Belovezhskaya Pushcha / Bia?owie?a Forest sight
Grodno Province (oblast) (BY) / Podlasie Voivodship (PL), Poland
Situated on the watershed of the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea, this immense forest range, consisting of evergreens and broad-leaved trees, is home to some remarkable animal life, including rare mammals such as the wolf, the lynx and the otter, as well as some 300 European Bison, a species which has...
Muskauer Park / Park Mu?akowski sight
Poland
A landscaped park of 559.9 ha astride the Neisse River and the border between Poland and Germany, it was created by Prince Hermann von Puckler-Muskau from 1815 to 1844. Blending seamlessly with the surrounding farmed landscape, the park pioneered new approaches to landscape design and influenced th...
Cracow's Historic Centre sight
City and County of Cracow, Lesser Poland (Malopolska) Voivodship, Poland
The historic centre of Cracow, the former capital of Poland, is situated at the foot of the Royal Wawel Castle. The 13th-century merchants' town has Europe's largest market square and numerous historical houses, palaces and churches with their magnificent interiors. Further evidence of the town'...
Wieliczka Salt Mine sight
City and County of Wieliczka, Lesser Poland (Malopolska) Voivodship, Poland
This deposit of rock salt in Wieliczka-Bochnia has been mined since the 13th century. Spread over nine levels, it has 300 km of galleries with works of art, altars, and statues sculpted in the salt, making a fascinating pilgrimage into the past of a major industrial undertaking.
Auschwitz Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945) sight
Oswiecim County, Lesser Poland (Malopolska) Voivodship (formerly Bielsko-Biala), Poland
The fortified walls, barbed wire, platforms, barracks, gallows, gas chambers and cremation ovens show the conditions within which the Nazi genocide took place in the former concentration and extermination camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest in the Third Reich. According to historical investigat...
Historic Centre of Warsaw sight
City and County of Warsaw, Masovian Voivodship, Poland
During the Warsaw Uprising in August 1944, more than 85% of Warsaw's historic centre was destroyed by Nazi troops. After the war, a five-year reconstruction campaign by its citizens resulted in today's meticulous restoration of the Old Town, with its churches, palaces and market-place. It is an o...
Old City of Zamo?? sight
City and County of Zamo??, Lublin Voivodship (formerly Zamo?? Voivodship), Poland
Zamosc was founded in the 16th century by the chancellor Jan Zamoysky on the trade route linking western and northern Europe with the Black Sea. Modelled on Italian theories of the 'ideal city' and built by the architect Bernando Morando, a native of Padua, Zamosc is a perfect example of a late-1...
Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork sight
City and County of Malbork, Pomeranian Voivodship (formerly Elblag Voivodship), Poland
This 13th-century fortified monastery belonging to the Teutonic Order was substantially enlarged and embellished after 1309, when the seat of the Grand Master moved here from Venice. A particularly fine example of a medieval brick castle, it later fell into decay, but was meticulously restored in t...
Medieval Town of Toru? sight
City and County of Toru?, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship, Poland
Torun owes its origins to the Teutonic Order, which built a castle there in the mid-13th century as a base for the conquest and evangelization of Prussia. It soon developed a commercial role as part of the Hanseatic League. In the Old and New Town, the many imposing public and private buildings fro...
Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park sight
Lesser Poland (Malopolska).Voivodship (formerly Bielsko-Biala), Poland
Kalwaria Zebrzydowska is a breathtaking cultural landscape of great spiritual significance. Its natural setting in which a series of symbolic places of worship relating to the Passion of Jesus Christ and the life of the Virgin Mary was laid out at the beginning of the 17th century has remaine...
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