It is high time to write about Jasło, my hometown which will always remain in my heart. This is the place where I was born, where I grew up and there will always be a special bond between me and my hometown. There are so many people, memories and places connected with Jasło which I will never forget and I can only sing with Adele:
"Round my hometown memories are fresh.
Round my hometown, ooh the people I've met"
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| The Market Square in Jasło |
Jasło is a small town with about 37,000 inhabitants. It is located on three rivers Jasiołka, Wisłoka and Ropa in the south-east of Poland.
Jasło was given the right to be called a town in 1366 by king Kazimierz Wielki. The town had few markets and played an important role in trade with the Kingdom of Hungary. In 1655 Jasło was captured and destroyed by Swedes. In 1772 Jasło, as a result of the first partition of Poland, became a part of the Austrian Empire.
In 1856 Ignacy Łukasiewicz opened an "oil distillery" in Ulaszowice near Jasło, which is the first industrial oil refinery in the world. He moved to Jasło in 1858 and later the oil well was constructed in Niegłowice. He was also the owner of the chemist's in the Market Square.
During the World War II, Jasło was burned down and destroyed by Nazis in 97%. I have a lot of respect and admiration for all those people from my hometown who came back to Jasło after the war, had absolutely nothing left and did not give up, but instead found strength in themselves and rebuilt the town. That is just amazing!
Nowadays Jasło is famous for oil refinery and recently wine. Every summer the International Days of Wine are held in the town where you can taste different Polish and foreign wines.
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| The Market Square and the Town Hall |
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| Church of the Assumption of Virgin Mary |
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| The Market Square in the wintertime |
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| The Market Square in the wintertime |
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| A Municipal Park |
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| Gazebo, located in the park, built in 1900 in memory of the visit of the Emperor Franz Jopseph |
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| The municipal park in the wintertime |
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| The Park in the wintertime |
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| The Park in the wintertime |
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| The Park in the wintertime |
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| The Community Centre |
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| St Anthony's Church - St Anthony of Padua is the Patron Saint of Jasło |
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| Wisłoka River |
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| CIAO - my favourite ice-cream parlour with a taste of Italy |
