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BOLESLAUS I THE BRAVE [BOLESŁAW CHROBRY] Born in 967, Bolesław was the first King of Poland, son of Mieszko I […]

A duchess and the very first Polish writer. The daughter of Mieszko II and Rycheza, born around 1025. She was […]

Janko of Czarnków, chronicler and Deputy Chancellor, was born around 1320 to a Czarnków village mayor’s family. He studied at […]

The first bishop on the lands of the Piasts dynasty. Probably from the Order of Saint Benedict. He came to […]

MIESZKO I Son of Siemomysł, Mieszko I was the first historically recognised Duke of Poland, and the founder of Poland […]

Duke of Wielkopolska and King of Poland. Born 1257in Poznań, after his father Przemysł (Premislas) I died. Having taken power […]

A Prague bishop. Missionary and martyr. A saint in the Roman Catholic Church and the first saint in Poland. Born […]

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POZNAŃ Poznań, the capital town of the region, the Province and the Archdiocese, is situated on the Warta. Poznań is […]

POZNAŃ The city lies on the Warta river. It is the capital of Wielkopolska Voivodeship and the see of the […]

The military doctrine that held sway in Europe during the interwar years mandated that any area which was expected to […]

In the very centre of the city, a few steps away from the busy and bustling Old Market Square, a […]