MULTICULTURAL BORDERLAND
DAY 1 – 13.09.2024, Friday (180 km)
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12.00 – meeting at the Salt Market Square in Zamość and departure.
13.00 – Chełm – a multicultural and multinational border city, which was the residence of the Halych Prince Daniel Romanowicz in 13th c..; the seat of Orthodox, Uniate and Catholic bishops, and the capital of a Russian governorate. A walk – the remains of the duke's castle, Basilica of the Birth of the Virgin Mary from the 18th c., Orthodox Church of St. John the Theologian, a visit to the underground Chalk Tunnels.
15.00 – lunch
17.00 – Włodawa – city of three cultures – a walk through the city: market square with the building of stalls and butcheries, 18th-century Baroque Pauline church, the 19th-century Ruthenian-Byzantine church; synagogue complex from 18th century (considered as one of the most beautiful in Poland).
18.30 – Jabłeczna – one of the most important Orthodox sanctuaries in Poland, with a male monastery founded in the 15th c.; Orthodox church complex (with gate buildings, bell tower, and two chapels) from the 19th/20th c.
19.30 – Kodeń – the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Kodeń, called the Basilica Minor, with one of the most valuable paintings famous for its graces.
21.00 – Janów Podlaski – accommodation in the Pajero Hotel and Inn.
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Włodawa – Great Synagogue (https://powiatwlodawski.pl/, Lublin Conservator of Monuments) |
Włodawa – Baroque Pauline church (https://powiatwlodawski.pl/, Azymut (Rafał M. Socha)) |
Włodawa – Ruthenian-Byzantine church (https://powiatwlodawski.pl/) |
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DAY 2 – 14.09.2024, Saturday (320 km)
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7.00 – breakfast
9.00 – Grabarka –known as the Holy Mountain of Orthodoxy or the "Mountain of Crosses"; the Monastery of St Martha and St Mary and the Orthodox Church of the Icon of Our Lady of "All Sorrows Joy”.
11.30 – Hajnówka –"Gate of the Białowieża Forest"; visit to the Holy Trinity Cathedral, Museum and Centre of Belarusian Culture, Monument to the European Bison – the symbol of the city.
15.00 – lunch
16.00 – Białowieża – visit to the European Bison Show Reserve in Białowieża National Park .
19.00 Return to the Pajero Hotel and Inn.
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Grabarka –"Mountain of Crosses" (https://podroze.onet.pl/) |
Hajnówka– Holy Trinity Cathedral (http://sobor.pl/galeria/) |
Białowieża National Park |
DAY 3 – 15.09.2024, Sunday (250 km)
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7.00 – breakfast.
8.30 – Lebiedziew – visit to the Brest Fortress walls.
9.30 – Zastawek – former Tatar cemetery, so-called “mizar”.
11.30 – Siedlce – walking tour: market square, town hall, historic tenement houses, Oginskis Palace and chapel (from the first half of the 18th century), Diocesan Museum with the famous El Greco painting – Ecstasy of St. Francis.
13.00 – lunch.
14.30 – Nowa Sucha – Museum of Wooden Architecture.
15.30 – return journey to Warsaw.
