Lublin: West - East Meetings

The interior of Holy Trinity Chapel in Lublin decorated with Byzantine - Ruthenian frescoes
– Lublin State Museum, photo by Piotr Maciuk

Several international routes that crossed in Lublin and numerous meetings held here have made our city a place for meeting Latin and Byzantine civilizations, i.e. the West and East of Europe. When the Jagiellonian dynasty was reigning in Poland (1386-1572), Lublin was a city of European significance. The "Jagiellonian Route" Kraków - Lublin - Vilnius and "Merchants' Route" Wroclaw - Lublin - Lviv, the parliament sessions and gatherings of Polish and Lithuanian gentry, and fairs were important in those days.

Today, the heritage of "West - East" meetings is continued and developed in our city. The Lublin Association for Cultural Tourism "West - East" has focused on it and developed the city trails called "Lublin Routes for West - East Meetings" and a special cultural event calendar.

Feel encouraged individually or in group to take advantage of this offer.

European West - East Routes in Lublin

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"Lublin Routes for the West - East Meetings”

1. Church in the suburbs of Zemborzyce   www.kuria.lublin.pl/cgi-bin/parafia.cgi?ID=61

2. Cemeteries in Lipowa Street

• Roman - Catholic   www.cmentarz.lublin.pl
• Orthodox   www.lublin.cerkiew.pl
• Lutheran   www.luteranie.pl/lublin
• military and public   www.kom-eko.lublin.pl/inne_uslugi.php?id=6

3. John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin    www.kul.lublin.pl

• University church   www.jezuici.pl/~dakul

4. Lutheran church   www.luteranie.pl/lublin

5. Monument to the Lublin Union

6. Former St. Brigid's church and monastery   www.kuria.lublin.pl/cgi-bin/parafia.cgi?ID=100020

7. Former Bernardine church nad monastery   www.sw-pawel.kuria.lublin.pl

8. Kraków Gate – Muzeum of the History of Lublin   www.zamek-lublin.pl

9. Market Square with the former Town Hall – Crown Tribunal

• tourist underground route    www.tnn.lublin.pl/k_42_m_42.html

10. Former church, monastery and college of Jesuit Society

• archcathedral   www.archikatedra.kuria.lublin.pl
• State Archive   www.lublin.ap.gov.pl

11. Dominican church nad monastery   www.lublin.dominikanie.pl

12. Square Po Farze

• former parsonage www.mdk.lublin.pl

13. Grodzka Gate, "Grodzka Gate – NN Theatre” Centre   www.tnn.lublin.pl

14. Castle, donjon, Holy Trinity chapel – Lublin State Museum   www.zamek-lublin.pl

15. St. Nicolas Church on the Czwartek Hill   www.czwartek.lublin.pl

16. Othodox cathedral   www.lublin.cerkiew.pl

17. Jeshiva   www.lublin.jewish.org.pl/uczelnia_historia.html

18. Old Jewish cemetery

19. Former Inn "Budzyń"

20. Open Air Folk Museum   www.skansen.lublin.pl

• Greek - Catholic church in the Open Air Folk Museum   www.grekat.stalwol.pl

Other European West - East Events in Lublin

International Days of Documental Cinema
"Crossroads of Europe”
in Lublin
(March/April)
www.crossroadsofeurope.pl


Meetings for the Non-Blazed-Trail Artists in Lublin
(April)
www.nieprzetartyszlak.pl

Central European Theatres Festival “Neighbours” in Lublin
(June)
www.festiwal-sąsiedzi.pl


International Conference for the Lovers of the "West - East" Routes in Lublin
(June/July)
www.zachod-wschod.pl/z.htm


Jagiellonian Fair in Lublin
(August)
www.jarmarkjagiellonski.pl


European Heritage Days in Lublin
(September)
www.edd.com.pl


International Festival “Theatrical Confrontations” in Lublin
(October)
www.konfrontacje.pl


International Dance Theatres Festival in Lublin

(November)
www.ltt.art.pl


International Festival “Ancient Songs of Europe” in Lublin
(November/December)
www.muzykakresow.serpent.pl