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In Pyzdry, an ordinary flight of town steps leads from the hill with the former Franciscan friary down to the marina on the Warta – except that the risers are covered in a colourful mosaic made of more than 50,000 pieces. Around 50 steps o…
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On the wall of the sports hall in Pyzdry a priest hovers in mid-air with a hole in his belly. He is Mikołaj, parish priest of Biechowo, struck by a stone ball during the siege of Pyzdry in 1383 – the first documented use of gunpowder artil…
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On a concrete fence by the marina in Pyzdry, men are still bathing in the Warta, washerwomen are rinsing laundry, and a group of women is crossing a bridge that disappeared long ago. This large-format mural from 2021 turns old photographs…
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Pyzdry
In 1383, during the siege of Pyzdry by the troops of Duke Siemowit IV of Masovia, chroniclers recorded the first use of a cannon on Polish soil. Since January 2024 a sculpture of three medieval gunners with their cannon has commemorated th…