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| | Polish National Tourist Office in London |
 | | The borderland character of the region is proved by the dozen of fortified castles on the Krakowsko-Czestochowska Upland, poetically known as the Eagles' Nest Route. |
 | | There are also relics of 14th century castles of various princes from the Piast dynasty in Raciborz, Cieszyn and Gliwice, and castles in Bielsko-Biala, Toszek and Zywiec, all of which have survived until today. |
 | | The wooden churches are a delight to everyone who is sensitive to beauty, with their aesthetic and yet simple shape, with the picturesque surface quality of the walls' construction materials, made of larch, pine or fir wood, together with the shingle roofs that cover particular parts of their structure. |
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