Ciechanów
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Ciechanów ([tɕe'xanuv] ) is a town in north-central Poland with 47,900 inhabitants (2002). It is situated in the Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999) and was previously the capital of Ciechanow Voivodeship (1975-1998). Before WWII it was home to a large Jewish community. During the war many Polish Jews and resistance fighters were executed by the Germans in the castle.
[edit] Monuments
- Ruins of 14th century Castle
- Augustinian monastery - Late Gothic church of Visitation of Virgin Mary (1st quarter of 16th century) and cloister from the turn of 17th and 18th century
- Late Gothic church of the Birth of Virgin Mary (1st quarter of 16th century)
- Gothic-revival town hall from 1844 (probably by Henryk Marconi)
[edit] Education
- Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa
- Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu i Zarządzania
[edit] External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
- Official homepage
- Architecture of Ciechanow (only in Polish)
- Czas Ciechanowa (Local weekly magazine, local press)
- Discussion forum of city Ciechanów
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