2. Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
It is located in the north-east of the country.
The capital of the province is
Olsztyn
Warmia and Masuria is a region which is famous not only with its long, because
more than 650-year history, but primarily with unusually beautiful landscapes, the
largest number of lakes in Poland and overgrowing large areas of forest.
Not without reason Warmia and Masuria are called Land of Thousand Lakes
and are considered "green lung" Polish.

3. Olsztyn – Panorama City

4. Basilica of St. James the Apostle in Olsztyn

5. Castle in Olsztyn

6. Courtyard

7. Kopernikus-Olsztyn
Bronze monument to Nicolaus Copernicus in Olsztyn (Allenstein) at entrance to the castle

8. Planetarium in Olsztyn

9. Szczytno and Lake Domowe Duże

10. Collegiate church in Dobre Miasto

11. Elbląg - Old Market Square and Fairs Gate

12. Sigismund Augustus boulevard in Elblag, Catedral St. Nicholas in the background

13. Ełk – view from lake

14. P O L S K A

15. Vistula Lagoon - Baltic Sea bay- 838 km² (within Poland is 328 km²), is cut off
from Gdansk Bay by the Vistula Spit. By the Lagoon runs, obliquely to its longitudinal axis,
the state border between the Poland and the Russian Federation (Kaliningrad).

16. Kadyny - a village on the Vistula Lagoon (about 23 km from Elbląg), You can see here
knightly estate, belonging in the first half of the twentieth century
to a German family - the Hohenzollern.

17. Kadyny - former palace, now the hotel

18. Vistula Lagoon - view of Frombork

19. Frombork - View from the tower on the town and port

20. Frombork - Cathedral Hill, Cathedral and the tower Radziejowski

21. Frombork - Katedra

22. Krynica Morska – pier and ships plying to Elblag and Frombork

23. A cruise across the Vistula Lagoon

24. Vistula Spit - the beach in Krynica Morska

25. Iceboats - ice-covered lagoon is a paradise for a fans of this sport

27. Lidzbark Warmiński - XIV century castle of the bishops of Warmia, the pearl of Gothic

28. Lidzbark Warmiński – Bishops Castle

29. Święta Lipka (Saint Lipka) - Shrine, Minor Basilica since 1983

30. Basilica of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Saint Lipka

31. Warmia and Masuria - Land of a Thousand Lakes

33. Węgorzewo - castle

34. Giżycko – Canal

35. Swing bridge on the Giżycki Canal

36. Giżycko - Fortress Boyen

37. Giżycko - Twierdza Boyen
Giżycko – ramparts of Fortress Boyen

38. Giżycko - Fortress Boyen

39. ramparts of Fortress Boyen

40. Niegocin Lake from Water Tower in Giżycko

41. Giżycko – Kisajno Lake, the second of five, which is located within the city

42. Wolf's Lair - Hitler's military headquarters, located near the Ketrzyn, near the village of
Gierloz. During the war, "Wolfsschanze" was the most important fortress of leader of the
Third Reich had its own airport, railway station, power station, direct connection to Berlin
and the front line.

43. fragment of the ruins of the fortress, "Wolf's Lair"

44. Śniardwy – largest lake in Poland, located in the basin of Pisa, with eight islands. The lake is connected
to the system of canals from the lakes - Tuchlin, Łuknajno, Mikolajskie, Ros, Białoławki and Tyrkło. This
water region is named Great Masurian Lakes.

45. Śniardwy Lake

46. .
Entrance from the lake Beldany to Śniardwy, in the background Lake Łuknajno

47. Mikołajki and Lake Mikołajskie

48. Mikołajki - boulevard at lake

49. On the peninsula at the mouth
of the river Krutynia to the lake Bełdany
there is a reconstruction
of settlements of Galinds

51. The town Pisz on the Pisa river

52. District of Pisz - between Rakowo Piskie and Szymki

53. Morning on Lake Roś

54. Roś Lake at sunset

55. Music – Nocturne for piano No. 3 in B major; F. Chopin
Illustrations - downloaded from web sites
Slideshow prepared - Anna