Świecie
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Świecie is a town in northern Poland with 25,968 inhabitants (2006), capital of Świecie County in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kociewie.
Market square (Rynek) with the Old Town Hall
Gothic-Renaissance Saint Stanislaus and Our Lady of Częstochowa church
Memorial to Polish teachers murdered during the German occupation between 1939 and 1945, with the post office in the background
Baroque Immaculate Conception church
Kuyavian–Pomeranian Voivodeship
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Kuyavian–Pomeranian Voivodeship is one of Poland's 16 voivodeships (provinces).
Bydgoszcz is the Voivodeship's largest city and the seat of its governor (Voivode)
The medieval city of Toruń, birthplace of Nicholas Copernicus, is today the seat of the provincial assembly
The medieval city of Grudziądz, with its intact granaries along the Vistula River
Włocławek Cathedral, an example of Polish Gothic architecture