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fortified settlement) was built here in the Middle Ages. Existing ruins of a chapel, church and palace, thought to be the home of the first Kings of the
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significance, and the site of the Museum of the Piast Dynasty, opened in 1969. It is Poland's largest open-air museum.
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The island is important in the national history of Poland. During the reign of the first ruler of the Polish state,
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for "holm" (i.e., river or lake island) - hence in English it is sometimes known as "Lednica Holm".
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dynasty, have been roofed over for preservation. Today the ruins are of
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It is also one contender for the historical site of the personal
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52°31′36″N 17°22′40″E / 52.52667°N 17.37780°E / 52.52667; 17.37780

gród
island
Lake Lednica
Poland
Gniezno
Poznań
archaic Polish word
gród
medieval
Slavonic
Piast
archaeological
Historic Monuments
Pomnik historii
National Heritage Board of Poland

palatium
chapel

sword
helmet
Mieszko I
Boleslaw the Brave
baptism
Dobrawa of Bohemia
Holy Saturday
Baptism of Poland
Christianity in Poland

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