On 16 – 20 November 2023 the study visit of the Slovak tourist bloggers, Daniel Hruška, Majka Salagova https://cestujzamenej.sk, took place. The main topic of the visit was the Gothic Castles Route (Gniew, Kwidzyn, Sztum, Malbork, Lidzbark Warmiński, Olsztyn), related to the former Teutonic state and its capital city of Malbork – the largest brick castle in Europe, which since 1997 has the UNESCO World Heritage designation. The figure of Nicolaus Copernicus – a famous resident of the castles in Olsztyn and Lidzbark Warmiński – was also shown. The year 2023 is the Year of Nicolaus Copernicus – the 550th anniversary of the great astronomer’s birth and the 480th anniversary of his death.
The articles are available via the links:
1. ‘Poland – Gothic castles in Pomerania – Malbork, Gniew, Sztum, Kwidzyn’
https://cestujzamenej.sk/2023/12/14/polsko-goticke-hrady-v-pomoransku-malbork-gniew-sztum-kwidzyn/
- ‘Poland – Warmia and Mazuria – Gothic castles in Lidzbark Warmiński, Olsztyn’
The study visit is the project’s activity within the project ‘Explore hidden treasures of tourist and travel pearls’ financed by the Governments of Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia through Visegrad Grants from International Visegrad Fund.
