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Gniezno. Napoleon Orda
Gniezno. 19th century
Relikwiarz Wojciecha Gniezno
Tomb of St. Adalbert in Gniezno Cathedral

Gniezno is a town in central-western Poland, some 50 km east of Poznań, inhabited by about 70,000 people. Situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. It is the administrative capital of the Gniezno County (powiat). Gniezno is a cradle of the Polish state and until 1038 was capital of Poland. In the 1000 here took place Gniezno Congress, meeting beetwen duke Boleslaus I the Brave and Otto III, the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. In Gniezno Cathedral until 14th century took place royal coronations. Patron of Gniezno is saint Adalbert of Prague.

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  • Gniezno old seal with CoA

    Medieval seal of Gniezno

  • Wladyslaw IV zatwierdza poprzednie przywileje miasta Gniezna

    King Władysław IV Vasa confirms the old privileges of Gniezno, 1635

  • Napoleon Orda, Gniezno. Kościół Franciszkanów

    19th-century painting of Gniezno

  • Ioannes Paulus II, pilgrim to Poland, Gniezno, Tumska Street (1),1979

    Gniezno during the visit of Pope John Paul II in 1979

  • PL-Gnesen-Dom-4

    View of Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Adalbert. On the right side - church under the invocation of St. John the Baptist

  • Widok Gniezna

    Panorama of Gniezno. 19th century

  • Hnězdno, Tumska II

    Gniezno Old Town

  • Theatre in Gniezno.April 2011

    Aleksander Fredro Theatre in Gniezno

  • Buildings in Gniezno - sad rejonowy

    Regional court

  • Gniezno Cathedral door

    Gniezno Doors in the Cathedral

  • Catedral de Gniezno, Gniezno, Polonia, 2014-09-17, DD 25-27 HDR

    Coffin of Adalbert of Prague in the Cathedral

  • Gniezno - rynek 03

    Market Square (Rynek)

  • Iglesia de la Sagrada Trinidad, Gniezno, Polonia, 2012-12-24, DD 01

    Holy Trinity church

  • Gniezno, kosciol Franciszkanow

    Franciscan church

  • Kosciół Św Jana zima

    Gothic Saint John the Baptist church in winter

  • Kościół św. Wawrzyńca I

    Saint Lawrence church

  • Estatua de Boleslao I el Bravo, Gniezno, Polonia

    Monument of King Bolesław I the Brave with the Cathedral in the background

  • MPPP Gniezno (2019 r.)

    Museum of the Polish State Origins

  • Hnězdno, arcidiecézní archiv a muzeum

    Museum of Archdiocese in Gniezno

  • Pałac Arcybiskupi w Gnieźnie

    Episcopal palace of Primates of Poland

  • St George church in Gniezno

    Saint George's Church

See also

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