The Podlaskie Voivodeship was formed in 1513 by Sigismund I the Old as a voivodeship in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, from a split off part of the Trakai Voivodeship. After Lithuania's union with the
Branicki Palace and garden in Białystok in the 18th century
Jan Zbigniew Ossoliński, Voivode in 1605–1613
Stanisław Mateusz Rzewuski, Voivode in 1710–1728
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Tykocin
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Tykocin is a small town in north-eastern Poland, with 2,010 inhabitants, located on the Narew river, in Białystok County in the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is one of the oldest towns in the region, with
Aerial view of the town centre
Statue of hetman Stefan Czarniecki with the Baroque Holy Trinity Church in background
French colonel Georges Frédéric Langermann, commander of the Polish 16th Infantry Regiment, in the Battle of Tykocin in 1831
German occupying forces in Tykocin during World War I