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HISTORICAL PLACES OF POLAND IN GOOGLE EARTH PART FIVE ( 5/9 )
1. PLASZOW FORCED LABOUR CAMP,KRAKOW
50° 1'45.25N 19°57'41.08E
2. ST.COUNCIL VINCENT&ST.JAMES,WROCLAW
51° 6'46.48N 17° 2'18.67E
3. CASTLE KORNIK,GMINA KORNIK 52°14'37.86N 17° 5'27.54E
4. ST.NICHOLAS'S CHURCH,SLUPSK 54°28'5.90N 17° 1'54.35E
5. CHURCHES,POZNAN 52°24'39.75N 16°56'48.31E
6. CITY HALL TOWER,KATY WROCLAWSKIE 51° 1'48.01N 16°46'16.70E
7. MONUMENT,POZNAN 52°25'8.00N 16°55'54.13E
8. LUTHERN CHURCH,KATOWICE 50°15'31.89N 19° 1'36.44E
9. STATUE OF CHILDREN,GŁOGÓW 51°39'59.33N 16° 5'23.90E
10. SCHOENA PALACE,SOSNOWIEC 50°17'57.22N 19° 8'36.22E
11. CHURCH,JELENIA GORA 50°51'55.77N 15°40'43.48E
12. CITY HALL,SANDOMIERZ 50°40'45.65N 21°44'58.05E
13. SOSNOWIEC CATHEDRAL,SOSNOWIEC 50°16'28.48N 19° 7'54.57E
14. ST.MARTIN'S CHURCH,JAWOR 51° 3'7.16N 16°11'35.46E
15. NIDZICA CASTLE,NIDZICA 53°21'34.30N 20°25'43.18E
16. ST.FRANCIS CHURCH,POZNAN 52°24'12.81N 16°56'15.33E
17. WATER TOWER AT CEMENTRY,MORAG 53°55'5.78N 19°55'11.59E
18. ST.MICHAEL ARCHANGEL CHURCH,WROCLAW
51° 7'14.46N 17° 3'2.86E
19. CASTLE TEUTONIC,RADZYN 53°23'18.28N 18°56'8.03E
20. ST.JOHN'S CHURCH,POZNAN 52°24'34.02N 16°57'31.85E
21. EUROPEAN ARTS CENTER,BIALYSTOK 53° 7'47.29N 23° 9'0.35E
22. ST.MARY'S CHURCH,KRAKOW 50° 3'41.58N 19°56'21.90E
23. LIW CASTLE,GMINA LIW 52°22'25.13N 21°58'12.32E
24. WATER TOWER,OPOLE 50°40'1.74N 17°55'10.16E
25. PALACE LAZIENKOWSKI,WARSAW 52°12'54.14N 21° 2'8.88E
26. TOWN HALL,RZESZOWIE 50° 2'14.34N 22° 0'14.30E
27. CHURCH OF ST.ADALBERT,WARSAW 52°14'0.11N 20°57'40.30E
28. LADY QUEEN OF POLISH CHURCH,OLSZTYNIE
53°46'40.59N 20°28'14.54E
29. ROTUNDA ZAMOJSKA,ZAMOSC 50°42'38.54N 23°14'49.99E
30. WISLOUJSCIE FORT,GDANSK 54°23'44.64N 18°40'45.42E
Bialystok Cathedral, Białystok, Podlaskie, Poland, Europe
Team Metropolitan Basilica Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Bialystok - Bialystok Temple team, consisting of two interconnected church buildings: the old (from the beginning. Seventeenth century) and new (from the beginning. Twentieth centuries). The Basilica is the main temple of the Archdiocese of Bialystok and the parish of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Bialystok. The church was built in the late Renaissance period 1617-1626, fireplace, built from the foundation of Peter Wiesiołowski. Inside the late baroque equipment funded by the John Clement Branickiego. Originally the temple was the nature of late Gothic with elements of the Renaissance Mazovia-Lithuanian. The walls of the church covered with polychrome from 1751 made by Anthony Herliczkę. The main altar is a wooden, covered with white polychrome gilt. Above the altar hangs a painting of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, painted by an artist of the Baroque, forming the court Branickich, Augustine Mirys. Eye appears over the image of Divine Providence. The following mensa of the tabernacle (similar to the tabernacle by Bernini in Rome). Frontal, a shoal with rococo carvings, representing an iconographic rarity, used here because in the age of Enlightenment threads apocryphal. Central frontal scene shows the Assumption of the Virgin; appears to the right of the prophet Elijah; Left - a man with his face turned to Mary. On both sides of the main altar are statues of St.. Peter and Paul in 1751 by Jakub Fontana and John James Plersch. In addition to the main altar in the church is the altar of Jesus Crucified. On the wall hangs the Old Church Epitaph Izabella Branicka. It is embroidered fabric in a beautiful frame of 1811 by a friend Ms. Krakow. On top of the epitaph is an alabaster vase containing souvenirs dear to Isabella. Temple has a late Baroque organ donated by John Clement Branickiego and built in 1753 by Anthony Wierzbowski from Warsaw. On the walls of the Old Parish Church hang three arrays. First commemorating the foundation of the church from 1617 that reads In honor of the Most High God, the Trinity, the Virgin Mary and All Saints, built the foundations of the temple of Peter Veselovskii Marshal of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the governor of Kaunas, Tykocin (original in Latin). The second memorial Francis Karpinski saying In this Church for the first time sounded devotional songs Francis Karpinski (1741-1825). When the early risers auroras, all our daily affairs, God is born, the Song of the Divine mercy before appeared in Supra OO in the annexe. Basilian in 1792 ... the plaque was founded in the 175th anniversary of the death of the poet. Third with information about the consecration of the temple on the second Sunday after Easter in 1664. The historic portal of the old parish church. The late Renaissance pulpit in the old parish church. The church was the family mausoleum of the Griffin family-Branickis. The tombstone on the right side of the altar is dedicated to the memory of his grandmother and his father John Clement - are buried here Heart Crown Marshal Catherine Aleksandra Czarneckis Branicka (d. 1698) and Stephen Nicholas Branickiego (d. 1709). Tombstone (designed by Casper Bazanka) is built of black marble Debica (partly also of pink). Above the cartouche sarcophagus, made of gilded copper sheet, with the coats of arms of clan: Griffin (Branickis), Fox (Sapieha) and Lodz (Czarneckis) and crown. On both sides of the cartridge angels putti holding attributes of transience - an hourglass and a human skull. This mausoleum was founded by the wife of Stephen Nicholas, and also the mother of John Clement - Catherine Scholastica Sapieha Branicka. The second tombstone is located on the opposite side of the altar (relative to the first tombstone) and was founded by Isabella of Poniatowski. The tombstone was made in Rome, and then imported into Polish. It is made of Italian multicolored marble and gilded bronze. It is buried in the heart of John Clement Branickiego (d. 1771). Urn is supported by a heraldic griffins, and the whole pyramid closes with a golden medallion with the profile Branickiego. On the tombstone are also trophies power hetman (such as a plumed helmet, sword and mace). In the basement of the old church are the crypt, among them crypt founders in the rest include: Catherine Poniatowska (d. 1772 Rococo coffin, richly gilded) and Isabella of Poniatowski Branicka (coffin neoclassical mahogany). In other crypts are the coffin of Archbishop Edward von Ropp (d. 1939 imported to Bialystok in 1983), bishop of the diocese of Minsk-Mahilyow, and Archbishop Edward Kisiel (d. 1993). In the temple are held in June Sunday organ concerts called Music in the Old Church. Next to the Old Parish Church is much larger neo-Gothic church, built between 1900-1905, designed by Joseph Pius Dziekoński in neo-gothic style Vistula, long at 90 m high at 72.5 m (towers).
Basilica of St. Stanislaus, Lublin, Lublin Province, Poland, Europe
Basilica. St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr, also known as the Basilica of Relics or the Church of the Holy Cross oo. Dominican - one of the oldest temples in Lublin, along with the monastery is one of the oldest institutions of the city (in 2003 celebrated 750 years). From June 21, 1967, the Dominican church holds a minor basilica, given to him by Pope Paul VI. Facade with two towers, with a high, late Renaissance stepped gables, with vertical and horizontal divisions and four pairs of pinnacles on the edges. Storey towers with double corner pilasters, in the upper zone of a high window closed with a full arch, covered with rooftops czterospadowymi, with helmets. Before entering the church porch, just moved north from the main axis of the church (the reason for building the temple land in the eighteenth century), closed at the top peak of gierowanym frontage covered with copper, with two pinnacles at the sides. The nave gable roof with decorative helmet signature of copper sheet, like a gable roof covering the sanctuary, with a much lower ridge. block outside the church distinguish the chapels - especially chapel Tyszkiewiczów, the extension of the chancel, in the lower part of the rectangular plan, up through szcześcioboczna cut corners, covered with elliptical dome of the helmet. From noon in the Chapel Square Firlejs, covered with a dome, on the north elongated dostawiona perpendicular to the sanctuary, closed semicircular Chapel MB of Paris, next to the dome of the chapel Ossolińskich. Church oblong, three-nave hall, nave trzyprzęsłowy, adhere to the three pairs of side chapels and shrines dedicated to the extension of the aisles. The long, three-span sanctuary with two chapels on the north side and a chapel on its extension. The nave, chancel and a chapel covered with a cross vault, in the chapels Ossolińskich and Firlejs vault in the type of Lublin. The whole interior retains a clear structure of the Gothic nave religious hall, similar in its form and proportions of such the fourteenth-century Cathedral of Lviv (Latin). The date of the first foundation of the monastery church as the year 1253, but the Dominicans could come to Lublin and Krakow already in the 30s The thirteenth century. The present church was built in the fourteenth century, founded by Casimir the Great in 1342 to the beginning of the sixteenth century, when added to the second aisle, was a two-nave temple with elongated religious sanctuary. The current shape was reconstructed at the end of the sixteenth century (after a disastrous fire in 1575). In most of the chapels are altars to the second. mid-eighteenth century with dynamic, gilded wooden statues sculptures which are an excellent example of Lviv (lab Puławy Paul Zeisla). The chapel Firlejs until theft (8/9 February 1991), was kept one of the largest relic of the Holy Cross., Most likely located in Jerusalem earlier in sequence, Constantinople and Kiev, and that the Lublin arrived probably around 1420 she was the reason why the Basilica of Lublin was in the seventeenth century, the third place of pilgrimage in the Republic - the Jasna Gora and Gniezno. The aisles are a series of six paintings from the studio of Thomas Dolabella. From the south, adjacent to the Basilica of the monastery complex, with two wirydarzami, of coming from the eastern part of the fourteenth century, housing, among others supported by one pillar Union Hall - the former refectory of the monastery, enlarged in the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. After the suppression and expulsion of monks in the 80s The nineteenth century, the monastery arranged, among others barracks. Dominican Republic regained its partial ownership in 1938, but after 1945 most of the monastery took the child home and Puppet and Actor them. H. Ch. Andersen. For several years there has been a comprehensive restoration and restaurant basilica and monastery. Located in the south wing of the main quadrangle of the monastery gate, flanked by bas-relief panoply, the slides of the door panel shows two hands giving putti, sometimes interpreted as a symbol of the Union of Lublin.
Unknown Poland - Castles in Poland - The Eagle's Nests Castle in Bydlin
Castles in Poland - The Eagle's Nests Castle in Bydlin
Smog w Polsce 2017. Kielce 2017. Smog in Poland 2017. The biggest smog in Europe 08-09.01.2017
Smog w Polsce 2017. Kielce 2017. Smog in Poland 2016. The biggest smog in Europe in Kielce 08-09.01.2017 (Kielce). Atmosphere call to the rescue. Unfortunately the smog appear in Kielce in Poland. The caused could be several (thermal power station, public utilities, combustion gases).
One earth, one atmosphere, one life...
We should take care of the Atmosphere. The future of an environment depends on us...
Zobacz zdjęcie nr 4... Look at the picture no 4...
Пожарная безопасность костелов в г.Кельце (Польша)
Pope John Paul II | Wikipedia audio article
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Pope John Paul II
00:03:37 1 Early life
00:10:13 2 Presbyterate
00:15:42 3 Episcopate and cardinalate
00:20:14 4 Papacy
00:20:23 4.1 Election
00:24:03 4.2 Pastoral trips
00:29:40 5 Teachings
00:31:55 5.1 Moral stances
00:34:58 5.2 Apartheid in South Africa
00:35:58 5.3 Capital punishment
00:37:28 5.4 European Union
00:40:09 5.5 Evolution
00:41:13 5.6 Iraq War
00:42:11 5.7 Liberation theology
00:43:22 5.8 Organised crime
00:44:10 5.9 Persian Gulf War
00:45:40 5.10 Rwandan genocide
00:46:51 5.11 Views on sexuality
00:47:51 6 Reform of canon law
00:48:59 6.1 1983 Code of Canon Law
00:49:51 6.2 Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches
00:50:32 6.3 iPastor Bonus/i
00:51:14 7 iCatechism of the Catholic Church/i
00:51:58 8 Role in the collapse of dictatorships
00:53:00 8.1 Chile
00:56:08 8.2 Haiti
00:57:47 8.3 Paraguay
00:59:02 9 Role in the fall of Communism
01:02:14 9.1 Communist attempt to humiliate John Paul II
01:03:27 10 Relations with other denominations and religions
01:03:57 10.1 Anglicanism
01:05:03 10.2 Animism
01:06:59 10.3 Armenian Apostolic Church
01:08:01 10.4 Buddhism
01:09:27 10.5 Eastern Orthodox Church
01:13:02 10.6 Islam
01:14:35 10.7 Jainism
01:15:20 10.8 Judaism
01:20:16 10.9 Lutheranism
01:21:59 11 Assassination attempts and plots
01:27:45 12 Apologies
01:29:25 13 Health
01:30:49 14 Death and funeral
01:30:58 14.1 Final months
01:31:25 14.2 Final illness and death
01:34:02 14.3 Aftermath
01:35:53 15 Posthumous recognition
01:36:03 15.1 Title the Great
01:38:13 15.2 Institutions named after John Paul II
01:38:51 15.3 Beatification
01:45:10 15.4 Canonisation
01:47:16 16 Criticism and controversy
01:47:43 16.1 Child sex abuse scandals
01:51:40 16.2 Opus Dei controversies
01:52:40 16.3 Banco Ambrosiano scandal
01:54:33 16.4 Problems with traditionalists
01:56:25 16.5 Religion and AIDS
01:57:11 16.6 Social programmes
01:57:40 16.7 Ian Paisley
01:58:24 16.8 Međugorje apparitions
01:59:04 16.9 Beatification controversy
01:59:49 17 Stolen relic
02:00:55 18 Personal life
02:03:01 19 See also
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Pope John Paul II (Latin: Ioannes Paulus II; Italian: Giovanni Paolo II; Polish: Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła; [ˈkarɔl ˈjuzɛv vɔjˈtɨwa]; 18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005) served as Pope and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 to 2005.
He was elected by the second Papal conclave of 1978, which was called after Pope John Paul I, who had been elected in August to succeed Pope Paul VI, died after 33 days.
Cardinal Wojtyła was elected on the third day of the conclave and adopted his predecessor's name in tribute to him. John Paul II is recognised as helping to end Communist rule in his native Poland and eventually all of Europe. John Paul II significantly improved the Catholic Church's relations with Judaism, Islam, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Anglican Communion. He upheld the Church's teachings on such matters as artificial contraception, the ordination of women, and a celibate clergy, and although he supported the reforms of the Second Vatican Council, he was seen as generally conservative in their interpretation.He was one of the most travelled world leaders in history, visiting 129 countries during his pontificate. As part of his special emphasis on the universal call to holiness, he beatified 1,340 people and canonised 483 saints, more than the combined tally of his predecessors during the preceding five centuries. By the time of his death, he had named most of the College of Cardinals, consecrated or co-consecrated a large number of the world's bishops, and ordained many priests. A key goal of John Paul's papacy was to transform and reposition the Catholic Church. His wish was to place his Church at the heart of a new religious alliance that would bring together Jews, Muslims and Christians in a great religious armada.John Paul II was the second longest-serving pope in modern history after Pope Pius IX, who served for nearly 32 years from ...
Wrocław | Wikipedia audio article
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00:03:18 1 Etymology
00:05:34 2 History
00:07:07 2.1 Middle Ages
00:13:17 2.2 Renaissance, Reformation and Counter-Reformation
00:16:25 2.3 Napoleonic Wars
00:17:45 2.4 Prussia and Germany
00:26:32 2.5 Second World War and afterwards
00:29:46 2.6 After the war
00:34:52 3 Environment
00:35:14 3.1 Air pollution
00:37:29 3.2 Climate
00:39:34 3.3 Fauna
00:41:41 3.4 Water
00:42:31 4 Government and politics
00:43:12 4.1 Districts
00:45:31 4.2 Municipal government
00:47:21 5 Tourism
00:47:53 5.1 Landmarks and points of interest
00:53:22 5.2 Swimming
00:54:25 5.3 Shopping malls
00:55:36 5.4 Entertainment
00:57:11 5.5 Museums
00:58:54 6 Wrocław in literature
01:00:14 7 Education
01:03:46 8 Transport
01:08:05 9 Demographics
01:08:15 9.1 Population
01:08:25 9.2 Religion
01:12:17 10 Professional sports
01:14:09 10.1 Men's sports
01:16:02 10.2 Women's sports
01:16:31 11 Economy
01:21:14 12 Major corporations
01:21:25 13 International relations
01:21:36 13.1 Twin towns and sister cities
01:21:51 13.2 Partnerships
01:22:05 14 Gallery
01:22:14 15 Notable people
01:22:24 16 See also
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Wrocław (UK: , US: , Polish: [ˈvrɔtswaf] (listen); German: Breslau [ˈbʁɛslaʊ]; Czech: Vratislav; Latin: Vratislavia) is a city in western Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, roughly 350 kilometres (220 mi) from the Baltic Sea to the north and 40 kilometres (25 mi) from the Sudeten Mountains to the south. The population of Wrocław in 2018 was 640,648, making it the fourth-largest city in Poland and the main city of the Wrocław agglomeration.Wrocław is the historical capital of Silesia and Lower Silesia. Today, it is the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. The history of the city dates back over a thousand years, and its extensive heritage combines almost all religions and cultures of Europe. At various times, it has been part of the Kingdom of Poland, Kingdom of Bohemia, Kingdom of Hungary, Habsburg Monarchy, Prussia and Germany. Wrocław became part of Poland again in 1945, as a result of the border changes after the Second World War, which included a nearly complete exchange of population.
Wrocław is a university city with a student population of over 130,000, making it one of the most youthful cities in the country. Since the beginning of the 20th century, the University of Wrocław, previously Breslau University, produced 9 Nobel Prize laureates and is renowned for its high quality of teaching.Wrocław is classified as a Gamma-global city by GaWC. It was placed among the top 100 cities in the world for the quality of life by the consulting company Mercer and in the top 100 of the smartest cities in the world in the IESE Cities in Motion Index 2019 report.The city hosted the Eucharistic Congress in 1997 and the Euro 2012 football championships. In 2016, the city was a European Capital of Culture and the World Book Capital. Also in this year, Wrocław hosted the Theatre Olympics, World Bridge Games and the European Film Awards. In 2017, the city was the host of the IFLA Annual Conference and the World Games.
Lviv | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:38 1 Names
00:03:20 2 Geography
00:04:38 2.1 Climate
00:05:22 3 History
00:08:16 3.1 Galicia–Volhynia Wars
00:10:40 3.2 Kingdom of Poland
00:15:56 3.3 Habsburg Empire
00:22:09 3.3.1 First World War
00:23:02 3.4 Polish–Ukrainian War
00:26:51 3.5 Interbellum period
00:29:35 3.6 World War II and the Soviet incorporation
00:31:13 3.7 German occupation
00:35:32 3.8 Liberation from Nazis
00:37:37 3.9 Post-war Soviet Union
00:42:14 3.10 Independent Ukraine
00:43:14 4 Administrative division
00:44:17 5 Demographics
00:45:18 5.1 Historical populations
00:49:48 5.2 The ethnic Polish population
00:51:39 5.3 The Jewish population
00:54:42 6 Economy
01:00:12 6.1 Information technology
01:02:53 7 Culture
01:04:19 7.1 Architecture
01:05:51 7.2 Monuments
01:08:19 7.3 Religion
01:08:55 7.3.1 Christianity
01:10:51 7.3.2 Judaism
01:12:25 7.4 Arts
01:15:13 7.5 Theatre and opera
01:16:59 7.6 Museums and art galleries
01:19:01 7.7 Music
01:23:41 7.8 Universities and academia
01:26:35 7.9 Mathematics
01:27:39 7.10 Print and media
01:31:40 7.11 In cinema and literature
01:33:41 7.12 Parks
01:36:54 7.13 Sport
01:41:52 8 Tourism
01:43:42 9 Popular culture
01:45:34 10 Public transportation
01:48:19 10.1 Railways
01:50:55 10.2 Air transport
01:53:46 10.3 Bicycle lanes
01:55:55 11 Education
01:58:00 11.1 Universities
01:59:45 12 Notable people
01:59:54 12.1 Writers and authors
02:01:45 12.2 Musicians and composers
02:03:12 12.3 Philosophers, scholars, and doctors
02:04:57 12.4 Chess and gaming
02:05:43 12.5 Actors, singers, and directors
02:06:47 12.6 Painters
02:07:36 12.7 Military leaders
02:08:08 12.8 Government officials and politicians
02:09:04 12.9 Clergy
02:10:46 12.10 Sports
02:11:33 13 International relations
02:11:43 13.1 Twin towns and sister cities
02:11:54 14 See also
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Lviv (Ukrainian: Львів [lʲwiu̯] (listen); Old East Slavic: Львіхород; Polish: Lwów [lvuf] (listen); Russian: Львов, romanized: Lvov [lʲvof]; German: Lemberg; Latin: Leopolis; see also other names) is the largest city in western Ukraine and the seventh-largest city in the country overall, with a population of 724,713 as of January 2019. Lviv is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine.
Named in honour of Leo, the eldest son of Daniel, King of Ruthenia, it was the capital of the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia (also called the Kingdom of Ruthenia) from 1272 to 1349, when it was conquered by King Casimir III the Great who then became known as the King of Poland and Ruthenia. From 1434, it was the regional capital of the Ruthenian Voivodeship in the Kingdom of Poland. In 1772, after the First Partition of Poland, the city became the capital of the Habsburg Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria. In 1918, for a short time, it was the capital of the West Ukrainian People's Republic. Between the wars, the city was the centre of the Lwów Voivodeship in the Second Polish Republic.
After the German-Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939, Lviv became part of the Soviet Union, and in 1944–46 there was a population exchange between Poland and Soviet Ukraine. In 1991, it became part of the independent nation of Ukraine.
Administratively, Lviv serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and has the status of city of oblast significance.
Lviv was the centre of the historical regions of Red Ruthenia and Galicia. The historical heart of the city, with its old buildings and cobblestone streets, survived Soviet and German occupations during World War II largely unscathed. The city has many industries and institutions of higher education such as Lviv University and Lviv Polytechnic. Lviv is also the home of many cultural institutions, including a philharmonic orchestra and the Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet. The histori ...
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Pope John Paul II (Latin: Ioannes Paulus II; Italian: Giovanni Paolo II; Polish: Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła; [ˈkarɔl ˈjuzɛv vɔjˈtɨwa]; 18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005) served as Pope and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 to 2005.
He was elected by the second Papal conclave of 1978, which was called after Pope John Paul I, who had been elected in August to succeed Pope Paul VI, died after thirty-three days.
Cardinal Wojtyła was elected on the third day of the conclave and adopted his predecessor's name in tribute to him. John Paul II is recognised as helping to end Communist rule in his native Poland and eventually all of Europe. John Paul II significantly improved the Catholic Church's relations with Judaism, Islam, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Anglican Communion. He upheld the Church's teachings on such matters as artificial contraception and the ordination of women, but also supported the Church's Second Vatican Council and its reforms.
He was one of the most travelled world leaders in history, visiting 129 countries during his pontificate. As part of his special emphasis on the universal call to holiness, he beatified 1,340 people and canonised 483 saints, more than the combined tally of his predecessors during the preceding five centuries. By the time of his death, he had named most of the College of Cardinals, consecrated or co-consecrated a large number of the world's bishops, and ordained many priests. A key goal of John Paul's papacy was to transform and reposition the Catholic Church. His wish was to place his Church at the heart of a new religious alliance that would bring together Jews, Muslims and Christians in a great religious armada.John Paul II was the second longest-serving pope in modern history after Pope Pius IX, who served for nearly 32 years from 1846 to 1878. Born in Poland, John Paul II was the first non-Italian pope since the Dutch Pope Adrian VI, who served from 1522 to 1523. John Paul II's cause for canonisation commenced in 2005 one month after his death with the traditional five-year waiting period waived. On 19 December 2009, John Paul II was proclaimed Venerable by his successor Pope Benedict XVI and was beatified on 1 May 2011 (Divine Mercy Sunday) after the Congregation for the Causes of Saints attributed one miracle to his intercession, the healing of a French nun from Parkinson's disease. A second miracle attributed to John Paul II's intercession was approved on 2 July 2013, and confirmed by Pope Francis two days later (two miracles must be attributed to a person's intercession to be declared a saint). John Paul II was canonised on 27 April 2014 (again Divine Mercy Sunday), together with Pope John XXIII. On 11 September 2014, Pope Francis added these two optional memorials to the worldwide General Roman Calendar of saints, in response to worldwide requests. It is traditional to celebrate saints' feast days on the anniversary of their deaths, but that of John Paul II (22 October) is celebrated on the anniversary of his papal inauguration. Posthumously, he has been referred to by some Catholics as John Paul the Great, although the title has no official recognition.
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Wrocław (Polish: [ˈvrɔt͡swaf] (listen); German: Breslau [ˈbʁɛslaʊ]; Czech: Vratislav; Latin: Vratislavia) is a city in western Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, roughly 350 kilometres (220 mi) from the Baltic Sea to the north and 40 kilometres (25 mi) from the Sudeten Mountains to the south. The population of Wrocław in 2018 was 639,258, making it the fourth-largest city in Poland and the main city of Wrocław agglomeration.
Wrocław is the historical capital of Silesia and Lower Silesia. Today, it is the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. The history of the city dates back over a thousand years, and its extensive heritage combines almost all religions and cultures of Europe. At various times, it has been part of the Kingdom of Poland, Kingdom of Bohemia, Kingdom of Hungary, Habsburg Monarchy, Prussia and Germany. Wrocław became part of Poland again in 1945, as a result of the border changes after the Second World War, which included a nearly complete exchange of population.
Wrocław is a university city with a student population of over 130,000, making it one of the most youthful cities in the country. Since the beginning of the 20th century, the University of Wrocław, previously Breslau University, produced 9 Nobel Prize laureates and is renowned for its high quality of teaching.Wrocław is classified as a Gamma- global city by GaWC. It was placed among the top 100 cities in the world for the quality of life by the consulting company Mercer.The city hosted the Eucharistic Congress in 1997 and the Euro 2012 football championships. In 2016, the city was a European Capital of Culture and the World Book Capital. Also in this year, Wrocław hosted the Theatre Olympics, World Bridge Games and the European Film Awards. In 2017, the city was the host of the IFLA Annual Conference and the World Games.