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Tourist game, the starting card of which you are św. Jana holding in your hand, is a special variety of city Wzgórze Lecha Kilińskiego games (otherwise known as urban games). This pl. new form of sightseeing allows you to play almost św. Wojciecha 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Participants Łaskiego św. Wojciecha in the game move around the streets and alleys of Gniezno to solve the puzzles prepared for them. Franciszkańska

WHAT’S THIS WHAT’S You can play individually or in teams. Anyone who GAME ABOUT?

Grzybowo discovers the password can enter their name on the Rynek Trasa Zjazdu Gnieźnieńskiego Dąbrówki winners list available on the Internet and download Rynek a personal certificate. (Marktet square) Jeziorna Bolesława Chrobrego

Gniezno – the first capital of Poland – which lies in Farna

św. Wawrzyńca the heart of the Piast Route is one of the most im-

Słomianka Łubieńskiego portant cities for the history of Poland. Along with lake Jelonek Rzeźnicka

the nearby towns – Ostrów Lednicki, Grzybowo Warszawska

Giecz and Poznań – formed the foundations for the Ks. Prymasa power of the Piast Country, the sign of which was A BIT the emergence of the Polish statehood, the baptism Moniuszki

Zaułek św. Wawrzyńca

OF HISTORY and the organization of church structures in the young duchy. In all these events Gniezno played a key role – this is where Mieszko I built a monument- Mieszka I

Adama Mickiewicza

o g e i k s w e z r t s o K a f e z ó J . f o r al palace, where the first Polish archbishopric was P pl.21 Stycznia established and the Congres of Gniezno – one of the most important events in the history of Poland as well as that part of medieval Europe – took place. In 1025 the first Polish king – the son of Mieszko I and Dobrawa – Bolesław Chrobry was crowned in the Cathedral in Gniezno. Later it hosted the coro- nations of four more Polish rulers – Mieszko II, Bo- lesław Śmiały, Przemysł II and Wacław II. For more information about Gniezno visit the websites: www.gniezno.eu and www.tupowstalapolska.pl. Royal traditions of Gniezno are not just the bare facts recorded by chroniclers. Important person- alities have the power to influence people and places regardless of the times. Five royal coronation are important elements of the city’s heritage. We Dear Adventurer! There are some places marked on the map of can say that the kings crowned in Gniezno are given Gniezno, the places which I and the other kings crowned in this city, the seats of honour not only in the history of the as well as our wives, liked very much. Set your route (the order does THE PLOT city, but also in the present. And if so, they probably not matter) and locate them following the instructions of the kings. OF THE GAME can have their favorite sites in Gniezno even today. Look around carefully in each of these places and find the object visible on the photograph or described in the hint. The crown next You will follow the footsteps of the kings crowned to the hint or the photo belongs to the person who took a liking in Gniezno in order to discover the mysterious to that particular place (note the difficulty: there are 10 kings but password. You will be able to do it by getting to 11 crowns to choose from). know the owners of the crowns, whom you can see at the back of this card. When you manage to find The letters in the stones in the crowns of the kings and their wives, the password you can visit www.gryturystyczne.pl arranged according to the dates of the coronation, will form the se- cret password – the confirmation of solving the task. and add your name to the winners list and download GOOD LUCK! a personal certificate. WHERE TO FIND

In Gniezno I like the most the place where the street named after me crosses Łubien- Above the entrance to the stately Gothic skiego Street. building which dates back to 1243, you My wife Oda prefers the church of St. George will see a cross with two beams of which located next to the Cathedral, probably be- the top one will be shorter. cause there used to be our palace.

Bolesław Chrobry crowned in 1025

There you will find men with stern looks, I, like Oda – whom my father married after one of whom looks ready to fight, and the death of my mother Emnilda – like the another is holding in his left hand a sym- places around the Cathedral. bol of royal power and rising his right Rycheza, my wife, likes the views from the courtyard of the building in Kostrzewskiego hand in a gesture of taking an oath. Street.

Mieszko II Lambert crowned in 1025 Secret password On a side wall of the temple you will find I truly like the market square in Gniezno. Stroll- a sonorous metal. If you see upon him ing there, I would tread carefully and admire Enter below the letters from the stones in the name and image of Blessed Bogumił, the pavement. the crowns in a chronological order (accord- know that it used to be a lot higher, along- My wife prefers the facade of the Cathedral, ing to the dates of the coronations) from the probably because it hosted all of the Gniezno oldest pair (king and king’s wife) to the one side the four similar to the one you find. game Tourist coronations. nearest to the contemporary times. Bolesław Śmiały crowned in 1076 KING KING’S WIFE

What I love here is the atmosphere of the mon- KING KING’S WIFE astery and the Church in św. Jana Street, both of which were generously supported by my father KING KING’S WIFE On the building you will see an image of Przemysł I and my uncle Bolesław Pobożny. two spears. One of them is a copy of the My wife prefers a church founded by my uncle KING KING’S WIFE spear of St. Maurice, given to the Duke and supported by me. It is situated in Francisz- kanska Street. Bolesław during the Congress of Gniezno, KING KING’S WIFE GNIEZNO – THE CITY OF KINGS and the other is defeating a dragon. Przemysł II crowned in 1295 The correct letters will form a secret pass- word which confirms the solving of the task. The most precious to me in Gniezno is the 9+ 90’ magnificent building in Farna Street. However, my wife, Rycheza Elżbieta (the daughter of AGE TIME Przemysł II) likes the church in św. Wawrzyńca At the entrance to the building at the back Street, which, once wooden, was reconstruc- of the church search for words in Latin ted after the fire in the 15th century as a brick which say: ”Providence errected. Let Mer- building. cy protect”. Know that the first and the last Wacław II word both start with PRO also in Latin. crowned in 1300 AUTHORS: Szymon Dąbrowski, Jarosław Redliński GRAPHIC: Szymon Pilecki TECHNICAL PROOFREADER: Cała Jaskrawość CARTOGRAPHY: OpenStreetMap contributors TRANSLATION: Anna Adanowicz TRANSLATION: contributors OpenStreetMap CARTOGRAPHY: Jaskrawość Cała GRAPHIC: Szymon Pilecki TECHNICAL PROOFREADER: Redliński Jarosław AUTHORS: Szymon Dąbrowski,