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Orthodox and Greek Catholic churches of the West Pomeranian Lakeland: traces of the population resettled after 1947 Kultura i sztuka
Orthodox and Greek Catholic churches of the West Pomeranian Lakeland: traces of the population resettled after 1947
The Orthodox and Greek Catholic churches of Szczecinek, Wałcz, Łobez, Bobolice and Biały Bór are linked to the settlement of the Ukrainian population in 1947. Most occupy former Protestant and Jewish buildings, and two were built from scratch.
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The Basilica in Kołobrzeg: five aisles, leaning pillars and rescued triptychs Kultura i sztuka
The Basilica in Kołobrzeg: five aisles, leaning pillars and rescued triptychs
A Gothic brick hall church in the centre of Kołobrzeg, according to the Encyclopedia of West Pomerania the only five-aisled church in Poland. The history of its construction, the shelling of 1945, the reconstruction and the historic furnishings: a candelabrum from 1327, a font, stalls and triptychs.
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The museums of Kołobrzeg: from the Budzistowo collections to ships hauled out on land Kultura i sztuka
The museums of Kołobrzeg: from the Budzistowo collections to ships hauled out on land
The Museum of Polish Arms was founded in Kołobrzeg in 1963 and grew into several branches, from a palace with the history of the town to warships in the port. Alongside it operate private museums: Patria Colbergiensis in the town hall cellars, amber and glass.
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St Mary's Church in Chojna: Gothic of 1389-1407, the fire of 1945 and reconstruction Kultura i sztuka
St Mary's Church in Chojna: Gothic of 1389-1407, the fire of 1945 and reconstruction
St Mary's Church in Chojna, according to Wikipedia one of the largest Gothic churches in Poland, suffered a tower collapse in 1843 and a fire in 1945. After several decades as a ruin, its reconstruction has proceeded in stages since the 1990s.
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What people ate in Pomerania in the 19th century: flounder with potatoes, salted herring, półgęsek and the Szczecin herring club Kultura i sztuka
What people ate in Pomerania in the 19th century: flounder with potatoes, salted herring, półgęsek and the Szczecin herring club
Flounder boiled with potatoes, salted herring, and geese raised for giblets and for półgęsek: what Wikipedia and the Encyclopaedia of West Pomerania say about food in Pomerania in the 19th century, and how Szczecin came to be linked with herring.
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The Municipal Museum building on the Chrobry Embankment: Meyer-Schwartau's design and the wing that was never built Kultura i sztuka
The Municipal Museum building on the Chrobry Embankment: Meyer-Schwartau's design and the wing that was never built
The museum building on the Chrobry Embankment was designed by Wilhelm Meyer-Schwartau and opened in 1913. Roughly half of the plan was built, because the investment ended then, and the construction dates in the sources differ.
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The Regional Museum in Szczecinek and the tower of the demolished St Nicholas' Church Kultura i sztuka
The Regional Museum in Szczecinek and the tower of the demolished St Nicholas' Church
The Regional Museum in Szczecinek gives 1914 as its year of foundation, but it traces its origins to an archaeological exhibition of 1866. Its first seat was the tower of the demolished St Nicholas' Church, to which the museum returned after the war.
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The Kamień Organ of 1669 and Organ Concerts in Kamień Pomorski Kultura i sztuka
The Kamień Organ of 1669 and Organ Concerts in Kamień Pomorski
The baroque organ in the Kamień co-cathedral was funded in 1669 by Ernest Bogislaw de Croy and completed in 1672. According to Wikipedia it now has 3300 pipes and 47 stops, and since 1964 organists from around the world have played it.
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Sculptures and monuments of the city centre: Colleoni, Hercules, Flora, the Sailor and others Kultura i sztuka
Sculptures and monuments of the city centre: Colleoni, Hercules, Flora, the Sailor and others
An equestrian statue of a condottiere that returned from Warsaw, a copper helmsman by Grunwaldzki Square and a poet's bust brought from Lviv: the monuments of the city centre have surprisingly well-travelled biographies. An overview with dates and authors given according to the sources.
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Starka from Jagiellońska Street: the Polmos distillery in the former Victoria brewery and the tradition of rye spirit in oak barrels Kultura i sztuka
Starka from Jagiellońska Street: the Polmos distillery in the former Victoria brewery and the tradition of rye spirit in oak barrels
The buildings on Jagiellońska Street in Szczecin were a brewery, a vodka distillery and a works of the Polish Spirits Monopoly. In their cellars starka, a rye vodka from oak barrels, was matured. The history of the place and the drink, with the discrepancies between the publications.
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Stages of Szczecin: the Philharmonic honoured in 2015 and the theatres of the city centre Kultura i sztuka
Stages of Szczecin: the Philharmonic honoured in 2015 and the theatres of the city centre
The Philharmonic, completed in 2014, received the Mies van der Rohe Award in 2015, and alongside it there are theatres in the castle, on the Chrobry Embankment and by Theatre Square. The buildings and institutions of stage Szczecin according to the sources.
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Finds from the Wolin excavations: the Svetovid figurine, the wooden idol and the compass disc Kultura i sztuka
Finds from the Wolin excavations: the Svetovid figurine, the wooden idol and the compass disc
The museum in Wolin displays hundreds of thousands of finds from the excavations, and the best known are the Svetovid figurine, the wooden idol and the disc called a solar compass. We explain what is known about them and what is only the researchers' interpretation.
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Tedi i magiczna lampa
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Kino
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