Introducing Biskupin
Forget static museum displays in dimly lit rooms – Biskupin’s recreated Iron Age town site, with its wooden palisades, thatched roofs and costumed historical re-enactors, is a stimulating way to learn about the distant pre-Polish past.
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The fortified lake town was built about 2700 years ago by a tribe of the Lusatian culture, then accidentally rediscovered in 1933 by a school teacher who noticed some wooden stakes poking out of the lake. The town’s remnants were then unearthed from beneath a thick layer of turf. It is the only known surviving Iron Age town in Poland, and proves that the region was already inhabited by well-organised social groups more than 1600 years before the Polish state was born.
Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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RE: Poznan area, crashing with kids
by henryk 24 June 2011
http://www.biskupin.pl/asp/en_start.asp?typ=14&menu=80&strona=1 Click on the UK flag Visit the Iron Age Village at Biskupin, travelling…
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Re: Gdansk, Poznan or Wroclaw
by henryk 15 April 2011
I suggest Poznan, Gniezno and Biskupin. Inyourpocket guide to Poznan: http://www.inyourpocket.com/poland/poznan Tour the Museum of the…
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Re: Poland-itinerary advice
by polskapower 28 July 2010
Many thanks to all who replied! I've decided to cut out Prague and add Torun instead. I've retooled my itinerary. Here's what I came up…
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