Monday, April 5, 2010

Bielsko, Poland


Bielsko, Poland

Bielsko - ulica Sixta (Sixth Street)

Reproduckcja ze zbiorow
Marii i Wieslawa Cwikowskich
(Reproduced from the collection of mary and Wieslawa Cwikowskich)

postmarked in 2010 with two Poland stamps, of with a church and the other from the 2010 Olympics

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Bielsko-Biała is a beautiful city with a population of around 175, 600 people. It has a vibrant modernistic presence being a student-city with its associated nightlife, as well as having numerous historical sights.
such as:

The Bielsko-Biała Museum, housed in the castle of the Dukes of Cieszyn from XV century, later Castle of the Sułkowski princes
Town Hall built in 1897
Prezydent Hotel
Train Station (Bielsko-Biała Główna) from 1888
Jewish Cemetery founded in 1849
Theater built in 1890
St. Nicholas' Cathedral from 1447 and rebuilt in 1909 - 1910


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