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Touring Skawica in Poland
Skawica in the region of Lesser Poland Voivodeship with its 2,600 citizens is a city located in Poland - some 186 mi or ( 300 km ) South of Warsaw , the country's capital city .
Time in Skawica is now 07:26 AM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Warsaw " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your travel resources, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Oradea, Cluj-Napoca, Warsaw, Kielce, and Budapest. Being here already, consider visiting Oradea . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Skawica ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Sting - Purple Haze (Jimi Hendrix)
Sting live with Dominic Miller. ..
POWóDź Maków Podhalański
MAKÓW PODHALAŃSKI 17-05-2010 ..
Beskid Żywiecki & Zawoja & Babia Góra
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Maków Podhalański lot widokowy
Lot paralotnią nad Makowem Podhalańśkim ..
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Skawica, Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Skawica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zawoja, within Sucha County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately 5 kilometres east of Zawoja, 8 km south of Sucha Beskidzka, and 49 km south-west of the regional capital Kraków. The village has a population of 2,600.
Located at 49.68 19.63 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Białka, Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Białka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Maków Podhalański, within Sucha County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 5 kilometres south of Maków Podhalański, 8 km south-east of Sucha Beskidzka, and 46 km south-west of the regional capital Kraków. The village has a population of 2,542.
Located at 49.69 19.67 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Zawoja
Zawoja is a village in Southern Poland located close to Maków Podhalański. It is situated in Sucha County. With neighbouring village of Skawica it constitutes a rural Zawoja Commune. It has 6,200 inhabitants (2001) and is often mentioned as one of the biggest Polish villages. It is also very often referred as the longest one as it stretches for about 20 kilometres in a picturesque mountain valley.
Located at 49.67 19.57 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Polica (mountain)
Polica, locally known as Police, is a mountain, 1,369 m, in southern Poland near Zawoja, in the Żywiec Beskids mountain range. LOT Polish Airlines Flight 165 crashed on the northern slope of Police on 2 April 1969. The accident spot is marked by a cross, erected in the 1990s. Until 1918 Polica was on the border between Galicia and Hungary, and between 1918 and 1920 on the Polish-Czechoslovak border.
Located at 49.63 19.63 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
LOT Polish Airlines Flight 165
LOT Polish Airlines Flight LO 165, operated by an Antonov An-24 aircraft, registration SP-LTF, en route from Warsaw to Cracow Balice airport crashed during a snowstorm on the northern slope of Polica mountain near Zawoja in southern Poland on 2 April 1969 at 16:08 local time (UTC+1), killing all 53 people (47 passengers and 6 crew) on board. There were three Americans and one London resident among the passengers, all others being Polish citizens.
Located at 49.63 19.63 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
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