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St. Laurence Church

was historically Slupca's first shrine.It was built in the middle of the 15th century by a bishop of Poznan.It is a Gothic temple constructed with the use of bricks and stones.It was built at the same place as the church from 1296, which had burnt.Traditionally, the temple is very much connected with the towns history and customs.Every summer there is a church fair associated with plenty of sporting, music and cultural events as well as concerts organised by the local authorities in the Town Park near Slupeckie Lake.On the western wall there is a plaque devoted to Tadeusz Kosciuszko, Polish partiot, and his bravery.Inside the church one can find a Gotish stoup.At the back of the tample there are defensive walls.

St. Leonard Church

was Slupca’s second church.It is a wooden shrine built in the 16th century.Historically, it was located on the route from the Northern Poland to Kalisz.Inside there is a Renaissance altar with bas-relief Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and sculptures of Saint’s Leonard and John the Baptist.It’s got two tiny chapels: Northern and Southern.A valuable painting of Saint Leonard from 1460 can be found in the former.In the latter there is also a Gothic crucifix and a stone stoup.Today this is one of the most beautiful churches in Greater Poland and as such it is certainly worth visiting.Inside the church there is also a gravestone of a priest Jakub Basinski who used to be a parson of the parish.From the west there is also a magnificent a quadrilateral bell tower dating back to 1765.

Slupca Synagogue

A Synagogue in Slupca is situated on the Boznicza 11 Street.It was built in 19th century.It was destroyed by Nazis during the Second World War.Then this building was converted into Municipality; later into a library.Today it is no longer in use.In 2005 the synagogue was handed over to Wroclaw Jewish Community.

City Park in Slupca

founded in 1872 at the initiative of the municipal authorities Slupcy park, located in the eastern part of town between Warsaw streets, parks and groves.The park is a monument to Apollinaire Szeluty.Currently, intensive work on its restoration.Obtained for this purpose include measures from the Regional Fund for Environmental Protection in Poznan.In 2006 was reactivated in slupeckim park concerts for the residents.

Regional Museum in Slupca

Efforts towards the creation of a regional museum in Slupcy dates yet for the interwar period, when the mayor Tadeusz Parys with the consent of the city council initiated a search for memorabilia and items related to the history of the city and region.However, the actual foundation for the existence of the museum has placed an exhibition organized at the initiative of Slupecki High School, and entitled "Slupca in past centuries."After many appeals addressed to the rulers of the city by visitors, turned it into the Regional Museum.Ultimately, the efforts of Adalbert Sypniewskiego museum opened in 1975 in a building on slupeckim market, the No.18 Supervision exercised initially museum National Museum in Poznan and Konin region after the creation of the District Museum in Konin.

Imprezje Film and Arts Festival

is a weekly cultural event has already had a three-year tradition, organized by the Municipal House of Culture in Slupcy, presenting a series of artistic events such as street theater, concerts and presentations by dozens of the latest and most interesting European films.Screenings are held in a cinema, a film tent, amphitheater and outdoors in the neighboring towns.

Wawrzynki Slupecki

is an annual event sports and cultural recreation, organized in August to honor the patron saint of one of slupeckich parishes - St. Lawrence.Wawrzynki both instrumental concerts, classical music and performances by well-known celebrities ( Eleni, Big Cyc, Danze) exhibitions, national shooting competition with kbks, tennis tournaments, fishing competitions, picnics and more.

District Harvest Festival

is a Folk festival connected with the rites of thanksgiving for the completion of harvest and field work.In pre-Christian times ethnic festival Slavonic attributable to the autumn equinox ( Sept.23 ).This custom, practiced by the Slavic and Baltic tribes, in various Polish side was determined as wyzynki, cuttings, crown, coronal, circular.In Silesia, Opole called Zniwniok.The rite of the harvest festival was originally possibly associated with the worship of plants and trees then with primary agriculture.As the economy of manorial court in the sixteenth century, harvest festivals begin in the courts of estates.With it it to the reapers (farmhands and employees) as a reward for work done with the harvest and harvest.

September - March

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