Day: 3 October 2020

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Facts About BydgoszczBydgoszcz is an architecturally rich city, with neo-gothic, neo-baroque, neoclassicist, modernist and Art Nouveau styles present, for which it earned a nickname Little Berlin.The notable granaries on Mill Island and along the riverside belong to one of the most recognized timber-framed landmarks in Poland.Bydgoszcz, originally Bydgoszcza (feminine), is a pronoun name the second part of which – ‘goszcz’ comes from ‘gost-jь’ possibly or ‘gost-ja’ an old Slavic root which refers to an urban or suburban trading settlement.During the early Slavic times a fishing settlement called Bydgozcya became a stronghold on the Vistula trade routes.The oldest building in the city is the Church of St Martin and Nicolaus, commonly known as Fara Church. It is a three-aisle late Gothic church, erected between 1466 and 1502, which boasts a late-Gothic painting entitled Madonna with a Rose or the Holy Virgin of Beautiful Love from the 16th century.It is also said that Pan Twardowski spent some time in the city of Bydgoszcz, where, in his memory, a figure was recently mounted in a window of a tenement, overseeing the Old Town. At 1:13 p.m. and 9:13 p.m., the window opens and Pan Twardowski appears, to the accompaniment of weird music and devilish laughter. He takes a bow, waves his hand, and then disappears. This little show gathers crowds of amused spectators.Bydgoszcz is twinned & had friendly relations with Reggio Emilia, Italy; Kragujevac, Serbia; Mannheim, Germany; Hartford, United States; Pavlodar, Kazakhstan; Perth, Scotland; Cherkasy, Ukraine; Kremenchuk, Ukraine; Patras, Greece; Ningbo, China; Wilhelmshaven, Germany; Pitești, Romania & Sliven, BulgariaBydgoszcz is a city in northern Poland, on the Brda and Vistula rivers & the capital of Kujavia-Pomerania voivodship.The Population of Bydgoszcz is 348,190, as of 2019.Bydgoszcz received the Town charter in 1346 by King Casimir the Great.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”18881″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row]

Day: 3 October 2020

10 Interesting Facts About Bydgoszcz