Friday, March 11, 2016

Hanseatic City of Toruń | Poland



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Toruń is one of the oldest cities in Poland. The city is located in northern Poland, on the Vistula River. It is the birthplace of the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. The old town of Toruń is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

In 1280 the city joined the Hanseatic League, a commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds and their market towns.

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