Gniezno

Gniezno. 19th century

Tomb of St. Adalbert in Gniezno Cathedral

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Gniezno (pronounced [ˈgɲεznɔ] ) is a city in central-western Poland, about 50 km east of Poznań, inhabited by about 70,000 people. It is in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. It is the administrative capital of the Gniezno County (powiat). Gniezno is a cradle of the Polish state and until 1038 was capital of Poland. In the 1000 here took place Gniezno Congress, meeting betwen duke Boleslaus I the Brave and Otto III, the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. In Gniezno Cathedral until 14th century took place royal coronations. Patron of Gniezno is Saint Adalbert of Prague.

Gniezno Media

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  link = National road 15 (Poland)

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  Gniezno seal from 14th century

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

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  19th-century painting of Gniezno

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

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  Gniezno during the visit of Pope John Paul II in 1979

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  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

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  Panorama of Gniezno. 19th century