Łódź is Poland's third largest city with population of 753,192 in 2007. It is located in the centre of the country and serves as the capital of the Łódź Voivodeship. The coat of arms is canting, i.e., it contains a boat, alluding to the city's name which literally means "a boat".
Piotrkowska Street - symbol of Lodz and its history
Piotrkowska Street, situated between Wolnosci and Niepodleglosci Squares, is the most elegant of all the city streets. It is also one of the major attractions of Lodz. Once it was part of the route, joining the oldest part of the city with the clothiers' settlement (Nowe Miasto) and cotton workers' settlement (Lodka) to Piotrkow Trybunalski. Hence, the name of the street. Though this four-kilometre-long street is not the longest one in the city, it is certainly a symbol of Lodz. It is also one of the longest promenades in Europe. (more)
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Monuments on Piotrkowska (fot.: www.pl.wikipedia.org)
Research made by te Lodz archaeologists confirms the presence of a man in the location of today's city already 12 thousand years ago. Graves, remnants of receptacles, tools and armour are traces of some subsequent cultures. They can be found in the river valleys, which used to be the places where people settled down. Lodz as a town developed from such a small settlement. We come across the first reference about it in 1332 when the Leczyca prince, Władysław, liberated Lodza village from burdens of the prince's law. Its residents moved their houses to the areas close to the trade route from Lęczyca to Piotrkow, and in 1414 the Wroclaw bishops made an attempt to establish a town out of this settlement. Granting of real and royal municipal rights to Lodz took place in 1423 and was certified by the signature of Wtadystaw Jagiełło. (more)
Famous Lodz Manufacurers: Ludwik Grohman; Izdrael Poznański; Karol Scheibler;
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The new astonishing place has been built in Lodz- Manufaktura. Old postindustrial buildings, so typical of this city, unattractive until now, came back to life again... (more)
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