Презентация на тему Pilgrimshrines

destinations in Poland. Especially during religious celebration. Pilgrimages are

journeys of belivers to the holy places called sanctuary. Pilgrimage is a form of celebration and it has both religious and psychological meaning.
Sanctuaries in Poland are mostly historical objects. They were the places of preserving the Polish nationality during the partition in 19th century.
However the pilgrims have got many characteristics of tourist movement. The belivers follow the pilgrim paths and trails to the destinations with the both religious and tourist infrastructure. Some of the religious places are located in the popular tourst areas (Święta Lipka- Mazuria).

firslty religious and charitative attributes. It has also patriotic

and artistic characteristics. There are usually hospices for pilgrims in the area of sanctuaries and/or pensions around it.
There are often religious celebrations, services , festives, processions which increase the tourist movement.
The pilgrim palces are often visited as a interesting sightseeing. Some of them are even regarded as a main attraction in terms of its value.

countries in Europe in terms of christian pilgrimage movement.

Polish are estimated to account for 20% of the total pilgrims. There are about 500 sanctuaries all over Poland. 85 % of them are dedicated to our Lady. 200 of them are crowned by the Vatican.

popular sanctuary in Poland. It houses the famous picture

of Our Lady taken to the monastry of Paulin monk order from Ruthenia in 1382. There are up to 5 million visit to Jasna Góra every year.
The second strongly visited place is Licheń close to Konin. There is a biggest church in Poland there built 2004. Therefore it attracts many tourists.
Łagiewniki in Kraków is the third most important sanctuary. It was built in 2002 it is connected with the cultivation of Jesus merciful. It attracts strongly international pilgrims.
The second important group of sanctuaries are those in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska (Lesser Poland), Saint Ann Mount (Opolskie region) and Niepokalanów

Jasna Gora in Czestochowa
The sanctuary on Jasna Gora is

a monastic complex of the Pauline Fathers in Czestochowa. The order arrived there in 1382 and was given a small church on Jasna Gora hill. They placed the painting of Our Lady with the Child. The painting is supposed to have been made by Lukasz the Evangelist on a piece of wood, taken from the table at which the Holy Family sat, prayed and had its meals. Recent research show that the painting was initially a byzantine icon of the "Hodgetria" type, dated back to 6th - 9th century. In 1430 a group of thieves from Czech, Morawy and Slask broke into the church, slashed the face of the Virgin Mary, threw the painting on the ground causing its break into three pieces.
Painting is also supposed to have saved the sanctuary from the Swedes' invadion in 1655. On 18th of November 1655, an army of 3000 soldiers led by general Miller stood in front of the walls of the monastery and ordered the monks to surrender. Jasna Gora's prior father Augustyn Kordecki decided to defend the place, having just 170 soldiers, 20 noblemen and 70 monks. 40-day battle ended with a polish victory, which is attributed to divine care and intervention. The place gained its significance on the 1st of April 1656 when King Jan Kazimierz made the Lviv Vows on Jasna Gora. Another attacks and robberies of the monastery took place during the years following Poland's Partition and under the Nazi occupation, during the World War II.
The stronghold on Jasna Gora has been surrounded by a wall since 1624 and the only possible way of entrance was through the eastern gate. The construction of the wall, initiated by king Zygmunt III Waza, was started in 1620 while the fortifications were designed by king's architect Andree dell' Aqua, basing on italian and dutch designs. Monastery's tower, which makes the whole complex visible from kilometers away, was built between the year 1617 and 1622. There are 516 stairs leading up and a cross with a raven holding a loaf of bread (Pauline Fathers' coat of arms) on the top of the construction.. The wonderful painting is located in the chapel of Our Lady of Jasna Gora.

distinctive religious group in Poland. They concentrate mostly east

part of Poland. The most attractive ones is Grabarka Mount next to Siematycze ( Podlasie region). Most of pilgrims coming there take crosses with them and they install them on the mount. You can find thousands of crosses there. Therefore the mount is sometimes called cross mount. The next sanctuary is located in Jabłeczna – small village by the Bug river and Supraśl (Podlasie region) with collection of beautifull icons. There is also located Mount Jawor in Lesser Poland close to Polish-Slovakian border.

catholic country. However there is a long-existing muslim minority

in Poland. These are the descendants of Tatars living in easter part of Poland since 4 ages. They still cultivate their religion. They have their own mosques in Bohoniki and Kruszyniany (Podlasie region) built of wood in XIX century. They are they aim of many tourist visits.

living in Poland recently there used to be the

traces of vurnelable past of that minority all over Poland. Jewish from abroad come and visit shrines of famous cadics in Kraków, Leżajsk, Bobowa, Nowy Sącz, Kock, Koniecpol and Kielce.

classification of Polish sightseeings is encompasses their usage in

maps, guide-books etc.
B. Mikułowski and J. Wyrzykowski while preparing their Atlas Turystyczny Polski prepared a scale of measuring their value based on the ones used in Michelin guide-books and Poliglot:
***- highly interesting attractions, often main destination
**- important attractions, worth to curve on the way to the destination
*- other attractions

in Poland weighed over 24 kg, and the biggest

carp was 3kg heavier. The anglers who caught them said that the fight took over five hours! In Poland, even the calm waters on the shores of a Mazurian lake can turn into an adventure. There are many very good areas in Poland for fishing with more than 20 fish species which can be caught – others are protected:
in the mountains – trout, salmon,
in the lakes and rivers, - pike, pikeperch, catfish and eels.
The rivers and lakes which are the richest in fish are found in the northern part of Poland. Around the Baltic coast most of the fish can be found in small river deltas. You can also fish in some of the man-made lakes in Poland, for example, Zalew Zegrzyński, not far from Warsaw, Sulejowski, close to Łódź and Soliński in the Bieszczady, and many others. During the winter ice fishing is very popular especially on the lakes in the Mazury.

own traditions, language and customs. As they say, they

are not bloodthirsty killers, but ‘selectioners’, assisting in the natural balance of nature. It is worth becoming acquainted with their traditions, language and customs, even if you don’t want to have anything to do with shooting the animals. Poland is also a country of forests and meadows. Poland’s natural environment is excellent for organizing hunts and big-game hunting has rich, deeply rooted traditions. Game is found in great abundance across the country, among these are the habitual, hares, boars, roe-deer, deer, foxes, ducks, partridges and pheasants. Much less common animals which you can encounter are: moose, fallow deer and moufflon. The areas richest in wild animals that can be hunted are in the north east of Poland (Mazury, Suwalszczyzna, and Podlasie). Here you have a great abundance of mostly deer.  The Bieszczady region is another typical hunting region. 

carefully cultivated traditions in Poland. It is worth looking

at this phenomenon.
This process of erudition can begin during the most important and most prestigious European auction of Arab blood stock horses in Janow Podlaski, where among the bidders amongst many other wealthy celebrities, Charlie Watts, the Rolling Stones drummer, is regularly present. It is in Janów, where the famous bay El Paso stallion, one of the most expensive horses in history was sold for around one million dollars.
Poland is famous not only for its pure blood Arabs horses. Hucul horses from Gladyszow, though inconspicuous, are very patient, gentle and brave. They are the cousins of the Polish ponies which can be seen in the Roztocze National Park and in the research station in Popielno in Mazury.