PLOCK (PŁOCK), POLAND -- THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CITIES IN THE WORLD

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Uploaded by on Jan 13, 2012

Plock (Polish. Płock) -- the city in Poland -- it's one the most beautiful city in the world.

Plock (the official title of the city: "The Capital City Ducal of Plock"; Polish: "Stołeczne Książęce Miasto Płock") is the historical capital and oldest city of Mazovia region (Polish: Mazowsze) and one of the oldest in Poland, located in the center of the country.

Plock is a beautiful city and one of the most beautifully situated cities in the world. Picturesquely located on a high bank of Vistula river (Polish: Wisła), Plock in the initial stage was a fortified settlement founded in the 10th century by Mieszko I (the first ruler of Poland) as one of "The Main Seats of the Kingdom" (Latin: "Sedes Regni Principales") -- the most important and historical cities from the beginning of Polish state. During the reign of rulers Ladislas I Herman (Polish: Władysław I Herman) and Boleslaus III Wrymouth (Polish: Bolesław III Krzywousty) 1079--1138 Plock was the capital of Poland.

The high Tumskie Hill (Polish: Wzgórze Tumskie) situated over the wide Vistula river is the oldest, historical part of Plock. On the Tumskie Hill situated the most precious monuments of Plock: the Cathedral Basilica (1130--1144) and Castle. The many precious monuments situated also in the same city.

Nowadays Plock is a dynamically developing center, an important science and cultural centre with long tradition and is also an very important economic, energetic and fuel center.

Virtual Plock:
http://www.plock.eu/pl/wirtualny_plock.html

Multimedial city plan of Plock:
http://www.plock.eu/pl/plan_multimedialny.html

Must-see places
http://www.plock.eu/en/mustsee_places.html

More about tourism in Plock on the official website of the city:
http://www.plock.eu/en/tumskie_hill_and_the_former_castle.html

Cathedral Basilica:
http://www.plock.eu/en/cathedral_basilica_of_the_assumption_of_the_blessed_vi...

About the city of Plock:
http://www.plock.eu/en/about_the_town.html

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