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Silesia — an imagined panorama
The story behind the illustration
Greenery, water, towers and contemporary buildings form a layered landscape. This is an artistic synthesis of the region, not an accurate panorama of one city. Explore its real diversity in the story of Silesian history.
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Sources checked: 4 October 2026.
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Silesia: many voices, one region
Historic Silesia and today’s Silesian Voivodeship are not identical. Upper Silesian history includes Polish, German, Czech and Jewish heritage alongside residents’ Silesian identity. The Silesian Museum explores this complexity; the Silesian Uprisings Museum provides context for the 1919–1921 uprisings and the 1921 plebiscite.
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