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The oldest borough on the eastern fringe of the Republic of Poland, with a picturesque location on the point of contact of two geographical regions: the ¦rodkowobeskidzkie Foothills and the Sandomierska Lowlands, in the valley of the San river. The town’s focal location, within ca. 600 km away from several of the capital cities of Central Europe, raised its importance as a supraregional and religious centre.
The town has been the capital of an independent duchy, of a land, starosty, county, district, voivodeship, and recently, of a district again. It is also a double metropolis: of the Roman Catholic and of the Uniate (Greek-Catholic) Churches. Moreover, it is an important international transport junction and it often functions as a departure point for people travelling into the Bieszczady mountains and to the countries of Eastern Europe.
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