Via Jagiellonica
The Via Jagiellonica is a European cultural route , which in 2010 on the occasion of the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Tannenberg was opened.
course
The road connects the old Polish royal city of Krakow as the southern endpoint on two routes with the major cities of Lublin , Białystok , the Belarusian border town of Brest and the Lithuanian capital Vilnius .
Conception
The road is based on the former military road of the Polish Jagiellonian kings and the Grand Dukes from Lithuania to Mazovia , who appeared as brothers in arms in the Battle of Tannenberg in 1410 and inflicted a crushing defeat on the Teutonic Knight Order .
Today the focus is on the cultural sights and natural beauties, because the street wants to contribute to the development of the European Union . The Via Jagiellonica also connects the regions of northern Poland with the Via Regia , which has gained increasing tourist importance.
Important stage locations
Western route
- Krakow (start and finish point of both routes)
- Proszowice
- Podolany
- Wiślica
- Szydłów
- Opatów with the Collegiate Church of St. Martin
- Zawichost (here both routes unite)
- Lublin (here the routes share again)
- Kock
- Radzyń Podlaski
- Międzyrzec Podlaski - an important market town in the 15th century
- Mielnik
- Bielsk Podlaski - in the 15th century an urban community and artisan center in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
- Narew - bridge place on the river of the same name
- Krynki
- Hrodna ( Grodno ) - city in Belarus (applied for as a World Heritage Site)
- Varėna ( Orany ) - border town in Lithuania
- Rūdninkai ( Rudniki ) (both routes merge here again)
- Vilnius ( Wilno ) - capital of the country of Lithuania
Eastern route
- Krakow (start and finish point of both routes)
- Połaniec - important castle on the military road
- Sandomierz
- Zawichost (here both routes unite)
- Lublin (here the routes share again)
- Ostrów Lubelski
- Parczew
- Łomazy
- Piszczac
- Brest ( Brześć ) - capital of the Belarusian region of Brest
- Kamenets
- Sharashova - Belarusian urban-type settlement on Via Regia
- Masty - Belarusian city with a bridge / river crossing over the Nyemen
- Rūdninkai ( Rudniki ) (both routes merge here again)
- Vilnius ( Wilno ) - capital of the country of Lithuania