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Legnica and Głogów - What to See

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Legnica and Głogów - What to See

Two Piast towns on the Oder and the Kaczawa - castles, museums and churches from Legnica through Legnickie Pole and Głogów to Chojnów, Jawor and Lubin. A route that links the region's medieval history with its present-day monuments.

Marianne of Orange and the Palace in Kamieniec Ząbkowicki

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Marianne of Orange and the Palace in Kamieniec Ząbkowicki

The daughter of the King of the Netherlands, exiled from Prussia after a notorious scandal, built one of the most magnificent residences in Silesia at Kamieniec Ząbkowicki and invested in roads and the economy of the whole surrounding area.

Świebodzice Town Walls - what remains of the town fortifications

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Świebodzice Town Walls - what remains of the town fortifications

A stone ring with three gates and towers defended the town from the 14th century onward. Part of it disappeared during the Napoleonic wars, but what remains sets Świebodzice apart from towns that lost their fortifications almost entirely.

Botanical gardens and great parks of Lower Silesia

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Botanical gardens and great parks of Lower Silesia

A botanical garden, an arboretum, a palace park and a palm house are four different species of greenery. Lower Silesia has a fine example of each, from Ostrów Tumski to the Jelenia Góra Valley.

The Sudeten Foreland and Ślęża - what to see

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The Sudeten Foreland and Ślęża - what to see

A route from the sacred mountain of the Ślężanie tribe through Ząbkowice and the abbey in Henryków to the fortress at Srebrna Góra and the granite quarry in Strzelin - a region full of strongholds, monasteries and palaces south of Wrocław.

Towers and viewpoints of Lower Silesia: where the views go furthest

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Towers and viewpoints of Lower Silesia: where the views go furthest

From the Death Bend below the Karkonosze to the water tower in Wrocław - a rundown of the region's towers and viewing platforms by the mountains they stand on, and what you can see from them.

Marian Sanctuaries of the Kłodzko Land - Bardo and Wambierzyce

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Marian Sanctuaries of the Kłodzko Land - Bardo and Wambierzyce

Bardo and Wambierzyce are the two oldest centres of Marian devotion in Lower Silesia - one with a miraculous Romanesque figure, the other with an extensive Calvary and Poland's oldest moving nativity scene.

The best cycling routes in Lower Silesia

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The best cycling routes in Lower Silesia

From level paths along the Oder, through the former embankment of the Owl Mountains Railway, to steep climbs in the Sudetes' landscape parks - the region offers routes for every level, including half-day loops around Wrocław.

Kłodzko Fortress in the shadow of war - a concentration camp subcamp and underground arms factory

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Kłodzko Fortress in the shadow of war - a concentration camp subcamp and underground arms factory

In 1940-1945 the underground of Kłodzko Fortress served as a prison and a secret arms factory. Casemates built to defend against the enemy became a place of confinement for prisoners of many nationalities and a site producing parts for V-1 rockets.

Kłodzko Fortress - the underground labyrinth of mining tunnels

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Kłodzko Fortress - the underground labyrinth of mining tunnels

More than 20 kilometres of tunnels were dug under Kłodzko Fortress to defend it against enemy mining. The system never saw combat - before it was finished, artillery had already changed the rules of siege warfare.

Fortresses and fortifications of Lower Silesia

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Fortresses and fortifications of Lower Silesia

For centuries, Lower Silesia lay on the border between warring powers, leaving the region with a network of Prussian forts, mountain fortresses and traces of former town defensive walls.

Vineyards of Lower Silesia: where to go for wine tasting

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Vineyards of Lower Silesia: where to go for wine tasting

Before Lower Silesia became a land of beer, grapevines were grown here for centuries too. Mostly only traces remain of that tradition, in coats of arms and in the landscape, but in recent decades the region has been going through a wine revival.

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Freddie Mercury Solo Piano Concert By Candle Glow

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Lachtara. Tęsknota | dolnośląska premiera | spotkanie

Lachtara. Tęsknota | dolnośląska premiera | spotkanie

Dolnośląskie Centrum Filmowe (Sala Lalka)