1. Welcome to Poland in a heart of Europe.

2. POLAND

3. FACT FILE Official name: Rzeczpospolita Polska (Polish Republic)
Capital: Warsaw (Warszawa)
Population: about 39 mln people
Currency: Polish zloty

4. POLISH COAT OF ARMS
The Coat of Arms of Poland consists of a White Eagle on a red shield. The Eagle is wearing a crown and has golden claws and beak. In Poland, the Coat of Arms is usually called simply White Eagle (Orzeł Biały)

5. The national flag has two equal horizontal stripes, of white and red.

6. POLISH ANTHEM „Dąbrowski Mazurka”
Jeszcze Polska nie zginęła, Kiedy my żyjemy. Co nam obca przemoc wzięła, Szablą odbierzemy.
Marsz , marsz Dąbrowski
z ziemi włoskiej do Polski
za twoim przewodem
złączym się z narodem.
Poland has not yet succumbed. As long as we remain, What the foe by force has seized, Sword in hand we'll gain.
Cross the Vistula and Warta And Poles we shall be; We've been shown by Bonaparte Ways to victory.
As Czarniecki Poznan town regains, Fighting with the Swede, To free our fatherland from chains. We shall return by sea.

7. FACT FILE The highest mountain's peak: Rysy (Tatra mountains) 2499 m.
 The longest river: Wisla (Vistula)    1047 km.
The biggest lake: Sniardwy (Mazury Lake District)   ha
 The deepest lake: Hancza     108 m

8. POLISH NATIONAL PARKS National Parks:
There are 23 national parks in Poland and they cover about 1% of the country's area. They are homes of many endengered species of animals and plants.

9. Polish people -
citizens of the world.

10. John Pope II A Pilgrim of Love
Father Karol Wojtyła was an experienced trekker and a nature lover who covered on foot even the most difficult of trails.
Communicating
with millions was
a feature characteristic
of the pontificate
of Pope John Paul II.

11. Nicolaus Copernicus he stopped the Sun
Four hundred years ago, NicolausCopernicus proved
that the Earth
moves around
the Sun and
not vice-versa.

12. Lech Walesa without violence
It was the Solidarity
leader, Lech Wałęsa,
awarded the Nobel
Peace Prize (in 1983),
who started
the emancipation
of Central Europe.
In 1989 Poland regained
independence in a non-violent
way. Scenes of political opponents sitting together at the “Round Table” showed the world how to solve conflicts in a peaceful way, at home and across borders.

13. Frederick Chopin music for Everyone
The Polish composer Frederick Chopin, born at Żelazowa Wola near Warsaw, is one of the world’s greatest musical talents ever.

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