Lublin

capital of Lublin Voivodeship in eastern Poland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Lublin is a city in eastern Poland. It's in the Lublin Voivodeship. It has an area of 147.5 km2. About 354,000 people live in Lublin. It is the largest Polish city east of the Vistula River. The Bystrzyca river, a tributary of the Wieprz river, passes through the city and divides it into two parts: western, with a more varied relief with loess gorges, and eastern, which is flat. In the southern part of the city there is the artificial Zemborzyce Lake created by damming Bystrzyca. It is on the route between Vilnius and Kraków.

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It was started in the 6th or 7th century. City walls were built in the 1340s. The Lublin Parliament session of 1569 led to the union between the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania which became the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It was an important national centre of Arianism. it was ruined in the wars of the 17th century.[3]

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Lublin Royal Castle

The National Museum, Lublin is now in the Lublin Castle which was started in the 12th century.

There are five public universities:

  • Maria Curie-Sklodowska University
  • John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
  • Medical University of Lublin
  • University of Life Sciences in Lublin
  • Politechnika Lubelska

Lublin Airport (Port Lotniczy Lublin) (IATA: LUZ) is about 10 km (6.2 miles) SE of Lublin. Trains go from Lublin Główny railway station to the major cities in Poland. There are local trains. It is one of only four towns in Poland to have trolleybuses.

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