STREET ART SPREADS ITS WINGS

By several students at IES de Catabois.

Street art or the expression of artists on the walls of many European towns and cities today has provided them with a new image, as you can see in the photograph below. It is called Polish-Hungarian Friendship Tree and shows the close connection between the Polish and Hungarian cultures. There is a text on the mural which reads:
“Hungary and Poland are two forever-living oaks, which have their own trunks, but their roots are far beneath the earth: they have joined and invisibly merged. So the existence and strength of each one is tied to life and health of the other.” — Stanislaw Worcell

The Jewish heritage in Budapest and Cracow.

  By Lucía Loureiro Cela, 4th year ESO, IES de Catabois, Ferrol.

The Jewish heritage in Budapest:

The Jewish district of Budapest is exciting and tragic too. It has got the second biggest synagogue in the world but, as well, it was a guetto where the Nazis forced the Jews to live, in times of the Second World War and the Holocaust. The Jewish district is on the bank of the east bank of the Danube river.

Visit to the Schindler Factory in Cracow.

The Schindler factory is located in the Zablocie district in Cracow, within walking distance from Plac Bohaterow Getta (in Podgorze). Today, it is a museum which displays all the historical period since the trigger of Second World War till the Soviet occupation of Poland.               

   

 

The factory welcomes the visitor with a large plaque which reads: 'Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire'. It was erected by the Jewish Community Council of Cracow and Students and Faculty of Albion College (Michigan, USA) as you can see in the photograph.

Wawel Castle, the heart of Cracow.

By Elisa Rodríguez Rodríguez, (4th year ESO)

Wawel Royal Castle is a Gothic castle located in Krakow, Poland. Built at the behest of Casimiro III the Great, it consists of several structures located around a central patio. It was rebuilt by Jogaila and Eduviges I in the 14th century.

                                     

Saint Mary’s Basilica, Krakow

Student:Rafael MORNA, IXth E grade; Coordinating teacher: Melania EGYED; School: “Samuil Vulcan” National College

Saint Mary’s Basilica from Krakow is a basilica that was built in the 13^th century and then rebuilt in the 14^th century. Its height is 80m and it is made of brick in a gothic style. 

Squares of Madrid and Cracow

Plaza Mayor 

     During the first project meeting in Spain our return journey led us to Madrid, where we had to spend a day waiting for the plane. We didn’t have much time to visit the Old Town in a very detailed way. On the other hand, we didn’t want just to walk and look around. For this reason, before going to Spain we asked some people for advice what is worth seeing. One of the most interesting ideas was given to us by Maca. She suggested us to pay attention to the main squares of Madrid and compare them with the main squares in Cracow.