Radio Maryja is a religious and political socially conservative Polish radio station. It was founded in Toruń, Poland, on 9 December 1991, by the Redemptorist Tadeusz Rydzyk. The name "Maryja" is a traditional Polish form of the name "Mary", referring to the Virgin Mary.
The Radio Maryja headquarters in Toruń.
Statue of John Paul II in front of the Radio Maryja headquarters, by Giennadij Jerszow 2014.
Toruń is a city on the Vistula River in north-central Poland and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its population was 196,935 as of December 2021. Previously, it was the capital of the Toruń Voivodeship (1975–1998) and the Pomeranian Voivodeship (1921–1945). Since 1999, Toruń has been a seat of the local government of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship and is one of its two capitals, together with Bydgoszcz. The cities and neighboring counties form the Bydgoszcz–Toruń twin city metropolitan area.
Image: Torun panorama zza Wisly 2 (cropped)
Image: Stare Miasto, Ratusz Staromiejski w Toruniu
Image: Rynek Nowomiejski w Toruniu i kościół św. Jakuba
Image: Torun ul. Szeroka od ul. Laziennej do Rynku