Gniezno
Gniezno is a city in Greater Poland in Poland. It is traditionally regarded as having been the first capital of Poland, and has been witness to many important events in early Polish history.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Town with 65,500 residents
- Description: city in central-western Poland
- Also known as: “Gnesen”, “Gnesna”, and “Gnezno”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gniezno Cathedral and Gniezno Doors.
Gniezno Cathedral
Church
Photo: KH-10101, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Royal Gniezno Cathedral is a Brick Gothic cathedral located in the historic city of Gniezno that served as the coronation place for several Polish monarchs and as the seat of Polish church officials continuously for nearly 1000 years.
Gniezno Doors
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Gniezno Doors are a pair of bronze doors placed at the entrance to Gniezno Cathedral in Gniezno, Poland. They are decorated with eighteen bas-relief scenes from the life of St.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pyszczynek and Skiereszewo.
Pyszczynek
Village
Photo: PiotrXX, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pyszczynek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gniezno, within Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.
Skiereszewo
Village
Skiereszewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gniezno, within Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.
Dalki
Village
Photo: ToSter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dalki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gniezno, within Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Dalki is situated 3½ km southwest of Gniezno.
Gniezno
Latitude
52.536° or 52° 32′ 10″ northLongitude
17.5959° or 17° 35′ 45″ eastPopulation
65,500Elevation
120 metres (394 feet)United Nations Location Code
PL GNZOpen location code
9F4VGHPW+99OpenStreetMap ID
node 158801054OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Gniezno” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Gniezno”
- Arabic: “جنازنة”
- Arabic: “غنيزنو”
- Aragonese: “Gniezno”
- Armenian: “Գնեզնո”
- Asturian: “Gniezno”
- Azerbaijani: “Qnezno”
- Basque: “Gniezno”
- Belarusian: “Гнезна”
- Bosnian: “Gniezno”
- Bulgarian: “Гнезно”
- Catalan: “Gniezno”
- Cebuano: “Gniezno (kapital sa powiat)”
- Cebuano: “Gniezno”
- Chechen: “Гнезно”
- Chinese: “Gniezno”
- Chinese: “格涅兹诺”
- Chinese: “格涅茲諾”
- Croatian: “Gniezno”
- Czech: “Gniezno”
- Czech: “Hnězdno”
- Danish: “Gniezno”
- Dutch: “Gnesen”
- Dutch: “Gniezno”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جنيزنو”
- Esperanto: “Gnesen”
- Esperanto: “Gniezno”
- Estonian: “Gnesen”
- Estonian: “Gniezno”
- Faroese: “Gniezno”
- Finnish: “Gniezno”
- French: “Gnesen”
- French: “Gnèsne”
- French: “Gniezno”
- Galician: “Gniezno”
- Georgian: “გნეზნო”
- Georgian: “გნიეზნო”
- German: “Gniezno”
- German: “Gnesen” (historical)
- Greek: “Γκνιέζνο”
- Hebrew: “גנייזנו”
- Hungarian: “Gnesen”
- Hungarian: “Gniezno”
- Indonesian: “Gniezno”
- Interlingua: “Gniezno”
- Irish: “Gniezno”
- Italian: “Gniezno”
- Japanese: “グニェズノ”
- Javanese: “Gniezno”
- Kashubian: “Gniezno”
- Korean: “그니에즈노”
- Latin: “Gnesna”
- Latvian: “Gņezno”
- Lithuanian: “Gnieznas”
- Lombard: “Gniezno”
- Low German: “Gnesen”
- Lower Sorbian: “Gniezno”
- Macedonian: “Гњезно”
- Malay: “Gniezno”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Gniezno”
- Nauru: “Gniezno”
- Neapolitan: “Gniezno”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gniezno”
- Norwegian: “Gniezno”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Gniezno”
- Ossetian: “Гнезно”
- Persian: “گنییزنو”
- Persian: “گینیزنا”
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Gniezno”
- Polish: “Gniezno”
- Portuguese: “Gnesen”
- Portuguese: “Gniezno”
- Quechua: “Gniezno”
- Romanian: “Gnesen”
- Romanian: “Gniezno”
- Russian: “Гнезно”
- Scots: “Gniezno”
- Serbian: “Гњезно”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Gniezno”
- Silesian: “Gńezno”
- Silesian: “Gniezno”
- Slovak: “Gniezno”
- Slovenian: “Gniezno”
- South Azerbaijani: “قینیزنا”
- Spanish: “Gnesen”
- Spanish: “Gniezno”
- Swedish: “Gnesen”
- Swedish: “Gniezno”
- Swiss German: “Gnesen”
- Tatar: “Гнезно”
- Thai: “กแญซนอ”
- Thai: “กเนียซนอ”
- Tosk Albanian: “Gnesen”
- Turkish: “Gniezno”
- Ukrainian: “Гнезно”
- Ukrainian: “Гнєзно”
- Ukrainian: “Ґнєзно”
- Ukrainian: “Гнізно”
- Ukrainian: “Гнїзно”
- Urdu: “گنیزنو”
- Vietnamese: “Gniezno”
- Volapük: “Gniezno”
- Waray (Philippines): “Gniezno”
- Wu Chinese: “格涅兹诺”
- Yue Chinese: “格涅茲諾”
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