{"id":18287,"date":"2021-11-12T21:27:33","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T20:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pb.edu.pl\/sjo\/learning-polish\/poland-and-poles\/srodek-europy\/"},"modified":"2023-01-30T13:08:08","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T12:08:08","slug":"geographical-center-of-europe","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pb.edu.pl\/sjo\/en\/learning-polish\/poland-and-poles\/geographical-center-of-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Geographical center of Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Local<\/h1>\n<h2><strong>Geographical center of Europe<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Do you know that the <strong>geographical center of Europe <\/strong>is located in the Podlaskie Region, in Suchowola &#8211; a small town located about 40 km north of Bia\u0142ystok?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">he fact is that due to the not very precise border between Europe and Asia, there are several points considered as a possible center of Europe. One of them, according to the calculations of the royal astronomer from 1775, is located in Suchowola.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Currently, there is an obelisk with a memorial that reminds residents and tourists of this important fact.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-18287 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pb.edu.pl\/sjo\/en\/suchowola_-_suchowola_-_kosciuszki_-_park_-_kamien_centrum_europy_20110925_01-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/pb.edu.pl\/sjo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/11\/Suchowola_-_Suchowola_-_Kosciuszki_-_Park_-_Kamien_centrum_Europy_20110925_01-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pb.edu.pl\/sjo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/11\/Suchowola_-_Suchowola_-_Kosciuszki_-_Park_-_Kamien_centrum_Europy_20110925_01-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pb.edu.pl\/sjo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/11\/Suchowola_-_Suchowola_-_Kosciuszki_-_Park_-_Kamien_centrum_Europy_20110925_01-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pb.edu.pl\/sjo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/11\/Suchowola_-_Suchowola_-_Kosciuszki_-_Park_-_Kamien_centrum_Europy_20110925_01.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pb.edu.pl\/sjo\/en\/suchowola_-_kosciuszki_-_park_20110925_02-krzysztof-kundzicz-cc-by-sa-3-0-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/pb.edu.pl\/sjo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/11\/Suchowola_-_Kosciuszki_-_Park_20110925_02-Krzysztof-Kundzicz-CC-BY-SA-3.0-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pb.edu.pl\/sjo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/11\/Suchowola_-_Kosciuszki_-_Park_20110925_02-Krzysztof-Kundzicz-CC-BY-SA-3.0-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pb.edu.pl\/sjo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/11\/Suchowola_-_Kosciuszki_-_Park_20110925_02-Krzysztof-Kundzicz-CC-BY-SA-3.0-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pb.edu.pl\/sjo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/11\/Suchowola_-_Kosciuszki_-_Park_20110925_02-Krzysztof-Kundzicz-CC-BY-SA-3.0-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pb.edu.pl\/sjo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/11\/Suchowola_-_Kosciuszki_-_Park_20110925_02-Krzysztof-Kundzicz-CC-BY-SA-3.0.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pb.edu.pl\/sjo\/en\/learning-polish\/poland-and-poles\/geographical-center-of-europe\/podlaskie_-_suchowola_-_suchowola_-_kosciuszki_-_park_-_luk_papieski_20110925_01-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/pb.edu.pl\/sjo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/11\/Podlaskie_-_Suchowola_-_Suchowola_-_Kosciuszki_-_Park_-_Luk_papieski_20110925_01-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pb.edu.pl\/sjo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/11\/Podlaskie_-_Suchowola_-_Suchowola_-_Kosciuszki_-_Park_-_Luk_papieski_20110925_01-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pb.edu.pl\/sjo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/11\/Podlaskie_-_Suchowola_-_Suchowola_-_Kosciuszki_-_Park_-_Luk_papieski_20110925_01-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pb.edu.pl\/sjo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/11\/Podlaskie_-_Suchowola_-_Suchowola_-_Kosciuszki_-_Park_-_Luk_papieski_20110925_01-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pb.edu.pl\/sjo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/11\/Podlaskie_-_Suchowola_-_Suchowola_-_Kosciuszki_-_Park_-_Luk_papieski_20110925_01-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pb.edu.pl\/sjo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/11\/Podlaskie_-_Suchowola_-_Suchowola_-_Kosciuszki_-_Park_-_Luk_papieski_20110925_01-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Photos: Krzysztof Kundzicz, CC BY-SA 3.0 &lt;https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0&gt;, via Wikimedia Commons<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Local Geographical center of Europe Do you know that the geographical center of Europe is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":0,"parent":18090,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/dzial.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18287","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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