Poland Bids Farewell
On this day, the 18th April, in 1025 Bolesław I the Brave was crowned in the former capital of Poland, Gniezno. On the 18th April 2007, UEFA took the historic decision to award the 2012 European Championships to Poland and Ukraine. Tthe 18th April 2010 witnesses the funeral of President Lech Aleksander Kaczyński together with his wife Maria at Wawel Castle, Kraków. Already this morning, thousands of people have lined the streets patiently waiting for the funeral procession that will take in many of Kraków’s historic streets. The funeral procession will begin at St. Mary’s Basilica, Kraków where the coffins of the President and his wife now lie and will then wind its way through Kraków, along the Royal Road and to Wawel Castle where the President and the First Lady will be buried.
Wirtualna Polska
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