Descriptión de Piła
Reservation of hotels in Pila, good cheap hotels in Pila. Easy online reservation of hotel in Pila. Pila - a big city on a forest clearance, an industrial centre and a railway junction surrounded by large forests on the Gwda River. It is the birthplace of Stanislaw Staszic (1755-1826), an eminent priest, politician, scholar, reformer and the organizer of the Polish industry in the Staropolskie Basin in the area of today's Kieleckie Province. His home is now a biographical museum. In 1945, fierce battles to break the Pomeranian Wall took place here, as a result of which old buildings, including those of considerable historical interest, were demolished. Today, Pila is a modern city devoid of any relics of the past. Tourists are also welcome to visit the Museum of the Liberation of the City of Pila situated in the suburban quarter of Brzeznica (the exhibition of military accessories and documents related to the events in 1945). Around the city are scattered numerous bunkers and fortifications - the remnants of World War II. Holiday-makers can have a rest and sunbathe in the holiday resort on Lake Plocie in the city's quarter of Plotki.