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THE MEANING OF COLOURS ON THE FLAG:
WHITE: PURITY, MORALITY AND GOODNESS
RED:* BRAVERY, HEROISM
*THE MEANING WAS ADDED AFTER MANY WARS POLAND HAS FOUGHT. THE ORIGINAL ANCIENT MEANING OF RED WAS NOBILITY AND DIGNITY (RED PAINT USED TO BE VERY EXPENSIVE AND USED ONLY BY RICH PEOPLE)
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FORM OF GOVERNMENT: PARLIMENTARY DEMOCRACY
NAME OF THE PRESIDENT:
BRONISŁAW KOMOROWSKI
/ BRONISWAV KOMOROVSKI/
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HOW BIG IS POLAND?
- IT HAS 322 575 sqkm
- IT IS THE 69TH BIGGEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD*
*SPAIN IS THE 52TH BIGGEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD
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WHERE IS POLAND?
IT’S IN CENTRAL
EUROPE
AT THE BALTIC SEA
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POLAND’S NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES:
• GERMANY
• CZECH REPUBLIC
• SLOVAKIA
• UKRAINE
• BELARUS
• LITHUANIA
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POLAND IS DIVIDED INTO 16 REGIONS CALLED VOIVODSHIPS*:
*EACH VIOVODSHIPHAS ITS OWNCOAT OF ARMS
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TRADITIONAL POLISH FOOD:
PIEROGI
DUMPLINGS
ROSÓŁ
CHICKEN SOUP
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BARSZCZ Z USZKAMI
BEETROOT SOUP WITH MUSHROOM DUMPLINGS
BIGOS
CABBAGE AND MEAT STEW
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TRADITIONAL POLISH FESTIVALS
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21ST MARCH FIRST DAY OF SPRING
DROWNING OF ‘MARZANNA’ –A DOLL MADE OF STRAW WHICHIS A SYMBOL OF WINTER
EASTER TIME
EASTER MONDAY – ŚMIGUS DYNGUS WHEN BOYSPOUR WATER ON GIRLS
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1ST MAY –DAY OF LABOUR
PEOPLE WITH POLISH FLAGSDURING CELEBRATIONS
3RD MAY – DAY OF CONSTITUTION
OFFICIAL MASS WITH PARTICIPATION OF POLISH ARMY
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1ST NOVEMBERALL SAINTS DAY
PEOPLE LIGHT CANDLES ON GRAVES AND PRAY TOGETHERON CEMENTARIES
30TH NOVEMBERST. ANDREW’S DAY
ANDRZEJKI
PEOPLE POUR WAX THROUGHKEY HOLES AND PREDICT FUTUREFROM WAX FIGURES
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4TH DECEMBERST. BARBARA DAY – TRADITIONAL DAY OF COAL MINERS
ORCHESTRA OF COAL MINERSIN TRADITIONAL CLOTHES
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6TH DECEMBERSANTA CLAUS DAY
24TH DECEMBERCHRISTMAS EVE WIGILIA
TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS EVE SUPPER CONSISTING OF 12 DISHES
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FAMOUS CITIES OF POLAND
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WARSZAWA
FACTS:• Situated on both sides of main Polish river
Wisła ( Vistula )• Polish government headquraters• Completely destroyed during World War II
and rebuilt after the war
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PALACE OF CULTURE AND SCIENCE
METRO STATION
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GOVERNMENT HEADQUARTERS
PALACE ON WATER
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WROCŁAW
FACTS:• Selected European Capital of Culture 2016• Situated on both sides of the second biggest
Polish river: Odra• One of the biggest and oldest cities in Poland
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OLD CITY VIEW
MAIN SQUARE
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CENTENNIAL HALL WHERECONCERTS AND SPORT EVENTSTAKE PLACE
PANORAMA ON THE CITY CENTRE
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KATOWICE
• Capital city of Silesia region ( Śląsk) - industrial region of Poland
• Has got many coal mines• Famous for its sport hall called Spodek
( saucer) which looks like a UFO
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SPODEK
OLD MINING DISTRICT AND ACOAL MINE
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VIEW ON THE CITY CENTRE
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KRAKÓW
• Historical capital city of Poland• Academic and artistic centre• According to a legend it used to have a dragon• Like Warszwa, Kraków lays on Wisła river
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VIEW ON THE CASTLE CALLED WAWEL
STATUE OF CRACOVIAN DRAGONBREATHING FIRE
FLORIAN’S GATE
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MAIN SQUARE
OLD MARKET PLACE WHERE PEOPLE SOLD CLOTHES CALLED SUKIENNICE(FROM POLISH WORD MEANING A SKIRT)
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GDAŃSK
• Situated at the seaside• Fourth biggest Polish city• Known for the uprising of Polish workers
during Communism in Poland• Famous for annual summer Sand Festival
when artists make sand sculptures on the beach
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NEPTUN’S FOUNTAIN
DUTCH-STYLE BUILDINGS
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HARBOUR
SAND SCULPTURE
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CEIP INMACULADA 2012