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The Church of St.Casimir the Prince in Kraków, Poland – with the adjacent Franciscan monastery and the catacombs – is located at ul.Reformacka 4 street in the Old Town district .Members of the Catholic Order of Franciscans known as Little Brothers arrived in Kraków in 1622 and settled at the outskirts of the town in Garbary .
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St. Casimir's Polish National Catholic Church
This adorable parish dates back to the late 1800's, when people from various foreign lands, including Poland, came to Lowell to find work in the mills; and continues to serve the local community under Rev. Andrzej Tenus. (March/April 2017)
Best Museums in Krakow, Poland: Old Town and Kazimierz
Top Museums in Krakow, Poland including Princes Czartoryski, Rynek Underground, Cloth Hall, National, Schindler's Factory, Contemporary Art, Archaeology, Home of Jan Matejko, Ethnographic, Barbakan, Old Synagogue, Urban Engineering, Ratusz Town Hall Tower, Saint Albert's Church and the Archdiocese Museum
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Krakow
Krakow, Poland. Capital of Poland before being moved to Krakow. Wawel Castle and Cathedral, home of the Polish Kings and burial of many of the monarchs, leaders and notable figures. Patron Saint St. Stanislaus buried in Wawel in a silver coffin. Also of note the famous Gothic St. Mary's Basilica church with the trumpeter and the alter of the Assumption. The Sukkienice, medieval trading builiding, a prototype of the first mall. Jagiellonian University, also known as the University of Krakow, established in the 1300s by King Casimir the Great. Famous alumni, Nicolaus Copernicus, King John Sobieski, Pope John Paul II, St. John Cansius, Norman Davis. Situaded on the Vistula River.
St Casimir of Poland - 4 March
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St. Casimir of Poland
Confessor
Born October 3, 1458
Wawel, Kraków, Kingdom of Poland
Died March 4, 1484 (aged 25)
Hrodna, Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church
Canonized 1521 or 1602 by Pope Leo X or Pope Clement VIII
Major shrine Chapel of Saint Casimir, Vilnius Cathedral
Church of St. Casimir, Vilnius
Feast March 4
Attributes Lily, grand ducal cap
Patronage Lithuania (1636), Lithuanian youth (1948)
Saint Casimir Jagiellon (Polish: Kazimierz, Lithuanian: Kazimieras; October 3, 1458 – March 4, 1484) was a prince of the Kingdom of Poland and of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Second oldest son of King Casimir IV, he was tutored by Johannes Longinus, a Polish chronicler and diplomat. After his elder brother Vladislaus was elected as King of Bohemia in 1471, Casimir became the heir apparent. At the age of 13, Casimir participated in the failed military campaign to install him as King of Hungary. He became known for his piousness, devotion to God, and generosity towards the sick and poor. He became ill (most likely with tuberculosis) and died at the age of 25. He was buried in Vilnius Cathedral and his cult grew. His canonization was initiated by his brother King Sigismund I the Old in 1514 and the tradition holds that he was canonized in 1521.
The age of Protestant Reformation was not conducive to the cult of saints. St. Casimir's cult saw a resurgence in the 17th century when his feast day was confirmed by the pope in 1602 and the dedicated Chapel of Saint Casimir was completed in 1636. St. Casimir became a patron saint of Lithuania and Lithuanian youth. In Vilnius, his feast day is marked annually with Kaziuko mugė (a trade fair) held on the Sunday nearest to March 4, the anniversary of his death.
There are more than 50 churches named after St. Casimir in Lithuania and Poland, including Church of St. Casimir, Vilnius and St. Kazimierz Church, Warsaw, and more than 50 churches in Lithuanian and Polish diaspora communities in America. Women's congregation Sisters of Saint Casimir was established in 1908 and is still active in the United States.
Wieliczka Salt Mine Krakow, Poland
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ENG The Wieliczka Salt Mine, in the town of Wieliczka, southern Poland, lies within the Krakówmetropolitan area. Sodium chloride (table salt) was formerly produced there from the upwelling brine - and had been since Neolithic times. The Wieliczka salt mine, excavated from the 13th century, produced table salt continuously until 2007, as one of the world's oldest operating salt mines.
Throughout its history, the royal salt mine was operated by the Żupy Krakowskie (Kraków Salt Mines) company. Commercial salt mining was discontinued in 1996 owing to falling salt prices and mine flooding.
The Wieliczka Salt Mine is now an official Polish Historic Monument (Pomnik Historii).
Its attractions include the shafts and labyrinthine passageways, displays of historic salt-mining technology, an underground lake, four chapels and numerous statues carved by miners out of the rock salt, and more recent sculptures by contemporary artists.
The Wieliczka Salt Mine reaches a depth of 327 meters and extends via horizontal passages and chambers for over 287 kilometers (178 miles). The rock salt is naturally of varying shades of grey, resembling unpolished granite rather than the white crystalline substance that might be expected.
King Casimir III the Great (reigned 1333–70) contributed greatly to the development of the Wieliczka Salt Mine, granting it many privileges and taking the miners under his care.
In 1363 he founded a hospital near the salt mine.
A legend about Princess Kinga, associated with the Wieliczka mine, tells of a Hungarian princess about to be married to Bolesław V the Chaste, the Prince of Kraków. As part of her dowry, she asked her father, Béla IV of Hungary, for a lump of salt, since salt was prizeworthy in Poland.
Her father King Béla took her to a salt mine in Máramaros. She threw her engagement ring from Bolesław in one of the shafts before leaving for Poland. On arriving in Kraków, she asked the miners to dig a deep pit until they come upon a rock. The people found a lump of salt in there and when they split it in two, discovered the princess's ring.
Kinga had thus become the patron saint of salt miners in and around the Polish capital.
???? ROM Mina de sare Wieliczka, în orașul Wieliczka, sudul Poloniei, se află în interiorul zonei metropolitane a Cracoviei Clorura de sodiu (sare de masă) era produsă acolo încă din neolitic, din saramură suprasaturată.
Excavarile de la mina de sare Wieliczka, a produs sare de masă continuu, din secolul al XIII-lea până în 2007,
ca una dintre cele mai vechi mine de sare din lume. De-a lungul istoriei sale, mina de sare regală
a fost exploatată de compania Żupy Krakowskie (mine de sare din Cracovia). Exploatarea comercială a sării a fost întreruptă în 1996 datorită scăderii prețurilor la sare și inundării minelor.
Atracțiile sale includ puțurile și tunelele de trecere labirintice, afișează istoria tehnologiei de minerit a sării,
un lac subteran, patru capele și numeroase statui sculptate de către mineri din sare gemă, și sculpturi mai recente realizate de artiști contemporani.
Mina de sare Wieliczka ajunge la o adâncime de 327 de metri, și se extinde prin pasaje orizontale și camere pe mai mult de 287 de kilometri. Sarea gemă este în mod natural de diferite nuanțe de gri, care seamănă cu granit neșlefuit, mai degrabă decât substanța cristalină albă la care te-ai fi așteptat.
Wieliczka găzduiește acum Muzeul Sarii Cracovia.
Regele Casimir III cel Mare (a domnit 1333-1370) a contribuit în mare măsură la dezvoltarea minei de sare Wieliczka, acordându-i numeroase privilegii și luând minerii sub îngrijirea lui.
În 1363 a fondat un spital lângă mina de sare.
O legendă despre Prințesa Kinga, asociată cu mina Wieliczka, spune despre o prințesă maghiară care urmează să se căsătorească cu Bolesław V Castul, prinț al Cracoviei. Ca parte a zestrei ei, ea a cerut tatălui ei, Béla IV din Ungaria, o bucată de sare, deoarece sarea a fost extrem de valoroasa în Polonia.
Regele Béla, tatăl ei, a dus-o la o mină de sare din Maramureș. Și-a aruncat inelul de logodnă de la Bolesław într-unul din puțuri înainte de a pleca din Polonia. La sosirea în Cracovia, ea a cerut minerilor să sape o groapă adâncă până când ajung la o stâncă. Oamenii au găsit o bulgăre de sare acolo și când l-au spart în două, au descoperit inelul printesei.
Kinga a devenit astfel sfântul patron al minerilor de sare în și în jurul capitalei poloneze.
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Walking 4K in Cracow Poland Old Town (part 5) #CracowWalk4K
The main square. In Polish language the name is Rynek Główny. Rynek Główny of the Old Town of Kraków, Lesser Poland, is the principal urban space located at the center of the city. It dates back to the 13th century, and at 3.79 ha (9.4 acres) is one of the largest medieval town squares in Europe. The Project for Public Spaces (PPS) lists the square as the best public space in Europe due to its lively street life, and it was a major factor in the inclusion of Kraków as one of the top off-the-beaten-path destinations in the world in 2016.
The main square is a square space surrounded by historic townhouses (kamienice) and churches. The center of the square is dominated by the Cloth Hall (Sukiennice), rebuilt in 1555 in the Renaissance style, topped by a beautiful attic or Polish parapet decorated with carved masks. On one side of the cloth hall is the Town Hall Tower (Wieża ratuszowa), on the other the 10th century Church of St. Adalbert and 1898 Adam Mickiewicz Monument. Rising above the square are the Gothic towers of St. Mary's Basilica (Kościół Mariacki). Kraków Main Square does not have a town hall, because it has not survived to the present day.
The main function of the Market Square was commerce. After the city was destroyed by the Mongol invasion in 1241, the Main Square was rebuilt in 1257 and its commercial role expanded with the Magdeburg rights location of the city by the prince of Kraków, Bolesław V the Chaste. The Main Square was designed in its current state with each side repeating a pattern of three, evenly spaced streets set at right angles to the square. The exception is Grodzka Street which is much older and connects the Main Square with the Wawel Castle. Originally the square was filled with low market stalls and administrative buildings and had a ring road running around it. It was King Casimir III the Great who built the original Gothic Cloth Hall and the town hall that filled nearly a quarter of the square. Kraków was the capital of the Kingdom of Poland and a member of the Hanseatic League and the city flourished as an important European metropolis. In addition to its original merchant functions the Main Square witnessed many historical events, and it was used to stage public executions of prisoners held in city Town Hall. It was a place of regal ceremonies as part of the Royal Road (Droga Królewska), frequented by diplomats and dignitaries traveling to the Wawel Castle. In 1364 King Casimir held the Pan-European Congress of Kraków there. On 10 April 1525, Albert I, Duke of Prussia paid the Prussian Homage to Sigismund I the Old, king of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania accepting Polish kings' suzerainty, (pictured). In 1514 Lithuanian duke Konstanty Ostrogski held a victory parade over the Muscovy and in 1531 nobleman Jan Tarnowski celebrated another victory in the Muscovite wars. Jan III Sobieski, a King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, celebrated there his victory over the Turkish Empire in the 1683 Battle of Vienna.
In 1596 King Sigismund III, of the Swedish House of Vasa, moved the capital of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from Kraków to Warszawa (Warsaw). Kraków remained the place of coronations and royal funerals. On 24 March 1794, at the Main Square Tadeusz Kościuszko announced the general uprising and assumed the powers of the Commander in Chief of Polish armed forces, beginning the Kościuszko Uprising. In 1848, in the Spring of Nations, civilians clashed with the Austrian army and it was where, next to Ratusz, Austrian eagles were piled up as a symbol of regained independence in 1918.
Jews traded on the square as early as the 15th century. During the occupation of Poland by Nazi Germany, the square was renamed Adolf Hitler-Platz and the Adam Mickiewicz monument was destroyed along with historical commemorative plaques taken from buildings at the square. After the war, the monument was reconstructed.
In 1978 UNESCO placed the Main Square as part of the Old Town Kraków on the list of World Heritage Sites. On 21 March 1980, in time of political tension and the run-up to the declaration of the Martial Law in Poland, Walenty Badylak, retired baker and a veteran of Poland's wartime underground Home Army, set himself alight chained to a well in the Main Square. Badylak was protesting the communist government's refusal to acknowledge the Katyn's war crime. Also, the Main Square was central in staging mass demonstrations of the Solidarity movement. In 2013 Lonely Planet travel guides rated Kraków's Main Market Square as the most beautiful in the world.
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Šv. Nikolajaus cerkvė / St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, Vilnius, Lithuania - 18th January, 2013
St. Nicholas Church is one of the oldest Orthodox churches in Vilnius, Lithuania. According to a popular legend, the first wooden Orthodox chapel located on the place of today's St. Nicholas church was built around 1340. Seven years later, the Vilnius martyrs were supposedly buried there. However, in 1350, Uliana of Tver, the second wife of prince Algirdas, ordered to build a new brick church. In 1514 this church was again replaced with a larger one. It remained Orthodox up to 1609, when, like most of Vilnius Orthodox churches, it was given to the Uniates on a personal order of the king Sigismund III Vasa.
Around 1740 the church was completely destroyed by fire and rebuilt in Baroque style. In 1839 the Russian local government closed the Uniate parish and given the building back to the Orthodox. After the failed Polish January Uprising, it was completely rebuilt in Neo-Byzantine style on the personal initiative of general-governor of Vilnius Mikhail Nikolayevich Muravyov-Vilensky. The renewed church was to be another sign of Russian domination in the city, becoming the fifth Orthodox church in the Old Town of Vilnius. Muraviev ordered also the construction of St. Michael the Archangel chapel which was to commemorate his victory over the Polish uprising. In 1866 the whole church was reconsecrated. The general-governor's role in the reconstruction of the church was described on a marble plaque on the western wall of the church.
After World War II the church was closed, but in 1947 the Stalinist government agreed to reopen it as a parish church. The general renovation of the building took place before 1956.
This film features both external and internal views of the church, with a particular focus on the church's architecture and decor including religious artworks such as paintings, statues and sculptures.
JASNA GORA MONASTERY - HOME OF THE BLACK MADONNA
Czestochowa is a city known all over the world for the miraculous icon of the Black Madonna housed in the Pauline Monastery of Jasna Gora. The city is located in south Poland, 125 km (approx. 77 mi) from Krakow.
Czestochowa has medieval origins. In 14th century the town became an important trade centre on the route from Russia to Lower Silesia and Saxony. Nevertheless, its development has been always related to the Pauline Monastery of Jasna Gora (Bright Hill) founded in 1382 by the Polish Piast prince of Upper Silesia, Wladyslaw Opolczyk. When the monastery received the famous painting of the Black Madonna it became an important religious and pilgrimage centre. In the 17th century the monastery was turned into a fortress and played a vital role during The Deluge in 1655 when it proved to be an efficient point of Polish resistance against the Swedish invasion. The Black Madonna was credited with miraculously saving the monastery and since it actually changed the course of the war, King John Casimir Vasa declared Our Lady of Czestochowa a Queen and Protector of Poland and “crowned” the icon. At the beginning of 19th century the Holy Virgin Mary Avenue was constructed, around which new houses and shops were built and which is now the main arterial road of the city. Nowadays, Czestochowa is a cultural centre and one of the main tourist attractions of the area. Besides the monastery, there are also museums, theatres, libraries, historical monuments and ruins of a medieval castle in Olsztyn located around 25 kilometres (ca. 16 mi) from the city centre. The town attracts millions of tourists and pilgrims every year.
The main purpose for visiting Czestochowa is certainly the presence of the Black Madonna icon in the Monastery of the Pauline Fathers of Jasna Gora. The altar of the gothic chapel houses a miraculous painting of the Blessed Virgin Mary with the Infant Jesus in her arms. The Virgin is dressed in a blue veil covered with golden fleur-de-lis. The origins of the icon are still being discussed. The painting was possibly brought to Czestochowa from Jerusalem via Constantinople and Belz by Wladyslaw Opolczyk. Other hypothesis states that it could have been brought by the Pauline monks from their founding monastery in Hungary. There are several legends concerning the Black Madonna. One of them explains the darkened complexion of the Virgin’s face: once the church got on fire, the flames however did not manage to destroy it thanks to the presence of the holy painting; they only affected Madonna’s face. According to another legend, the two scars on the Virgin’s right cheek appeared as a result of the Hussites plundering of the sanctuary in 1430. One of the robbers struck the painting twice with a sword but the face of the Black Madonna started to bleed. Terrified he ran away (or fell to the ground and died, optionally).
The icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa has been a destination of numerous pilgrimages from all over the world. An average of 4-5 million pilgrims come each year with their thanks, pleas and prayers, many of them on foot. There are several pilgrimage routes in Poland, of which the longest one is over 600 km (approx. 373 mi) long and it takes 20 days to cover the distance. The oldest pilgrimage in Poland arrives from Warsaw every August 15th, on the day of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. A few days later, on August 26th, all other pilgrimages arrive to celebrate the day of Our Holy Mother of Czestochowa. Many Polish Catholics make a pilgrimage there every year.
The Walls of Cracow [4K] / Walk in Poland / #CracowWalk4K
Medieval Kraków was surrounded by a 1.9 mile (3 km) defensive wall (10:28) complete with 47 towers and seven main entrances leading through them. The fortifications around the Old Town were erected over the course of two centuries.
The Gothic-style barbican (6:10), built around 1498, is one of only three such fortified outposts still surviving in Europe, and the best preserved. It is a moated cylindrical brick structure with an inner courtyard 24.4 meters in diameter, and seven turrets. Its 3-meter-thick walls hold 130 embrasures. The barbican was originally linked to the city walls by a covered passageway that led through St. Florian's Gate and served as a checkpoint for all who entered the city.
In the 19th century, Austrian Emperor Franz I decided to liquidate the long neglected city fortifications. The liquidation was carried out during the time of the Duchy of Warsaw. Thanks to the efforts of Professor Feliks Radwański, the northern part of the walls were saved, including the Barbican, the Florian Gate (7:20) and three towers which once marked the starting point of the Royal Road along which a new monarch would parade to the place of his coronation at Wawel Cathedral. The Planty Park was created in the place of the destroyed fortifications.
During this period the Juliusz Slowacki Theatre (8:58) was constructed. It is located at Holy Ghost Square. The theatre was built in place of an old hospital that was run by the Order of the Holy Ghost. The building is an example of the Polish Eclectic architectural style. In 1850 a fire spread through the city and caused substantial damages.
In 1876 prince Władysław Czartoryski gave the city some of his artistic and patriotic collections. Three years later, the National Museum in Kraków (14:21) was established. Kraków became the centre of museology in Poland. Famous artists such as Jan Matejko and Stanisław Wyspiański worked in the Old Town, which was also the place where numerous political independence movements were born.
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3:11 - the place where Gate Brama Sławkowska was located,
4:20 - the Planty Park,
6:10 and 6:55 - Barbakan or Barbican in english :)
6:40 and 7:20 - The Gate Floriańska Brama,
7:48 - The Tower of Pasamoników or other name Szmuklerzy (on the left hand side behind the trees)
8:58 - The Słowacki Theater,
10:28 - The City Walls of Kraków,
12:00 - Floriańska street
13:00 - The Stolarzy Tower
14:21 - Czartoryski museum
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POLAND: SYNAGOGUE REOPENS NEAR AUSCHWITZ
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Pledging to preserve the spark of a once-vibrant Polish-Jewish culture decimated by the Holocaust, American Jews reopened a century-old synagogue Tuesday near the site of the notorious Auschwitz Nazi death camp.
Sitting on a knoll in central Oswiecim about 3 kilometers (1.9 miles) from the Auschwitz site, the Lomdei Mishnayot Synagogue was among a dozen that once served 7,000 Jews in the southern Polish city - more than half its prewar population.
Invading Nazi troops turned it into a munitions warehouse in 1939.
About 70 American Jews were joined at Tuesday's dedication by more than 200 officials from Poland, Israel, the Roman Catholic Church - even an Islamic prince from Jordan - in a sign of religious tolerance.
The ceremony under a green and white tent in warm sunshine also inaugurated an adjacent cultural center for the study of Jewish history in Poland.
The synagogue was briefly revived after World War II by local Jews who survived the Holocaust, but was abandoned when most left communist Poland for the new state of Israel.
It reverted to warehouse use and fell into disrepair.
Poland, now 95 percent Catholic, returned the synagogue to the Jewish community in March 1998 under a restitution program for former Jewish religious properties.
More than 1.5 million people, 90 percent of them Jewish, perished in gas chambers or died of starvation and disease at the Auschwitz-Birkenau complex.
In all, more than 6 million Jews died in the Holocaust.
About 3.5 million Jews lived in Poland before the war.
Most of the survivors eventually left for Israel and other countries, and only about 20,000 live in Poland today.
The New York-based Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation raised 10 (M) million dollars to renovate the synagogue and an adjacent building.
Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan, the brother of the late King Hussein, joined Jewish leaders in nailing a traditional mezuza prayer scroll to the synagogue door.
The new cultural center includes videotaped testimony of Holocaust survivors and documents tracing the history of Jewish life dating back to 1450 in Oswiecim.
The city's last known Jewish resident died in May.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
I think that this ceremony - this inauguration, this opening - are very important and very symbolic. There is no doubt that this ceremony marks the continuation of the Jewish identity in this very place, that is of course very unique and very significant. I believe that this message is very important for the Jewish world but also for the world at large as well.
SUPER CAPTION: Yigal Antabe, Israeli Ambassador to Poland
SOUNDBITE: (English)
This was obviously a very moving moment for anybody involved with this. Auschwitz was a death camp that was built by Nazis and Oswiecim was a town that was built by its community and its community included many many Jews for many centuries. So in a certain symbolic sense, this is a renewal of that community, a renewal of the centre of that community. I think in the long run what we look for is to see the Jewish community be able to live once again in Poland.
SUPER CAPTION: Christopher Hill, American Ambassador to Poland
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William Richardson explores Sandomierz - a medieval Polish city virtually frozen in time! (2)
Sandomierz is one of the oldest and historically most significant cities in Poland. Archeological finds around the city indicate that humans have inhabited the area since neolithic times. The city came into existence in the early Middle Ages, taking advantage of an excellent location at the junction of Vistula and San rivers, and on the path of important trade routes. The first known historical mention of the city comes from the early 12th-century, when the chronicler Gallus Anonymus ranked it together with Kraków and Wrocław as one of the main cities of Poland. The testament (ca 1115-1118) of Bolesław III Wrymouth, in which he divided Poland among his sons, designated Sandomierz as the capital of one of the resulting principalities, the Duchy of Sandomierz.
In the early 13th century, the second oldest Dominican monastery in Poland (after Kraków) and one of the oldest in Europe was founded in Sandomierz. In the course of the 13th century the city suffered grievous damage during the raids by Mongols in 1241, 1260 and 1287. The old wooden buildings of the town were completely destroyed. As a result, in 1286 the High Duke of Poland Leszek II the Black, effectively refounded the city under Magdeburg Law and granted staple right.The city archives preserve the founding document. (An important note: in 1260, as the Tartars invaded Christian Sandomir, a community of Dominicans was praying Matins while a novice read the martyrology for the next day: the 49 martyrs of Sandomir. When the friars realized they were being warned of their death, they spent the remainder of the night and all the next day preparing to meet the Lord. At last, after the brethren had finished praying Compline, and as they processed singing the Salve Regina to Mary, the Tartars broke through the church door. While the Tartars intended to bring death to these Dominicans, they actually brought them great gifts - crowns of martyrdom. Ever since, at the death of every Dominican a song to his Beloved Mother is sung to usher him into her arms - the Salve Regina (or Hail, Holy Queen).
After the re-unification of the Polish lands in the 14th century, the former principality became the Sandomierz Voivodeship, incorporating large areas of southeastern Poland. Until 1474, it was one of two voivodeships of Lesser Poland, together with Krakow Voivodeship. In 1474, Lublin Voivodeship was created from eastern part of Sandomierz Voivodeship. At this time Sandomierz had about 3,000 inhabitants and was one of the largest Polish cities. In the middle of the 14th century the city was burned again during a raid by the Lithuanians. It was rebuilt during the rule of king Casimir III of Poland, who extended its privileges.[5] The layout of the city has survived practically unchanged since that time until the present day. In 1389 in Sandomierz the newly appointed prince of the Novgorod Republic, Lithuanian prince Lengvenis, paid homage to Polish King Władysław II Jagiełło, thus making Novgorod a fiefdom of the Kingdom of Poland.
2019-11-26 POLAND DAILY DAY 326 TRAVEL S2 E 326 NET
KRAKÓW-CRACOVIE I City of Joy, JMJ ŚDM WYD, july 2016
KRAKÓW miasto radości — Światowych Dni Młodzieży 2016
KRAKÓW City of Joy World Youth Day 2016
Tribute to the Polish Christian fervour, it is so I should like to present this visual and musical document. It also shows the beauty of Cracow, 2016 World Youth Day’s city, as well as the young pilgrims’ illuminated joy, together in their Faith. Cracow: religious city, historic city but also city of movement and hope for an inhibited, majority Christianity in a homogeneous society. WYD major social fact? Three millions pilgrims: five times more than Woodstock Pop Festival in august 1969, a multitude welcomed and organized by an omnipotent Church, devoted volunteers and a government looking at the good praying order of the week.
Major fact erased in France by daily news turbulences, emergencies and shocks: the attack of July 14th in Nice with eighty-five people - young and old - killed, the murder of Father Jacques Hamel († 26th) throat cut during his service. We couldn’t follow the joy in Cracow. We had to work on ourselves and otherwise, as showed, sincerely, Dominique Lebrun archbishop of Rouen, back from Poland as quickly as possible.
If I put so energy to realize this short movie, it is for Alba and Wanda, my daughters, who lived cheerfully the event of inside, as volunteer and as pilgrim. It was necessary to tell what they felt like a first fulfillment and to make know videos and photos realized by Anna, my wife. A way to show the beauty of the Christian signs in Cracow and, as well, the moments lived by all. A way to help them three keeping in mind, beyond their religious fervor, the French humanism Lights – a Faith which hold me tight – as a guarantee to look to the other and to live together on brotherhood and differences, exactly as the Pope Francesco told us. Otherwise, you can be materialistic, agnostic and pray so that the world with good will and beauty can get better. Let us hope that the young pilgrims of July 2016 will know how to show the way.
Gérard Le Vot
Thanks to Greg Mišiewicz for advice, to Scott Scherer President of the Catholic Travel Center - Burbank (CA) – to give permission for loans from ‘Welcome to Kraków – Home of World Youth Day 2016!’, to Kuba Blychartz, NiemaGOtu and Aneta Liberacka for visual materials coming from Błogosławieni miłosierni’s official video.
The main parts of the video with their music:
01 Cracow on Vistula river, the Rynek Główny, Ratusz Tower and sukiennice (cloth hall).
‘Tyś jest mój syn’, Robert Janson & Iwona Waksmundzka, 2016
02 St. Mary’s Basilica on the Rynek, then the Altar by Veit Stoss (c. 1448-1533)
The bugle call from St. Mary’s Church
Agnus Dei’, Wojciech Kilar (1933-2013)
03 Lajkonik tradition : a bearded rider whose blows with a stick bring happiness. The music remains the ride of the winner of Mongolian during the seat of 1287.
04 Prayer to the Virgin by Pope Francesco after his arrival to Cracow.
Hymn ‘Pan kiedys stanal nad brzegiem’ called ‘Barka’ [the boat], tune ‘Pescador de Hombres’ composed by Cesáreo Gabaráin (1936-1991), polish words Fr. Stanislaw Szmidt. About two millons believers sang Barka at the end of the papal mass of august 18th 2002, also sung every anniversary of the death of Saint John-Paul II, in front of the Marian basilica.
05 Cathedral and Castle of kings of Poland, Wawel, with Saint Edwige d’Anjou’s grave, married to Ladislas II Jagellon, grand duke of Lithuania. The bumblebee Sigesmond [1520], one of the bells of the cathedral, protects Cracow.
06 Centrum Jana Pawła II builds by Andrzej Mikulski and dedicated june 23th, 2013 ; the mosaic is the work of the Slovenian Jesuit Marko Ivan Rupnik.
07 Evocation of Kazimierz, the Jewish city before Shoah with the inside of the temple and the fish market at the foot of the old synagogue.
‘Yiddish Khosidl’ by Max Leibowitz, violin and Philip Friedman, piano (c. 1911-1920)
08 Łagiewniki Sanctuary of Divine Mercy [Bożego Miłosierdzia]; prayer to Saint Faustina, ‘Faustina Kowalska’s tune’
09 The young pilgrims, their multitude, - in a chronological disorder – successively on july 30-31th in the campus of the Mercy to Brzegi [Wieliczka], on Rynek of Cracow and in the plain of Błonia, 28-29th july.
‘Memu Bogu’ by Owca
‘Błogosławieni miłosierni’, official hymn ŚDM Kraków 2016 composed by Jakub Blycharz, singing Ola Maciejewska & Katarzyna Bogusz.
Czartoryski Museum Krakow Poland October 24 2009
A good museum
Sandomierz - a medieval city virtually frozen in time. William Richardson has more! (1)
Sandomierz is one of the oldest and historically most significant cities in Poland. Archeological finds around the city indicate that humans have inhabited the area since neolithic times. The city came into existence in the early Middle Ages, taking advantage of an excellent location at the junction of Vistula and San rivers, and on the path of important trade routes. The first known historical mention of the city comes from the early 12th-century, when the chronicler Gallus Anonymus ranked it together with Kraków and Wrocław as one of the main cities of Poland. The testament (ca 1115-1118) of Bolesław III Wrymouth, in which he divided Poland among his sons, designated Sandomierz as the capital of one of the resulting principalities, the Duchy of Sandomierz.
In the early 13th century, the second oldest Dominican monastery in Poland (after Kraków) and one of the oldest in Europe was founded in Sandomierz. In the course of the 13th century the city suffered grievous damage during the raids by Mongols in 1241, 1260 and 1287. The old wooden buildings of the town were completely destroyed. As a result, in 1286 the High Duke of Poland Leszek II the Black, effectively refounded the city under Magdeburg Law and granted staple right.The city archives preserve the founding document. (An important note: in 1260, as the Tartars invaded Christian Sandomir, a community of Dominicans was praying Matins while a novice read the martyrology for the next day: the 49 martyrs of Sandomir. When the friars realized they were being warned of their death, they spent the remainder of the night and all the next day preparing to meet the Lord. At last, after the brethren had finished praying Compline, and as they processed singing the Salve Regina to Mary, the Tartars broke through the church door. While the Tartars intended to bring death to these Dominicans, they actually brought them great gifts - crowns of martyrdom. Ever since, at the death of every Dominican a song to his Beloved Mother is sung to usher him into her arms - the Salve Regina (or Hail, Holy Queen).
After the re-unification of the Polish lands in the 14th century, the former principality became the Sandomierz Voivodeship, incorporating large areas of southeastern Poland. Until 1474, it was one of two voivodeships of Lesser Poland, together with Krakow Voivodeship. In 1474, Lublin Voivodeship was created from eastern part of Sandomierz Voivodeship. At this time Sandomierz had about 3,000 inhabitants and was one of the largest Polish cities. In the middle of the 14th century the city was burned again during a raid by the Lithuanians. It was rebuilt during the rule of king Casimir III of Poland, who extended its privileges.[5] The layout of the city has survived practically unchanged since that time until the present day. In 1389 in Sandomierz the newly appointed prince of the Novgorod Republic, Lithuanian prince Lengvenis, paid homage to Polish King Władysław II Jagiełło, thus making Novgorod a fiefdom of the Kingdom of Poland.[6]
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Classical Music in Krakow Wawel Cathedral 2 HD HD
The following are permanent exhibitions of the Royal Castle on the Wawel Hill:
Royal Chambers (State Rooms) - historical interiors, tapestry collection of Sigismund II Augustus, royal portraits, Italian Renaissance furniture, Italian and Dutch painting of the 14th to 17th century.
Royal Private Apartments - rooms where the Polish royalty lived, period furniture and art.
Crown Treasury and Armory - regalia, jewelry, precious weapons, armors and caparisons; Polish and West European.
Oriental Art - Turkish tents and banners, Turkish and Persian weapons and carpets, Chinese and Japanese ceramics.
The Lost Wawel - archaeological and architectural reserve of the early 11th-century church of St. St. Felix and Adauctus' with surroundings; objects excavated by archeologists on the Wawel Hill; ornate stove tiles of the 16th and 17th century. Plus multimedia presentation of the Wawel Hill's history.
Dragon's Den - big cave said to be the fiery monster's hideout.
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Wanna see the leaning market of Sandomierz? Medieval town in south eastern Poland (3)
William Richardson visited one of most incredibile places in Poland - a city of Sandomierz.
Sandomierz is one of the oldest and historically most significant cities in Poland. Archeological finds around the city indicate that humans have inhabited the area since neolithic times. The city came into existence in the early Middle Ages, taking advantage of an excellent location at the junction of Vistula and San rivers, and on the path of important trade routes. The first known historical mention of the city comes from the early 12th-century, when the chronicler Gallus Anonymus ranked it together with Kraków and Wrocław as one of the main cities of Poland. The testament (ca 1115-1118) of Bolesław III Wrymouth, in which he divided Poland among his sons, designated Sandomierz as the capital of one of the resulting principalities, the Duchy of Sandomierz.
In the early 13th century, the second oldest Dominican monastery in Poland (after Kraków) and one of the oldest in Europe was founded in Sandomierz. In the course of the 13th century the city suffered grievous damage during the raids by Mongols in 1241, 1260 and 1287. The old wooden buildings of the town were completely destroyed. As a result, in 1286 the High Duke of Poland Leszek II the Black, effectively refounded the city under Magdeburg Law and granted staple right.The city archives preserve the founding document. (An important note: in 1260, as the Tartars invaded Christian Sandomir, a community of Dominicans was praying Matins while a novice read the martyrology for the next day: the 49 martyrs of Sandomir. When the friars realized they were being warned of their death, they spent the remainder of the night and all the next day preparing to meet the Lord. At last, after the brethren had finished praying Compline, and as they processed singing the Salve Regina to Mary, the Tartars broke through the church door. While the Tartars intended to bring death to these Dominicans, they actually brought them great gifts - crowns of martyrdom. Ever since, at the death of every Dominican a song to his Beloved Mother is sung to usher him into her arms - the Salve Regina (or Hail, Holy Queen).
After the re-unification of the Polish lands in the 14th century, the former principality became the Sandomierz Voivodeship, incorporating large areas of southeastern Poland. Until 1474, it was one of two voivodeships of Lesser Poland, together with Krakow Voivodeship. In 1474, Lublin Voivodeship was created from eastern part of Sandomierz Voivodeship. At this time Sandomierz had about 3,000 inhabitants and was one of the largest Polish cities. In the middle of the 14th century the city was burned again during a raid by the Lithuanians. It was rebuilt during the rule of king Casimir III of Poland, who extended its privileges.[5] The layout of the city has survived practically unchanged since that time until the present day. In 1389 in Sandomierz the newly appointed prince of the Novgorod Republic, Lithuanian prince Lengvenis, paid homage to Polish King Władysław II Jagiełło, thus making Novgorod a fiefdom of the Kingdom of Poland.
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Will Richardson tours Świętokrzyskie (Holy Cross Mountains) and the city of Sandomierz
William Richardson visited one of most incredibile places in Poland - a city of Sandomierz.
Sandomierz is one of the oldest and historically most significant cities in Poland. Archeological finds around the city indicate that humans have inhabited the area since neolithic times. The city came into existence in the early Middle Ages, taking advantage of an excellent location at the junction of Vistula and San rivers, and on the path of important trade routes. The first known historical mention of the city comes from the early 12th-century, when the chronicler Gallus Anonymus ranked it together with Kraków and Wrocław as one of the main cities of Poland. The testament (ca 1115-1118) of Bolesław III Wrymouth, in which he divided Poland among his sons, designated Sandomierz as the capital of one of the resulting principalities, the Duchy of Sandomierz.
In the early 13th century, the second oldest Dominican monastery in Poland (after Kraków) and one of the oldest in Europe was founded in Sandomierz. In the course of the 13th century the city suffered grievous damage during the raids by Mongols in 1241, 1260 and 1287. The old wooden buildings of the town were completely destroyed. As a result, in 1286 the High Duke of Poland Leszek II the Black, effectively refounded the city under Magdeburg Law and granted staple right.The city archives preserve the founding document. (An important note: in 1260, as the Tartars invaded Christian Sandomir, a community of Dominicans was praying Matins while a novice read the martyrology for the next day: the 49 martyrs of Sandomir. When the friars realized they were being warned of their death, they spent the remainder of the night and all the next day preparing to meet the Lord. At last, after the brethren had finished praying Compline, and as they processed singing the Salve Regina to Mary, the Tartars broke through the church door. While the Tartars intended to bring death to these Dominicans, they actually brought them great gifts - crowns of martyrdom. Ever since, at the death of every Dominican a song to his Beloved Mother is sung to usher him into her arms - the Salve Regina (or Hail, Holy Queen).
After the re-unification of the Polish lands in the 14th century, the former principality became the Sandomierz Voivodeship, incorporating large areas of southeastern Poland. Until 1474, it was one of two voivodeships of Lesser Poland, together with Krakow Voivodeship. In 1474, Lublin Voivodeship was created from eastern part of Sandomierz Voivodeship. At this time Sandomierz had about 3,000 inhabitants and was one of the largest Polish cities. In the middle of the 14th century the city was burned again during a raid by the Lithuanians. It was rebuilt during the rule of king Casimir III of Poland, who extended its privileges.[5] The layout of the city has survived practically unchanged since that time until the present day. In 1389 in Sandomierz the newly appointed prince of the Novgorod Republic, Lithuanian prince Lengvenis, paid homage to Polish King Władysław II Jagiełło, thus making Novgorod a fiefdom of the Kingdom of Poland.2019 11 29 POLAND DAILY DAY 329 TRAVEL S2 E329
Sandomierz city - a medieval gem frozen in time. William Richardson explains why You can not miss it
Sandomierz is one of the oldest and historically most significant cities in Poland. Archeological finds around the city indicate that humans have inhabited the area since neolithic times. The city came into existence in the early Middle Ages, taking advantage of an excellent location at the junction of Vistula and San rivers, and on the path of important trade routes. The first known historical mention of the city comes from the early 12th-century, when the chronicler Gallus Anonymus ranked it together with Kraków and Wrocław as one of the main cities of Poland. The testament (ca 1115-1118) of Bolesław III Wrymouth, in which he divided Poland among his sons, designated Sandomierz as the capital of one of the resulting principalities, the Duchy of Sandomierz.
In the early 13th century, the second oldest Dominican monastery in Poland (after Kraków) and one of the oldest in Europe was founded in Sandomierz. In the course of the 13th century the city suffered grievous damage during the raids by Mongols in 1241, 1260 and 1287. The old wooden buildings of the town were completely destroyed. As a result, in 1286 the High Duke of Poland Leszek II the Black, effectively refounded the city under Magdeburg Law and granted staple right.The city archives preserve the founding document. (An important note: in 1260, as the Tartars invaded Christian Sandomir, a community of Dominicans was praying Matins while a novice read the martyrology for the next day: the 49 martyrs of Sandomir. When the friars realized they were being warned of their death, they spent the remainder of the night and all the next day preparing to meet the Lord. At last, after the brethren had finished praying Compline, and as they processed singing the Salve Regina to Mary, the Tartars broke through the church door. While the Tartars intended to bring death to these Dominicans, they actually brought them great gifts - crowns of martyrdom. Ever since, at the death of every Dominican a song to his Beloved Mother is sung to usher him into her arms - the Salve Regina (or Hail, Holy Queen).
After the re-unification of the Polish lands in the 14th century, the former principality became the Sandomierz Voivodeship, incorporating large areas of southeastern Poland. Until 1474, it was one of two voivodeships of Lesser Poland, together with Krakow Voivodeship. In 1474, Lublin Voivodeship was created from eastern part of Sandomierz Voivodeship. At this time Sandomierz had about 3,000 inhabitants and was one of the largest Polish cities. In the middle of the 14th century the city was burned again during a raid by the Lithuanians. It was rebuilt during the rule of king Casimir III of Poland, who extended its privileges.[5] The layout of the city has survived practically unchanged since that time until the present day. In 1389 in Sandomierz the newly appointed prince of the Novgorod Republic, Lithuanian prince Lengvenis, paid homage to Polish King Władysław II Jagiełło, thus making Novgorod a fiefdom of the Kingdom of Poland.
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