Łęczyca

Baroque Church of the Immaculate Conception of Mary

Town of 13,786 inhabitants in central Poland.

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Gniezno

City in central-western Poland, about 50 km east of Poznań, with 68,943 inhabitants making it the sixth-largest city in the Greater Poland Voivodeship.

King Władysław IV Vasa confirms the old privileges of Gniezno, 1635

Memorial at the site of a German execution of 24 Poles in November 1939 in the Dalki district

Gniezno during the visit of Pope John Paul II in 1979

View of Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Adalbert. On the right side - church under the invocation of St. John the Baptist

Coffin of Adalbert of Prague in the Cathedral

Gothic Saint John the Baptist church in winter

Monument of King Bolesław I the Brave with the Cathedral in the background

Around AD 940 Gniezno, being an important pagan cult center, became one of the main fortresses of the early Piast rulers, along with aforementioned fortresses at Giecz, Kruszwica, Poznań, Kalisz, Łęczyca, Ostrów Lednicki, Płock, Włocławek, and others.

Sejm

Lower house of the bicameral parliament of Poland.

In 1791, the "Great Sejm" or Four-Year Sejm of 1788–1792 and Senate adopted the May 3rd Constitution at the Royal Castle in Warsaw

Tadeusz Rejtan tries to prevent the legalisation of the first partition of Poland by preventing the members of the Sejm from leaving the chamber (1773). Painting by Jan Matejko

Stanisław Dubois speaking to envoys and diplomats in the Sejm, 1931

Józef Beck, Minister of Foreign Affairs, delivers his famous Honour Speech in the Sejm, 5 May 1939.

Sessions chamber viewed from the rostrum

The 1180 Sejm in Łęczyca (known as the 'First Polish parliament') was the most notable, in that it established laws constraining the power of the ruler.

Łódź Voivodeship

Province-voivodeship in central Poland.

The Rector's Office of the Lodz University of Technology

Łęczyca county,

Łęczyca County

Unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Łódź Voivodeship, central Poland.

Its administrative seat and only town is Łęczyca, which lies 35 km north-west of the regional capital Łódź.

Łęczyca Voivodeship

Unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from the 14th century until the partitions of Poland in 1772–1795.

It was part of Province of Greater Poland, and its capital was in Łęczyca.

Casimir III the Great

Casimir III the Great (Kazimierz III Wielki; 30 April 1310 – 5 November 1370) reigned as the King of Poland from 1333 to 1370.

Poland (red) at the end of the reign of Casimir III (1370); Silesia (yellow) had been lost, but the kingdom was expanding to the east

Document issued by Casimir the Great granting the Armenian bishop Gregory (Գրիգոր) the right to stay and preach in Lviv, 1367

Casimir's full title was: Casimir by the grace of God king of Poland and Rus' (Ruthenia), lord and heir of the land of Kraków, Sandomierz, Sieradz, Łęczyca, Kuyavia, Pomerania (Pomerelia).

Władysław I Łokietek

Władysław I Łokietek, in English known as the "Elbow-high" or Ladislaus the Short (c.

Edict by Władysław the Short in 1325 confirming the Cistercians of Byszewo continue to have the same rights as under German law, and the continued ownership of their Abbey in Byszewo.

Sulejów Abbey is the place where the decision was made to send a letter to the Pope asking for the coronation of Władysław

King Władysław the Elbow-high breaking off agreements with the Teutonic Knights at Brześć Kujawski, a painting by Jan Matejko in the National Museum in Warsaw

The so-called Crown of Bolesław the Brave was made for Władysław I.<ref>Rożek Michał, Polskie koronacje i korony, Kraków 1987. {{ISBN|83-03-01914-7}}</ref>

In 1320 the King began the building of a new Wawel Cathedral.<ref>Kraków, Małgorzta Woszczenko</ref>

Portrait of King Władysław I by Aleksander Lesser

The tomb of the monarch inside the Wawel Cathedral

Władysław I on White Horse by M. Barwicki.

The Seniorate Province initially comprised Kraków and western Lesser Poland, eastern Greater Poland including Gniezno and Kalisz, western Kuyavia, Łęczyca and Sieradz (maintained by the Dowager Duchess Salomea of Berg for her lifetime), and with Pomerelia as a fiefdom.

Wrocław

City in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia.

Coat of arms of Wrocław (with the inscription Civitas Wratislaviensis) in Lauf Castle, c. 1360.

The oldest printed text in the Polish language–Statuta Synodalia Episcoporum Wratislaviensis, printed in Wrocław by Kasper Elyan, 1475

St Martin's Church, the only remaining part of the medieval Piast stronghold that once stood in Wrocław

Map of the city from 1562, with its fortifications on the Oder River

Battle of Breslau during the Seven Years' War (Third Silesian War 1756–1763)

Entry of Prince Jérôme Bonaparte into Breslau, 7 January 1807

The Royal Palace from 1717 was once the residence of Prussian monarchs. Today, the building houses the City Museum.

Feniks Department Store, built in 1902–1904

Wartime destruction around the cathedral, 1945

John of Nepomuk Church in Szczytnicki Park, 16th-century

Map of Wrocław's areas where PM10 standards were exceeded in 2015

Wrocław New City Hall – the seat of the city mayor

The 48 administrative district quarters (since 1990)

Sky Tower is one of the tallest buildings in Poland. It offers office, commercial, residential and recreational space.

Wroclavia Shopping Mall with a central bus station located underground

Map of Wrocław illustrating the A8 bypass and surrounding arterial roads

Wrocław Copernicus Airport in Strachowice

Koleje Dolnośląskie train at Wrocław Main Station

Wrocław Cathedral in the oldest district of Ostrów Tumski

White Stork Synagogue, initially opened in 1829

Wrocław University of Technology – Faculty of Architecture

Świdnica Cellar (Piwnica Świdnicka), one of the oldest restaurant establishments in Europe.

Also, the Tabula Rogeriana, a book written by the Arab geographer Muhammad al-Idrisi in 1154, describes Wrocław as one of the Polish cities, alongside Kraków, Gniezno, Sieradz, Łęczyca and Santok.

Crown of the Kingdom of Poland

Common name for the historic Late Middle Ages territorial possessions of the King of Poland, including the Kingdom of Poland proper.

Crown of the Kingdom of Poland within Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1635.

Banner of the Kingdom of Poland until the 15th century

Banner of Poland and Lithuania in the Chronicle of the Council of Constance (1416)

Voivodeships of the Commonwealth of the Two Nations

Map showing voivodeships of the Commonwealth of the Two Nations

The Crown and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania 1386–1434

The Spiš (Zips) region. Light blue and green areas show the pawned territories, red line shows current borders, yellow former border between then Hungary and Poland and the black borders between counties

Łęczyca Voivodeship (województwo łęczyckie, Łęczyca)

Władysław III of Poland

King of Poland and the Supreme Duke (Supremus Dux) of Grand Duchy of Lithuania from 1434 as well as King of Hungary and Croatia from 1440 until his death at the Battle of Varna.

Baptism of Władysław III (1425) at Wawel Cathedral in Kraków

Władysław III at the Battle of Varna as imagined by Jan Matejko

Ottoman miniature depicting Murad II and Władysław III's beheading

St. Joachim and St. Anne Meeting at the Golden Gate.

The Royal Seal of Władysław III Warneńczyk, 1438

The Memorial of the Battle in Varna, built on an ancient Thracian mound tomb, bearing the name of the fallen king.

Imaginary portrait from Thuróczi János' Chronica Hungarorum (Władysław was only 20 when he died)

Church, Madalena do Mar, Madeira, hypothetical burial place of Władysław III

English: Vladislaus by the Grace of God king of Poland, Hungary, Dalmatia, Croatia, Rascia (Serbian Grand Principality) and lands of Kraków, Sandomierz, Sieradz, Łęczyca, Kuyavia, Supreme Prince of Lithuania, lord and heir of Pomerania and Ruthenia