Biała Podlaska
Biala Podlaska is a town in the north of the Lubelskie region of Poland. For the period 1975 to 1998 it was the capital of a wojewodztwo, but now it is back in Lubelskie. The suburbs are mainly of small wooden cottages and small farms, whilst the centre has a large square surrounded by mainly 19th century 2 storey buildings. The region is relatively poor and makes its money mainly through agriculture. During the renaisance period a large and fine palace was built here, surrounded by fortifications in the angular renaisance style. Sadly the palace was abandoned in the 19th century and has now completely disappeared, leaving the traces of its fortifications and quite a few of the ancilliaty buildings.
At the present time the town is undergoing a lot of rebuilding, repairs long overdue, which should have been done during the communist period.
One side
of the main square.
Another
side of the main square.
This
was a seed warehouse, dating from around the turn of the 19th century.
There
are still many wooden buildings in the central part of the town.
This
wooden shop has quite classic Polish country town shop dimensions.
A Baroque
style church.
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