Vikings, Celts and Slavic and breeding of the wild horse. Magic of Biskupin

Poland nearby Gniezno, small town called Biskupin. People have always been here from the older part of Stone Age to the early Middle Ages. There were Celts , Slavs and even Vikings. It is possible that the ancient Romans bought here amber. The wooden reconstructed cottage , has its own annual festival of ancient cultures which, inhabited this city, every year. In contrast to Calisia, the oldest city in Poland, written in Roman documents Biskupin is definitely larger. Still not many foreigners known about that place . A wooden ancient city was once on a lake island. Geological processes caused the lake to muddy and transform its parts into a swamp and changed the island into a peninsula.

The settlement in Biskupin is associated with the so-called Lusatian culture - this concept covers different ethnic groups: Germans, Slavs, Illyrians, but it is a great simplification, because in Biskupin, traces of the presence of Celts, Scythians, Huns and even Vikings have also been found.

In fact, it is impossible to establish that Biskupin belongs to a specific people, it is a consequence of the Migration of Peoples, and also the fact that, unlike other settlements, the city itself survived the turmoil and only its inhabitants changed. Locals have been finding antique items here for a long time, often unaware of them values. In 1933, as a result of melioration works, the level of the lake lowered, and the remains of the fortifications of an ancient settlement emerged above the water table. During the war, archaeological research was carried out here by a special SS-44 unit created exclusively to search for valuable archaeological artifacts. It was they who searched for the Chalice of Christ - the Holy Grail, the aim of the research was to confirm the Pan-German character of the object, which they wanted to use to confirm Poland's belonging to Germany. The Germans did not find such evidence, so they decided to backfill a large part of the settlement with earth and peat, making the finds found before the war not suitable for re-exhibition. Today we can see just 3/4 of the town. In 1994, the city was recognized as a monument to Polish history. Historians often compare it to Swiss pile settlements.

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Houses standing in a row, had common gable walls. They were rectangular, or trapezoid shaped to fit the street. There were two rooms inside. Domestic animals lived with people and the central place occupied the hearth. Interesting also is left by the former inhabitants dolmen. In Poland is very hardly to finds any such of that things. It's proof of the Celts presence.The wheel with the cross at the top of the gate has no connection with Christian or Nazi culture. It is an old pagan symbol of the sun and the universe.

There is also a barn stud of polish pony also known as konik polski. This wild very rare horse is a direct descendant of ancient mysterious tarpan. Tarpan inhabited these forests as a forest animal. His story ended mainly through domestication and exile. These horses were reproduced, among others, from breeds such as Horse from Dulmen.Their descendants run through the forests of Białowieża and Bulgaria.

Biskupin further shows another amazing treasures and archeological research shows that it was an important city in that part of world. Biskupin is located on the road between Gniezno and Gąsawa.

In Gąsawa, we should stopping near equestrian statue visible far away. Although style of that statue is a matter of taste This is a historic place. Here Leszek Biały the polish prince of the Piast dynasty was assassinated. The prince was murdered on behalf of the famous lord of Gdansk - Świętopełk.

International site about place : http://www.biskupin.pl/en/