The jury members of an art competition accompanying the European Heritage Days 2007 “People of the Road. Travellers, pilgrims, wanderers”, met on 26 and 27 November and 4 December 2007. The competition, organised by the National Heritage Board of Poland and the Centre for Civic Education, was addressed to primary and secondary school (gimnazjum) pupils. Its purpose was to encourage the children, and their teachers, to take an active part in the cultural events taking place in Poland at the time, and to expand their knowledge about the cultural accomplishments of the region of the participants’ origin as well as about its protection. The competing compositions totalled 2179 from 151 schools. The competition involved three thematic categories: I – works executed in a chosen technique and on maximum size A2 sheet, II – black-and-white or colour photographs, III – a film. The competitors were divided into three age groups: I – primary school forms 1-3, II – primary school forms 4-6, III – secondary school (gimnazjum) forms 1-3. The jury presented prizes to individual contestants and school forms, with an additional distinction. All forms taking part in the competition received commemorative “Protector of Historical Monuments” diplomas.
I n Poland European Heritage Day 2008 celebrations took place on 13-14 and 20-21 September. The event was organised under the slogan “The roots of tradition. From the family home to the fatherland”, which referred to the multi-cultural nature of Polish society and inclined towards further reflection on the connections between the place of residence and the feeling of national identity. The opening ceremony was held on 13 September in Byczyna, a mediaeval small town located at the crossing of historical trade routes and the meeting point of the contemporary frontiers of five voivodeships: Lower Silesia, Greater Poland, Lódz, Silesia and Opole. The honorary guest at the inauguration was Tomasz Merta, the General Conservator of Historical Monuments. 2 000 events were part of the Days celebrations, with about 400 000 persons attending. As in other countries, in Poland too the process of stirring an awareness of regional and national identity and, at the same time, recalling the joint roots and traditions of European culture is enjoying the increasing interest and support of local communities, self-government authorities, cultural institutions and private persons. The coordinator of this year’s Days was the National Heritage Board of Poland, whose partners included the Civic Education Centre and PKP Intercity. The honorary patron was the Minister of Culture and National Heritage. National mass media patronage was entrusted to the daily “Rzeczpospolita”, the monthly “Spotkania z Zabytkami” and two Internet portals – “Wirtualna Polska” and “Podróże”.
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