#1 of 22 things to do in Lodz
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kamja says:
The festival takes place every year at the begining of September, since year 2002. It is organized by the Society for Dialogue Between Four Cultures. This is the only festival in our country presenting simultaneously the oeuvre of four cultures: Polish, Jewish, German and Russian.
The cultures, …
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#2 of 22 things to do in Lodz
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kamja says:
I have written a little bit about it in my journal entry, but now I would like to write a review because now Manufaktura is like the most important place to visit in Łódź. There will be of course more photos. But later.
Manufaktura is a huge entertainment center in Lodz. It was opened in 2006.…
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#3 of 22 things to do in Lodz
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kamja says:
Cemetery - Catholic, Evangelical and Orthodox. It as founded in the year 1858. The elaborate tombs embraced by a splendor of trees and shrubs reflect the lives that were lived in "the Promised Land".
Many prominent factory owners were laid to rest in the Evangelical: the Biedermans, Grohmans, Geye…
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#4 of 22 things to do in Lodz
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kamja says:
Camerimage is an International Festival of the Art of Cinematography organized by The Tumult Foundation every year between November and December.
Since 2000 Łódź has been hosting the world’s largest festival of the art of cinematography. Its guests are both distinguished and also less known f…
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#5 of 22 things to do in Lodz
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kamja says:
The museum stocks exhibits featuring the history of Polish cinematography. The permanent exposition illustrates various stages of the advancement of film technology. Temporary exhibitions focus on film history, recent Polish blockbusters and contemporary Polish art, in particular photography and med…
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#6 of 22 things to do in Lodz
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kamja says:
The Poznanski Palace is known as one of the largest and greatest residence of its type. The Palace (was built in XIX century) was bought by Jewish factory-owner Izrael Poznanski in the year 1877. The effort of many architects (mainly Hilary Majewski and Juliusz Jung), designers and artists resulted …
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#7 of 22 things to do in Lodz
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kamja says:
Izrael Poznanski erected his own family residence at the crossing of the former ul. Długa - the present-day ul. Gdańska and Schulz Passage - now called ul. 1 Maja. The palace was designed by Adolf Seligson, for Izrael Poznanski's son, Karol. The residence was given its stylistic attire following t…
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#8 of 22 things to do in Lodz
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kamja says:
Piotrkowska Street is the most famous place in Lodz. Not only it's the most popular place for shopping, clubbing and entertaining area in whole city but also it is the greatest example of Art Nouveau architectural style. Each tenement house was built in different way, and each building is unique. By…
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#9 of 22 things to do in Lodz
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kamja says:
The museum presents the city's experience of war and occupation, illustrates the landscape and architecture of industrial Łódź between the 1860s and 1939 and reveals the fate of Gypsies brought to and murdered in Łódź by the Nazi.
Radogost was not a place of mass extermination. Nevertheless,…
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#10 of 22 things to do in Lodz
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kamja says:
The Jewish cemetery was founded in 1892. Originally it was used as a burial ground for the victims of the choleric disease. The complex is encompassed from the south and the east by the Dory residential district and the school complex. It is further protected by the high, brick wall, while the orn…
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#11 of 22 things to do in Lodz
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kamja says:
The park was founded in place of the suburban forest felled during the World War 1, situated to the west of the Warsaw-Kalisz railway from 1903.
The original park scheme was planned already in the early 20th century, It was finally realised in 1924-1929, while the existing older plans were correc…
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#12 of 22 things to do in Lodz
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kamja says:
In 1826-1828 reared at Piotrkowska Street Classical, Evangelical church of the Holy Trinity designed by Bonifacy Witkowski - architect of the Mazovian Voivodship Committee.
The church, the main dominante of the square, acquired its present-day form in the years 1889-1896. (des. O. Gehlig). Today …
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#13 of 22 things to do in Lodz
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kamja says:
Edward Herbst (1844-1921) married Matylda Scheibler in May 1875. Their residence in Księży Młyn, most probably designed by Hilary Majewski, was erected in the same year. Built in the style of Italian Renaissance, the Beat was an element of a larger spatial arrangement comprising: a huge factory c…
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#14 of 22 things to do in Lodz
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kamja says:
It was built in 1884 according to the project of Hilary Majewski who gave it a neo - Byzantine look clearly visible in the domes and decoration details. It's the symbol of Russian influence in Poland. The pretext to built it was the salvation of Tsar Alexander from the assasination in April 1879. Ri…
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#15 of 22 things to do in Lodz
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kamja says:
The Central Museum of Textiles is the oldest and the biggest museum in this part of Europe, which collects items linked with the textile manufacturing process, starting with raw materials, through products (textiles produced industrially and executed with the use of artistic techniques) to garments.…
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