Wanderings on Poland (13d)
Transcript of Wanderings on Poland (13d)
Beauty is our entire Poland
Warszawa - Teatr Wielki
Karkonosze - the highest mountain range of the Sudetenland, located in the center of Western Sudetes,
on the border between the Czech and Poland. The highest peak of Karkonosze is „Śnieżka”
(„Snow White” -1602 m above sea-level).
Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Karkonosze – panoramaand Liczyrzepa - the ghost of the karkonosze
View from Przesieka on the Jeleniogórska Valley
Jelenia Góra
Jelenia Góra – Market Square
Cieplice ZdrójLocated at the foot of the Sudety Mountains, near Jelenia Góra
Kowary
In Kowary there is Museum of Miniature of Lower Silesia
Kowary - Sanatorium of diseases of lung
Tunnel under the Pass Kowarska - view from Kowary.
Rudawy Janowickie Mountains
Colorful lakes - are three small ponds located in the Rudawy Janowickie, on the northern slope of Great Kopa. They are situated at an altitude of 560 to 640 m above sea level. These are flooded excavation after the old mines .
Water in the excavation takes color depending on the chemical composition of the bottom.
Cote Lake
Emerald Lake
Scarlet Lake
Scarlet Lake
Góry Sokole - mountain range with six vertices (including the Krzyżna Mountain and the Sokolik Hill)they are the north-western edge of the Erzgebirge Janowickie.
Krzyżna Góra
Sokoliki
Sokolik - one of the two pillars of rock,topped with a steel viewing platform.
Wang Temple in Karpacz
On the slope of Grabowiec, above the Pagan Valley, here is a remarkable place, surrounded by the cult as early as the Neolithic era, when the pagan rites were held here. This place is the Good Source lying at the Silesian Way - the oldest path leading across the Karkonosze Mountains in the direction of the Czech side.In the seventeenth century, was built next source the chapel dedicated to St. Anna. It has become a place of pilgrimage and a tourist attraction. To this day, takes the conviction of unusual power of water gushing from the spring. According to legend, if someone goes seven times around the chapel with the "miraculous" water in his mouth, meet him luck in love.
Good Source
Kaplica św. Anny
Karpacz – waterfall of Łomniczka
Waterfall of Łomniczka
Pilichowice - water reservoir at the dam on the Beaver river and the century-old active hydroelectric
Szklarska Poręba - center
Waterfall of Szklarka
Waterfall of Kamieńczyk
Chojnik Castle
Chojnik Castle
Palace Complex - Łomnice
Palace Complex - Wojanów
View from the top of Szrenica on the town of Szklarska Poreba
The group of rocks on Szrenica so called "The horse Heads"
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"Three Little Pigs" - a group of rocks on the slope Szrenica
Hostel "Na Hali Szrenickiej" (At Szrenicka Mountain Pasture)
Hostel „Na Szrenicy”
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On Szrenica - Friendship Road
Łabski Szczyt – seen from Szrenica
Hostel - „Pod Łabskim Szczytem”
Main Sudety Route - view from Czeskie Kamienie - the top on the right is Śmielec (1424 m). Wielki Szyszak in the middle is the second higest peak in Karkonosze (1509 m).
In the background you can see the TV transmitter above Śnieżne Kotły.
The group of rocks - "Słonecznik"
The group of rocks - "Pilgrims"
Śnieżne Kotły - Snow Boilers
Wielki Śnieżny Kocioł – Great Snow Boiler
Śnieżne Kotły - literally Snowy pits, are two glacial cirques in the western Karkonosze mountains (Giant Mountains).
They are a unique example of the alpine landscape in the area and have been a nature reserve since 1933.
Śnieżne Kotły – Top View
"Śnieżne Kotły" in winter
The trail above the Śnieżne Kotły
The Karkonoska Pass
Hostel "Odrodzenie" on the Karkonoska Pass
The „Wielki Staw” (Great Pond)
The Mały Staw (Small Pond) and the shelter of "Samotnia" (Solitude)
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Mały Staw and shelter "Samotnia” slightly higher shelter "Strzecha Akademicka” (Thatch Academic),
the oldest shelter in Polish Karkonosze
"Samotnia" at the "Mały Staw", in the depths can you see top of "Śnieżka" ("Snow White")
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„Strzecha Akademicka”
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„Strzecha Akademicka”
The road to Snow White
The road to Snow White
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The Snow White in a snow
The chapel of St Lawrence and "Flying Saucers" - Meteorological Observatory
The hotel and the Meteorological Observatory at the summit of Snow White.
Music – II Koncert fortepianowy f-moll op.21 - F.ChopinIllustrations - downloaded from web sitesThe presentation is prepared by - Anna
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