Krakow and Warsaw: the Royal Castle, cathedrals and basilicas, the Cloth Hall and the synagogues of Poland's two historic capitals, with the Marian basilica of Lichen.
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Completed at the turn of the twenty-first century, the basilica of Lichen Stary is among the largest churches in Europe. Its immense dome, free-standing tower and colonnades were raised to receive the pilgrims of one of Poland's foremost Marian shrines.
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On the right bank of the Vistula, the brick cathedral of Saints Michael and Florian rises over the Praga district. Dynamited during the Second World War and rebuilt afterwards, its twin spires remain the emblem of the quarter.
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Dedicated to Saint Anne, mother of the Virgin, this Polish church stands among the country's long-established places of worship. Its facade, vaulted nave and furnishings testify to centuries of continuous religious and civic life.
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Founded in the fourteenth century by Casimir the Great in the town that bears his name, Corpus Christi Basilica dominates Krakow's Kazimierz district with its tall Gothic brick nave and its later Baroque furnishings.
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First part of a portrait of Krakow, Poland's former royal capital. From Wawel hill to the largest medieval square in Europe, the film follows a city whose historic centre was among the earliest sites inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
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Second part of the Krakow portrait. Beyond the Main Market Square, the film explores Kazimierz, the university quarter and the churches, palaces and courtyards that make the old city one of Europe's most complete historic ensembles.
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Built in the nineteenth century in the Praga district, the cathedral of Saint Mary Magdalene is the principal Orthodox church of Warsaw. Its cluster of domes, its iconostasis and its liturgy preserve a Byzantine tradition within the Polish capital.
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Founded by Zalman and Rywka Nozyk at the turn of the twentieth century, this is the sole synagogue in Warsaw to have survived the Second World War. Restored and active again, it remains the centre of the city's Jewish religious life.
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In Krakow's Kazimierz district stands the oldest synagogue building preserved in Poland. Medieval in origin and remodelled in the Renaissance, it now houses a museum devoted to the history and ritual life of the city's Jewish community.
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Built for the Jesuits on Grodzka Street, Saints Peter and Paul introduced Baroque architecture to Krakow. Behind the twelve apostle figures lining its forecourt railing lie a domed crossing and an interior of austere white stucco.
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One of the oldest buildings in Krakow, Saint Andrew's rises on Grodzka Street with the thick walls, narrow openings and twin towers of a church built to be defended. Its severe exterior conceals a lavish later interior.
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The Sukiennice has stood at the centre of Krakow's Main Market Square since the Middle Ages, first as a covered cloth market, later crowned with a Renaissance parapet and neo-Gothic arcades. Above the stalls hangs a major collection of Polish painting.
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Seat of kings and of the Polish parliament, the Royal Castle saw the adoption of the Constitution of 3 May 1791. Destroyed by German forces during the war, it was reconstructed decades later and now anchors Warsaw's UNESCO-listed old town.
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Reduced to ruins at the end of the Second World War, Warsaw rebuilt its old town street by street from archives and old paintings. The result is a European capital whose historic heart is at once medieval in form and entirely twentieth-century in fabric.
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