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Tarnów
Tarnów is a city with a long history, the city was
created in 1330. Tarnów is also called the Polish
Heat Pole because it is the warmest city in Poland
Tarnów has a very beautiful market square where
we can find a lot of interesting places, like a cafe
located in a tramcar.
In Tarnow there is a museum dedicated to Gypsies
people in Poland. Every year, in spring, the
symbolic group of Gypsies celebrates their
holidays.
In Tarnow there is the Shooting Park with the
Shooting Palace, the seat of the Polish
Shooting companionship. In the lower part of the
park there is the tomb of Józef Bem a famous
person who was born in Tarnów and who fought
in the Spring of Nations in Hungary in 1848. His
grave is in a pond above the surface of the water.
Jakub Moskalewicz, III Ta
Baranów Sandomierski
The Castle in Baranów Sandomierski is a late
Renaissance Castle and because of similarities,
called Little Wawel. This castle was designed by
Santi Gucci from 1591 to 1606
The fortress in Baranów Sandomierski which is the
Pearl of Renaissance architecture is located in the
lower Vistula. The original Knight's Courtyard
belonged to the Baranowski family. Over the years
and centuries the Castle in Baranów belonged to
many families, for example to the family of:
Laszczyński,
Wiśniowiecki,
Sanguszko,
Lubomirski, Małachowski, Potocki, Krasicki. The
last owners of the Castle, family of Dolański, in the
years 1900-1907 renovated the building. The
effects of these works are visible today.
In Saint Martin’s Peak there are remains of the
ruins of the castle that belonged to Leliwite
Family.
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