Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Vol. 1 by Magica Quartet

The “poet of the piano”, whose technique was incredible and who composed his music when Poland was partitioned by three foreign powers, declared his patriotism through works, especially preludes and mazurkas, which drew upon his native Mazovian folk music. The Chopin Trail takes you on a journey to locations where Fryderyk spent the first twenty years of his life - Żelazowa Wola, Warsaw, Sanniki and Brochów. Mazovia also offers a number of other themed tourist routes.

To see them, you can follow marked routes – the Duke Konrad of Mazovia Route which focuses on the progenitor of the dynasty, the Route of Duchess Anna or the Route of the Siemowits – and admire Gothic brick castles and churches full of fascinating legends. Their legacy includes over a hundred towns, such as Zakroczym, Czerwińsk, Wyszogród, Serock, Przasnysz, Ciechanów, Czersk and Sieciechów. Their story is presented on the Dukes of Mazovia Route. This lateral branch of the Piast family built its state practically from scratch, generation by generation, and maintained its independence for three centuries. The key to that treasure is the fascinating history of this land, today the heart of Poland and home to the country’s capital, Warsaw.įans of Sapkowski’s The Witcher series will recognise the wyvern (a type of dragon with just two hind legs and the wings of a bat) that is found on the seals and banners of the Mazovian dukes in the Middle Ages. This flatland striped with meadows, fields and forests, with spots of increasingly colourful towns and villages, the River Vistula cutting across it like a ribbon, is a region full of tourism treasures. Flat, its great expanse – under streams of swooshing stars, under a river of pines…” This is how poet Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński described the region in a few simple words. km and is Poland’s largest province in terms of both area and population. Mazowieckie province covers an area of over 35,500 sq. Mazowieckie province lies in central-eastern Poland and shares a border with six provinces: Warmińsko-Mazurskie, Podlaskie, Lubelskie, Świętokrzyskie, Łódzkie and Kujawsko-Pomorskie. To the south of the capital lies a health resort, and to the north-west Kampinos National Park, not to mention the surrounding localities explored via the winding roads of Mazovia… Filled with attractions for the active and history-loving tourist, with traces of Chopin’s life and work, this is the largest province and home to Poland’s capital city - Warsaw, whose Old Town is a UNESCO-listed heritage site.

Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Vol. 1 by Magica Quartet