A report on Lesser Poland, Dębica, Rzeszów and Tarnobrzeg

Monument depicting King Casimir III the Great giving Świętosław Gryfita permission to establish Dębica

Boroughs, districts and osiedla of Tarnobrzeg

Church of St. Jadwiga first erected in the 14th century

Nobleman Mikołaj Spytek Ligęza greatly contributed to the city's importance

The Lesser Poland Province of the Polish Crown in the widest sense – with Red Ruthenia, Podlachia, Podolia and Kiev

Dębica's oldest high school in the early 20th century

Rzeszów Castle with surroundings, by K.H. Wiedemann, 1762

Reconstructed camp barracks with a watchtower and the barbed-wire fence in the village of Pustków

The 1507 Lesser Poland and Red Ruthenia Map (Polonia Minor, Russia) by Martin Waldseemüller

Kazimierz Dolny on the right bank of the Vistula river.

Provincial council headquarters (Urząd Wojewódzki) in Rzeszów

Będzin Castle, which guarded the western border of Lesser Poland

Volleyball match between Resovia and Skra Bełchatów

Members of the regional Folk Group of Wilamowice "Cepelia Fil Wilamowice"

CH Galeria Rzeszów – the largest shopping center in the city

Lachy Sądeckie are a group of ethnic Poles who live in southern Lesser Poland

The City Hall in the Main Market Square. Initially built in the 16th century, it was later remodelled in Neogothic and Renaissance Revival styles

Czarny Staw (Black Pond) in the High Tatras

"Peasant war" by Jan Lewicki (1795–1871)

In the 19th century, Kraków's Jagiellonian University was a major center of Polish science and culture

Wieliczka Salt Mine, a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Pope John Paul II was born in Wadowice, Lesser Poland, in 1920

Soldiers of Holy Cross Mountains Brigade in parade 1945

A fire engine made by FSC Star in Lesser Poland's Starachowice

Boundary between Lesser Poland and Upper Silesia (red line) on the territory of current Silesian Voivodeship

Lublin, the second-largest city of Lesser Poland

Częstochowa, the third-largest city of Lesser Poland

Radom, the fourth-largest city of Lesser Poland

Sosnowiec, the fifth-largest city of Lesser Poland

Folklore group in Podhale costume, Bukowina Tatrzańska, Lesser Poland, 2016

Polish flat soda bread (known as Proziaki in podkarpacie)

The Tadeusz Mazowiecki Bridge in Rzeszów

A map of Polish dialects. The area where Lesser Poland's dialect is spoken is marked in orange.

Tarnobrzeg is a city in south-eastern Poland (historic Lesser Poland), on the east bank of the river Vistula, with 49,419 inhabitants, as of 31 December 2009.

- Tarnobrzeg

Dębica belongs to the historic province of Lesser Poland, and for centuries it was part of the Sandomierz Voivodeship.

- Dębica

Rail lines stem from Tarnobrzeg into four directions: southwards towards Dębica, southeast towards Rzeszów, east towards Stalowa Wola, and northwards, towards Sandomierz.

- Tarnobrzeg

Flat are northern and central areas of the province – around Tarnobrzeg, Stalowa Wola, Radom and Siedlce, also valleys of the main rivers – the Vistula, the Pilica, and the San.

- Lesser Poland

In Tarnów, there was a meeting of Prince Bolesław V the Chaste, and Prince Daniel of Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia, during which both sides agreed that the border would go between Rzeszów and Czudec (Rzeszów belonged to Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia, while Czudec and Strzyżów to Lesser Poland).

- Rzeszów

A car journey to Kraków (approximately 120 km) takes around an hour, while Rzeszów, the capital of the Podkarpackie Voivodeship located to the East of Dębica, can be easily reached in less than 30 minutes.

- Dębica

Dębica is also connected with the cities of Mielec and Tarnobrzeg thanks to the local road number 985.

- Dębica

The cities of Leżajsk, Rzeszów, Sanok, Brzozów, and Krosno do not belong to historical Lesser Poland, as they are part of Red Ruthenia (Lwów Voivodeship, around today's Lviv, Ukraine).

- Lesser Poland

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- Lesser Poland

There are also two non-electrified lines stemming from Rzeszów – to Jasło and to Tarnobrzeg.

- Rzeszów

Branches in Dębica, Krosno and Nisko

- Rzeszów

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Subcarpathian Voivodeship

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Voivodeship, or province, in the southeastern corner of Poland.

Jaśliski Landscape Park and Jasiołka River

Church of All Saints in Blizne, a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Black Hawk helicopters are produced by PZL Mielec

Autosan bus and coach manufacturer has its headquarters in Sanok

Its administrative capital and largest city is Rzeszów.

The name derives from the region's location near the Carpathian Mountains, and the voivodeship comprises areas of two historic regions of Eastern Europe — Lesser Poland (western and northwestern counties) and Red Ruthenia.

The program created several major armament factories, including PZL Mielec, PZL Rzeszów, Huta Stalowa Wola, and factories in other Subcarpathian towns such as Dębica, Nowa Dęba, Sanok, Tarnobrzeg and Nowa Sarzyna.