HISTORY AND CONTEMPORARY FACE OF THE CITY.
The oldest known settlement in the area occupied today by Warsaw appeared approx. 10000 lat p.n.e. in the final period of the last glaciation, when this part of Mazovia was covered by the tundra. The so-called. reindeer hunters. From 9000-6000 years …
Warsaw is the capital of Poland, provincial city, the largest city in the region described. It is located in the Warsaw Basin and on the plains: Warszawska and Wołomińska, on the Vistula River dividing the city into the left-bank and right-bank parts. It occupies an area 495 km2 and counts 1626 000 residents …
The main educational center, Warsaw is the scientific and cultural center of the described region. Voivodship cities are also important centers: Plock, Ciechanów and Ostrołęka, and also Pułtusk. There are headquarters of universities, also branches of universities from other academic centers. Most state universities …
REST AND TOURISM
Attractive places for recreation are located around the Zegrze Reservoir, in the Gostyniński Lake District and in the vicinity of Lidzbark. Residence tourism develops on the Wkra River in Glinojeck and near its mouth to the Narew. The Pisa estuary is attractive in terms of stay …
COMMUNICATION
It is based on a network of paved roads and railway lines. The network of paved roads in the described area is unevenly distributed, it is better developed in the vicinity of Warsaw. The largest communication node is Warsaw, where roads of international importance converge no 7 do …
INDUSTRY, AGRICULTURE, FISH BREEDING
The described area is relatively poorly industrialized. Industry is generally concentrated in large urban centers: in Warsaw, Płock, Pruszków and Ostrołęce. Such a distribution of industry is conditioned by the lack of its own resource base, lack of energy sources and a large supply of labor. …
FOLKLORE AND FOLK ART
In some regions of northern Mazovia and the adjacent areas, there is still traditional folk rituals and artistic craftsmanship is developing. Especially in Kurpie – in the Green Forest (Myszyniec, Incense, Bald, Lipniki, Turos, Black, Clone) and in the Biała Forest …
ARCHITECTURE AND ART
The oldest preserved monuments in northern Mazovia and the adjacent areas are: romanesque church in Czerwińsk, laid out in the Romanesque style, a significantly rebuilt Roman Catholic cathedral in Płock and a late Romanesque church in Rokicie. The church in Czerwińsk has survived beyond the general composition …