Łódź - information about the city

Łódź ( [wut͡ɕ]; Yiddish: לאדזש, Lodzh ) is the third-largest city in Poland. Located in the central part of the country, it had a population of 742,387 in December 2009. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is approximately 135 kilometres (84 mi) south-west of Warsaw. The city's coat of arms is an example of canting: depicting a boat, it alludes to the city's name which translates literally as "boat".

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	Julian Tuwim's Bench in Lodz	Julian Tuwim's Bench is a bronze monument unveiled by Wojciech Gryniewicz on 10th of April 1999 at Piotrkowska 104 in front of the Juliusz Heinzel Palace in Lodz. The statue shows a life-size Tuwim sitting on a bench in the pose of making an impression as if the poet was listening to someone sittin...
	Old Town Park in Lodz	Old Town Park in Lodz (known as Herring Park) is located between streets: West, Ogrodowa, Franciscan and Wolborska. It has an area of 17.0 hectares. It was built in the years 1951 - 1953 by the project of K. Chrabelski. The park is located in the Old Town in the valley of river Łódka, which is nowa...
	Mural at Piotrkowska	A mural is painted on a wall in Lodz on the building at 152nd Piotrkowska Street. The idea of such a large painted mural arrouse in 2000 during the "Color Tolerance". The idea of painting with a surface of 600 square meters was approved in August 2001. Implementation began in September, and the pai...
	National Film School in Łódź	The Leon Schiller National Higher School of Film, Television and Theatre in Łódź (Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Filmowa, Telewizyjna i Teatralna im. Leona Schillera w Łodzi) is the most notable academy for future actors, directors, photographers, camera operators and TV staff in Poland. It was founded on ...
	Izrael Poznanski factory in Lodz	Izrael Poznanski factory in Lodz - linen factory on Old Bałuty in Lodz, a brick neo-Romanesque construction built in the years 1872 - 1892 and designed by Hilary Majewski for Israel Poznanski. It is the largest factory in Kalisz-Mazowiecki industrial district, nationalized in 1945. It was entered t...
	Juliusz Heinzel Palace	Juliusz Heinzel Palace is located at Piotrkowska 104 in Lodz. It was one of three residences of Juliusz Heinzel, the first one was the palace. The first floor of the front facade of the main body is decorated with symmetrically placed elements, decorated with a balustrade railing. Currently the pal...
	Izrael Poznanski Palace	Izrael Poznanski Palace - the nineteenth century palace located in Lodz. It was originally designed as a commercial and residential object. When it was purchased by Izrael Poznanski in 1877 it was a simple corner building with modest elevation. From that moment it underwent multiple transformations...
	Radegast railway station	Radegast (Radogoszcz) is a former railway station in Łódź, Poland. It was built during World War II just beyond the boundary of the Łódź Ghetto to serve as the ghetto's main transport link to the outside world. In the course of the Holocaust, the station was the place where Jewish and other inhabita...
	Lagiewnicki Forest in Lodz	Lagiewnicki Forest - forest complex located within the administrative boundaries of the city of Lodz, occupying an area of 1 205.45 ha, being the largest recreational area in Lodz. It is now one of the largest forests located within the city limits in Europe. The name of the forest comes from the v...
	St. Anthony church in Łódź-Łagiewniki	St. Anthony of Padua Church in Łódź-Łagiewniki - Baroque Franciscan parish church, built in the first half of the 18th century, located in Łódź-Łagiewniki (central Poland). Since 1946 it belongs - along with the monastery - to the historic buildings of Łódź. The church of St. Anthony of Padua was b...