Bytom
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Bytom is a city in Upper Silesia, in southern Poland. Located in the Silesian Voivodeship of Poland, the city is 7 km northwest of Katowice, the regional capital.
From top, left to right: Silesian Opera; Historic tram (in background Main Post Office); Dworcowa Street; Market square; Szombierki Heat Power Station; View of Władysław Sikorski Square; Church of St. Margaret
Kosciuszko Square in the 1890s
Polish Gymnasium in Bytom in the 1930s
The Sleeping Lion at Bytom's Market Square
Silesian Piasts
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The Silesian Piasts were the elder of four lines of the Polish Piast dynasty beginning with Władysław II the Exile (1105–1159), eldest son of Duke Bolesław III of Poland. By Bolesław's testament, Władysław was granted Silesia as his hereditary province and also the Lesser Polish Seniorate Province at Kraków according to the principle of agnatic seniority.
Monarchy of the Silesian Henries
Henry IV. at his court
The gatehouse to the Silesian Piasts castle in Brzeg (1554–1560) with sculptures of the Piast rulers from Siemowit to Frederick II of Legnica