The earth and its inhabitants The earth and its inhabitants .. earthitsinhabita583recl Year: 1883 POLAND: TOWNS. 255 grounds and suburban retreats, much frequented on feast-days. Sucb is tlie palace of Lazienki, charniing-ly situated on an old bed of the river south of the city, and adorned with marble statues and artificial ruins, serving as the scene of an open-air theatre. The Wola plain, stretching westwards, recalls those hotly contested royal elections, when as many as 200,000 nobles, with their retinues, would here encamp, at times more like hostile factions than peaceful citizens. Far
The earth and its inhabitants The earth and its inhabitants .. earthitsinhabita583recl Year: 1883 POLAND: TOWNS. 255 grounds and suburban retreats, much frequented on feast-days. Sucb is tlie palace of Lazienki, charniing-ly situated on an old bed of the river south of the city, and adorned with marble statues and artificial ruins, serving as the scene of an open-air theatre. The Wola plain, stretching westwards, recalls those hotly contested royal elections, when as many as 200,000 nobles, with their retinues, would here encamp, at times more like hostile factions than peaceful citizens. Farther on Sobieski's castle of Wilanov contains a picture gallery, a collection of coins, and an historical library. Amongst the celebrities born in or near Warsaw may be mentioned Chopin and Lelewel, historian, geographer, and patriot. Twenty-one miles below Warsaw the united Bug and Narev join the Vistula at the town of Nowy Dicor, and both streams are commanded from the north by the fortress of JSfoico Georgicwsk, or Modlin, which passes for a model of military engineering, with a fortified camp capable of accommodating 30,000 or 40,000 troops. Nearly all the towns of the eastern provinces of Siedlce, Lomza, Warsaw, belong to the Narev and Bug basins. Between Warsaw and the fortress of Brest are Knh(szijn, Siedlce, Miedzijrzecz, and Biala. or Bala, all surrounded by rich corn- fields. Towards the Lithuanian frontier are Wlodaira, Ostroir, T//kocin, Lomza, OsfroleJca, scene of the decisive battle which opened Warsaw to the Russians in 1831, and Pa/tusk, also the scene of memorable conflicts between Swedes and Saxons, French and Russians. West of Warsaw and of the Narev junction most of the towns lie far from the main stream in the lateral basins, amongst them are liaira and Brzenzbiy, in the industrial district of which Lodz is the centre ; Skieruien-ice, an important railway junction ; Gahin and Gostynin, on a plateau south of the main stream. On the Mazovian slopes north of i
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