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National Festival of Polish Song

is a yearly music festival in Opole, Poland.Together with Sopot Festival it is the most important music festival in Poland.Opole Festival is meant as a summary of yearly season of achievements of Polish song writers and performers.It is also the most important cultural event in Opole, with a tradition of over 40 years.During KFPP both the hits of the past season and new debut songs are performed; there is also a tournament of scene debuts.Established in 1963, its traditional patrons include Polskie Radio and Telewizja Polska, as well as Society of Friends of Opole.The only year the Festival did not happen was 1982 due to martial law in Poland.Since 1980s it includes a rock section, since 2001 a hip-hop section.

Zoo Opole

is a zoo in the city of Opole, Poland.It was founded in 1930 (then in Oppeln, Germany).About 20 hectares (49 acres) in extent, it houses around 1000 animals of about 240 different species.It is located on Bolko Island in the Oder River.

Millennium Amphitheatre

an amphitheater built on the initiative of President Opole Charles Musiol.Designed by Florian Jesionowskiego, he became one of the known symbols of the city.Since June 1963, in addition to year 1982, every year held here National Festival of Polish Song.The auditorium has 5,000 seats.The National Center amphitheater works of Polish Song.The amphitheater was built on the site of the oldest Slavic settlements in Opole, where they were held for many years, excavations, which were discovered as a result of well-preserved wooden buildings and wooden structures moszczenia streets.In accordance with the demands of archaeologists in this place was built the museum, which was to be presented to the oldest building preserved remains of Opole.In 2009 began working construction.In the spring of 2011, the The building was modernized.

Krakow Street

representative street in the center of Opole, starts at Market and runs south until the intersection with ul. Korfantego and 1 May, near the railway station.From the Street. Damrota to pl. Freedom is a promenade.Initially the street was called Bytomska from the Gate of Bytom, located within the city walls.In the nineteenth century, was given its modern name - Cracow / Krakauerstrasse.After coming to power of the Nazis in 1933 renamed the Helmut-Brucknerstrasse, in honor of activist NSDAP Helmut Bruckner.A year later he fell out of favor with Adolf Hitler and the name was changed to Hindenburgstrasse.After turning in Opole Polish borders returned to the historical name of Cracow, in the 1949 to give it the name of Joseph Stalin.Another return to the traditional name occurred in 1956.

LAMY Opole Film Festival

is a film festival, held since 2003 in Opole.The festival is a competition featuring films Etudes Film students and graduates of film school and Amateur Film Competition.

Opole Silesia Museum

is a regional museum based in Opole.The museum was opened in early October after months restored the main building.Open: Tuesdays-Fridays 9:00-15.30, Saturday 10.00-15.00, Sunday 12:00-17:00.The facility collects monuments in the field of archeology and research conducted in the city and the region (from the Stone Age and Iron in the early Middle Ages), as well as the city's history, ethnography and art, all the while carrying out educational activities and publishing.City Museum was founded in Opole in 1900.In 1932 years has gained the status of a regional museum and its headquarters was moved to the former college of Jesuits, which holds up to today.In 1980 year to the museum complex is accompanied by an adjacent house, and in 1999 opened at ul. Gallery Ozimskiej them. John Cybis.Part of the collection is exhibited in the Museum of the Deed Uprisings at Mount St. Anna.

Opole Village Museum

Opole Village Museum was established in 1961 year, in 1965 started work on building the permanent exhibition and in 1970 years the museum grounds available to the public.It is located in Opole - Bierkowicach (Wroclaw Street 174) where you can reach the city by bus line No. 9 .At the museum hosts lots of events to promote folk culture and folklore, including Fair Zniwniok Opole and Easter.An essential part of the exhibition are moved and rebuilt rural architecture objects illustrating the living conditions of rural population in the period from the eighteenth to the early twentieth century: residential buildings, barns, granaries and mills and windmills, a smithy, a church, a tavern and a school.Has also created a collection of nearly 7,000 exhibits in the field of material culture, including ancient objects from the fields of economy, agriculture, livestock, crafts and everyday life of rural inhabitants of Opole.Off-season to visit the museum provides park areas only without the interior of buildings and permanent exhibitions.

Contemporary Art Gallery in Opole

is a public cultural institution, presenting and promoting contemporary art.Existed since 1958 years (previously as Artistic Exhibitions Bureau).Over the years his business has organized more than 3,000 ekspozycji Opole, Polish and foreign artists.Every year about 30 exhibitions.Gallery promotes Polish art, especially bearing in mind the creators of Opole.This makes the outside of the country, working with various art centers in the world.In the calendar of artistic events organized by the gallery are those which take place periodically: an exhibition Ars Polonia - every two years, the presentation of art by Polish artists, forming outside the country, including the annual Autumn Salon and the renowned exhibition of World Press Photo.GSW is focused on documenting the achievements of the artistic creativity of Opole.He has extensive collections of their own in the field of visual arts and a library with reading room in the building Artpunktu, bringing books, albums and magazines on both the ancient art and contemporary.

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