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Tourist Routes in Lublin:
marking
green route,
the route includes 12
stops,
3-4 hours, opened in 2002.
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The
location of Lublin
- at the cultural meeting point
of the eastern and western
Christianity, as well as at
significant trade routes which
already existed in the early
Middle-Ages, shaped the character
of the City and marked it with
multicultural character. The
residents followed various
religions and often spoke
different languages.
The population
of Lublin consisted of
Ruthenians, Germans, Jews,
Armenians, Turks as well as the
French, Greek, Dutch and English.
A significant
role in Lublin reality was played
by Italians, who were easily
polonised being Catholic
themselves; certain Italians,
belonging to the bricklayers'
guild marked the city with the
creations of their hands and
minds which can still be observed
in the architectonic form of
several churches, particularly
those of the Lublin Renaissance
and Baroque.
At
the turn of 17th and 18th
century, the Ruthenian community,
living in Lublin since the Middle
Ages, enjoyed its period of
prosperity. In 1588, an orthodox
brotherhood was established in
Lublin. |
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The percentage
of Orthodox population greatly
increased during the period of
Russian occupation of Poland. The
annexionists also limited the
rights of Unites, who had their
own parish in the city since the
union of Brześć in 1596.
The city
of Lublin also saw creation of
Calvinistic communities in the
period of reformation.
Protestants begun to play a
significant role in the period of
extensive industrial development
at the turn of 19th and 20th
century.
Apart
from the Polish, the strongest
ethnic community in Lublin was
constituted by Jews, who since
the early 16th century begun to
establish their own district in
Podzamcze (the foot of the
castle). For centuries, until
their tragic extermination during
the Second World War by the
Nazis, the Jewish community
greatly contributed to the
spiritual and economic
development of Lublin.
The
Multicultural Route
will allow You to discover the
most important places and sites
which illustrate the traditional
openness and tolerance of
Lubliners towards religions and
social philosophies derived from
the European and worldwide
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the particular stops to see thumbnail
images of the sites,
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description and see enlarged images
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