Poland City: Szczecin

Szczecin – ancient shopping city in the mouth of. Odra, one of the centers of medieval ganza, as well as the ancient capital of Pomeranian principality.

Attention attracts the Old Town, Pomeranian Prince Castle (XIV in., Nowadays, the Opera and Operette Theater, theater and exhibition halls) are located here, the National Museum, the Gothic Town Hall (now the historical Museum of the city of Szczecin), "Fountain with eagle" with magnificent threads, colorful buildings of the extensive national museum, late house of the Loosezow, Church of St. Peter and Paul (1124 g.), Gothic cathedral. Yana Evangelist and Cathedral of St. Yakuba, in which the Diocesan Museum is now, as well as "Maiden’s Tower", "Royal" And baroque "Port doors" Barochko style.

Around Szczecin stretches a series of resorts – Swinoujscie, Mendzyzdroy, Kolobrzeg and others.

60 km. in north of Szczecin lies the city Stone Pomeranian, in which the Roman-Gothic Style Cathedral with a unique organ of XVII in. – Venue of the annual festivals of organ and chamber music.

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Szczecin

Szczecin – the city in the north-west of Poland, the capital of West Pomeranian Voivodeship. In Szczecin, I visited the road to Berlin in June 2013. The weather on this day was bad, although for Pomerania probably within the normal range. Read more →