Transcript Welcome to Kasina Wielka

Welcome to Kasina Wielka
Kasina Wielka in a nutshell
Province: Małopolska
County: Limanowa
Commune: Mszana Dolna
Height: 480-660 metres altitude
Population: 2900
Location
Kasina Wielka is located in Beskid
Wyspowy, between Śnieżnica, Lubogoszcz,
Ćwilin and Wierzbanowska Góra. Through
the village flows a river Kasinianka.
Kasina Wielka in the photos
An old school building in Kasina Wielka
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View of Lubogoszcz
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View of Śnieżnica
Regional band
„Kasinianie-Zagórzanie”
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Historic church in
Kasina Wielka outside
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Railway station
Chapel on Śnieżnica
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Outside
Inside
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New church in Kasina Wielka
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Art Gallery „Tribute to the Carpathians”
Famous people
from Kasina Wielka
Justyna Kowalczyk
Justyna Kowalczyk is a Polish cross
country skier who has been competing since
2000. She is one of the most successful
cross country skiers of all time, being the
only skier in the history with victories in all
the most important sport events, so called
"The Big Crown": Olympic Games, World
Championships, World Cup and Tour de
Ski.
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Lilian Seymour – Tułasiewicz
polish writer, citizen of two homelands, the
doctor of English, MA in Illinois state law,
correspondent, translator in American
embassy, novelist and author of ten novels in
Polish.
Lilian Seymour-Tułasiewicz
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Schools in Kasina Wielka
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A
B
The primary school is named
after
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Maria Skłodowska-Curie
Maria Skłodowska-Curie
Marie Skłodowska-Curie was a French-Polish
physicist and chemist, famous for her pioneering
research on radioactivity. She was the first woman
to win a Nobel Prize, the only woman to win in
two fields, and the only person to win in multiple
sciences. She was also the first female professor at
the University of Paris (La Sorbonne), and in 1995
became the first woman to be entombed on her
own merits in the Panthéon in Paris.
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The secondary school is named
after
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Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński
Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński
Stefan Wyszyński was a Polish prelate
of the Roman Catholic Church. He served
as the bishop of Lublin from 1946 to 1948,
archbishop of Warsaw and archbishop of
Gniezno from 1948 to 1981. Appointed
cardinal on 12 January 1953 by Pope Pius
XII, he assumed the title of Primate of
Poland. Stefan Wyszyński was often called
the Primate of the Millennium.
Banner of secondary school
in Kasina Wielka