tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77337607874746656342023-11-15T09:27:04.168-08:00Lesko GuideZvika Schwartzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01455197237261981766noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733760787474665634.post-4785336937853392712006-12-05T23:33:00.001-08:002006-12-06T00:27:33.469-08:00Lesko<div align="left"><a href="http://leskogd.blogspot.com/2006/09/lesko.html" ><img src="http://www.relationet.net/jgicons/he.jpg" /></a><img title="אתר מעניין" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.relationet.net/jgicons/star1.jpg" border="0" /> <img title="Little Toun" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.relationet.net/jgicons/typepl.jpg" border="0" /><a href="http://images.google.co.il/images?q=lesko+synagogue+OR+synagoga&ndsp=20&svnum=10&hl=iw&lr=&rls=GGLJ,GGLJ:2006-43,GGLJ:en&start=0&sa=N"><img title="Take Camera" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.relationet.net/jgicons/camera.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://relationet.googlepages.com/lesko.kmz"><img title="Google Earth Google Earth" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.relationet.net/jgicons/earth.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/12690.html?bannertypeclick=smalltemp" target="_blank"><img height="30" alt="הקלק כדי לקבל תחזית מפורטת" src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/smalltemp_metric/language/www/global/stations/12690.gif" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span style="font-family:courier new;">JGuide LE XX PL 1S</span><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4324/428/400/visit37.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4324/428/400/visit37.jpg" border="0" /></a>Lesko is a <a title="Town" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town">town</a> in south-eastern <a title="Poland" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poland">Poland</a> with 6,800 inhabitants (1998), in <a title="Bieszczady" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bieszczady">Bieszczady</a> mountains. Since <a title="2002" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002">2002</a> it is the capital of the <a title="Powiat of Lesko" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powiat_of_Lesko">Powiat of Lesko</a>.<br />Situated in the <a title="Subcarpathian Voivodeship" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subcarpathian_Voivodeship">Subcarpathian Voivodeship</a> (since 1999), previously in <a title="Przemyśl Voivodeship" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PrzemyÅl_Voivodeship">Przemyśl Voivodeship</a> (1975-1998).<br />Lesko was founded probably in the 14th century; it is first mentioned in 1436. It was given town rights about 1470, when it was owned by Kmita nobles. In the 17th century the town was quite important centre of trade and craftsmanship, inhabited by about 1500 citizens. A good period ended in 1704, when it was looted by the Swedish troops in the <a title="Great Northern War" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Northern_War">Great Northern War</a>.<br /><a class="internal" title="The synagogue in Lesko" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Lesko_synagoga.jpg"></a><br /><a class="internal" title="Enlarge" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Lesko_synagoga.jpg"></a>The synagogue in Lesko<br />Monuments:<br />castle of Kmita nobles, built in the 16th century, then reconstructed, partially destroyed and rebuilt<br />former <a title="Synagogue" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synagogue">synagogue</a>, built between 16th and 17th centuries, then reconstructed. Destroyed during the World War II, then rebuilt. Currently there is an art gallery,<br />church built about 1539, then reconstructed.<br />Jewish cemetery, with graves dating from the 1500s. Before the <a title="Second World War" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_World_War">Second World War</a>, over half of Lesko's population was <a title="Jewish" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish">Jewish</a>.<br />Known:<br /><br />Source: Wikipedia </div>Zvika Schwartzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01455197237261981766noreply@blogger.com1