POLÓNIA - POLONIA - POLAND

POLONIA, land of the Polans (Polanie), «people of the fields, west slavs.

«Lowlands and low hills predominate throughout the vast region from the Baltic shores to the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains. Inter Alpes Huniae et Oceanum est Polonia, sic dicta in eorum idiomate quasi Campania is the description by Gervase of Tilbury in his Otia imperialia (Recreation for the emperor, 1211)» - Wikipedia


 «The tribes inhabiting the Baltic Sea VIII-IX century (Slavs, Balts.)» E.H. Lewinski-Corwin «Political History of Poland» (1917)

«West Slavs 9th–10th centuries» Krzysztoflew (Wikipedia) Creative Commons (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en)

Poland in winter by NASA image.

«Border changes in history of Poland» Krzysztoflew (Wikipedia) Creative Commons (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en)


«Mapa Polski za panowania Władysława II Jagiełły (1386 - 1434)»

«Portrait of Queen Jadwiga of Poland» Antoni Piotrowski (1900), Queen between 1382 and 1399.


Was not easy between Germany and Russia in the past, but Poland emerge as an important country in European Union by the same dialectic way, with the important market of Germany.

The coat of arms of Warsaw, a legend: «a mermaid once swam to Warsaw from the Baltic Sea for the love of the Griffin, the ancient defender of the city (...). The mermaid, wishing to avenge his death, took the position of defender of Warsaw, becoming the symbol of the city.» (Wikipedia)