28. lipca - July 28 - 28. července - 28. Juli

Copernicus Airport - Miroslawice Airfield - Berlin to Cracow Highway

Panoramic view of the main Karkonosze Mountains ridge (Giant Mountains, Krkonoše, Riesengebirge) from the north (from Poland) in spring 2013

closer and on the right the Castle of Chojnik on the Chojnik hill, further, in the centre Sniezka Mt, the highest peak of Sudety

closer and on the left the Castle of Chojnik, further, on the right Labski Summit,the source of the River Laba (Elbe)


What if Karkonosze were as young as Tatra Mts are: the height's been increased fourfold, just a joke


Slavic virgin with wreath in the Europe's oldest civilization territory from Goseck, Aythra, Nickern to Sleza Mt, 4800 - 4600 BC

Σλαβική Παρθενία, Slavic Partenia

On the territory of the oldest Europe's civilization to the east of what was later named by the Germans 'limes Sorabicus', over thousands of years emerged autochthonic nations of West Slavs. Only Poles and Czechs created their own states and survived the Drang nach Osten extermination.
All began ca 5 000 BC as documented by archaeological evidence linked to Goseck, Aythra, Nickern, Sleza and numerous other discoveries of the following cultures 4 000 - 1 800: Linear Pottery culture, 3 500: Lengyel culture, 3 500 - 3000: Funnelbeaker culture, 2 500: Globular Amphora culture, 2 000: Corded Ware culture (Indo-European invasion), 1900: Bell-Beaker culture, 1 800: Marszowice (Marschwitz) group of the Corded Ware culture (Protoslavic), 1 800 - 1 500: Unetice Culture, 1 500 - 1 300: pre-Lusatian Culture, 1 300 – 500: Lusatian Culture (pre-Slavic), 400 – 0 The Hallstatt and La Tène Cultures of the Celts influences, 400 BC – 500 AD Przeworsk culture (early Slavic) of Slavic Lugii or Veneds, ca 400 AD occasionally invaded by roaming Germanic hordes. After 500 AD, an ethnic and linguistic group the West Slavic culture – the Lechites who inherited areas of compact settlement east of Elbe (Laba) still homologous but facing the threat of extermination by the Germans, created separate unions, or nations like the Polish nation of Polans, Slezans, Pomeranians, Vistulans, Mazovians and other minor tribes under rule of the clan of Piasts.

Polish Silesian Sleza Mountain, Mt Olympus of the Middle Europe

The photograph below, along with three other ones by Zbigniew Halat, PhG i.e. Photography Guru (a Guru, in the ancient Indian language of Sanskrit, means one who is a teacher, guide, or master of certain knowledge), acting under the artistic nickname HalatFineArt, ranked #640 in a challenge 'Borders' (which generated 25.7 million votes), and out of 62 thousand photos from 98 countries has been selected for digital exhibition at the Hinterland Gallery, Vienna, Austria, on August 29 - 31, 2019. Poniższe zdjęcie wraz z trzema innymi autorstwa Zbigniewa Hałata, PhG, czyli Guru Fotografii (guru w starożytnym języku Indii sanskrycie oznacza nauczyciela, przewodnika lub mistrza pewnej wiedzy) działającego pod pseudonimem artystycznym HalatFineArt, zajęło 640. miejsce w konkursie fotograficznym 'Granice' (który wygenerował 25,7 miliona głosów) i spośród 62 tysięcy zdjęć z 98 krajów zostało wybrane na cyfrową wystawę w Hinterland Gallery,Wiedeń, Austria, w dniach 29 - 31 sierpnia 2019 r.

Polish Silesian Sleza Mountain: Mt Sleza - Mt Olympus of the Middle Europe. Fine Art Photography by Zbigniew Halat

Sleza is not only a mountain of a certain height, not only a forest-covered massif known to everyone visiting Silesia, Sleza is a history above all it is something as old as Silesia because it is from this that the Silesian tribe of Slezans - inhabiting this land and later the whole Silesia derived its name. For this lofty mountain. visible from the distance. beautiful and mysterious has become a holy place for as long as this land has been inhabited. Overthere on its summit in the dimness of a night, in the brightness of lightings or in the light of a sunny day, most esoteric things were taking place. For Sleza was gods abode. Her secrets were explored neither by scientists who studied the remnants of ages left on its summit and slopes nor by treasures seekers and adventurers. The highest hills of the massif: Sleza Mt, Radunia Mt and Kosciusko Mt (also known as Wiezyca) were surrounded by stony walls defending the dwelling of Slavic Slezans.

Olimpia Szafranska 's 19-year-old singer Gate of Heaven fans jumping up and down in unison on Mt Sleza - Mt Olympus of the Middle Europe. youtube
In Greek mythology Mt Olympus was the home of the Twelve Olympian gods. One of them was Aphrodite (Venus), goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation. Among them was also Artemis (Diana) the virgin, goddess of the hunt, wild animals, wilderness, childbirth, virginity and protector of young girls.
Mt Olympus in Turkish is known as Samanat Evi – the dwelling of the celestians.



Mt Olympus as seen from Dion, Central Macedonia, Greece. The ancient city owes its name to the most important Macedonian sanctuary dedicated to Zeus (Dios, "of Zeus"), leader of the gods who dwelt on Mount Olympus. Fine art phtotography by Zbigniew Halat

Aphrodite Hypolympidia - the Aphrodite venerated at the foothills of Mount Olympus found in the temple dedicated to the goddess, from the santuary of Isis; from the 2nd c. bC, the Isis cult began to resplace the Artemis cult. Note: index finger pointing, and Aphrodite (Venus), goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation, displaying the V sign. (V in Latin Virginitas, Victoria, in English Virginity, Victory, of course). Actually, the base was made ca. 3 centuries after the statue; the inscription mentions that the statue was commissioned by a freedwoman named Anthestia Iucunda in honor of the goddess and the Roman colonists who had settled in Dion, Greece. Note: According to the culture of death standards of sluttification and promiscuity, Aphrodite lagged far behind ladettes of nowadays: Aphrodite was a virgin bride on her disliked wedding night with deformed and ugly Hephaestus, and had "only" 9 extramarital divine and mortal consorts. Greece - the cradle of European civilization; the EU - its grave. Fine art phtotography by Zbigniew Halat

Olimpia Szafranska 's 19-year-old singer Gate of Heaven embodies indisputable femininity evolving from charming virginity of Artemis to fascinating womanhood of Aphrodite. Fine art photography by Zbigniew Halat


Olimpia Szafranska, age 19, proud to be Catholic, displaying the V sign which means Virginity until Marriage = Victory over sin.
2000 years of Christian tradition rooted in The Word of God (Verbum Domini) in this aspect is fully consistent with pagan beliefs regarding the value of chastity.
Fine art photography by Zbigniew Halat

MARCH OF VIRGINS UP TO THE MOUNT SLEZA      MARSZ DZIEWIC NA GÓRĘ ŚLĘŻĘ

Claudius Ptolemy (Κλαύδιος Πτολεμαῖος) in The Geography, 150 AD mentioned Sudéta óre, Suditi montes, Sudeti Montes and τὸ Ασκιβούργους ό̓ρος, Asciburgius Mons


East and North of the Sudety Mts on the territory of the Lugi of Silesia - Asciburgius Mons was Ptolemy's name for Mt Sleza
ὸ Ασκιβούργους ό̓ρος, [ασκι - wick, i. e. castle, like in Warwick, βούργους - burg, Indo-European hill, mountain; mound, tumulus, like in English barrow]

Who were Lugi?

The Lugii, Lugi, Lygii, Ligii, Lugiones, Lygians, Ligians, Lugians, or Lougoi were an ancient indegenous Proto-Slavic tribe of Przeworsk culture which emerged from the Lusatian culture (see a Wikipedia article on the "Polish Pompeii" -  Biskupin, excavated by renown archaeologist prof. Jozef Kostrzewski). They lived north of the Sudety Mts and Beskidy Mts in the basin of upper Odra and Vistula rivers, covering most of modern south and middle Poland (regions of Silesia, Greater Poland, Mazovia and Little Poland). The undisputable archaeological evidence such as cremation, which was characteristic to Slavs, has accumulated where the tribe are supposed to have settled. Some German, particularly Nazi  junk scientists were used to deny the ethnic continuity of cultures before the Polish Piast rule over the former territory of  Lugii.

Magda Mielcarz as Lygia, a Proto-Slavic Christian virgin, Rafal Kubacki as Ursus, her faithful servant, an amazingly strong, athletic Ligian, and Franciszek Pieczka as St. Peter

 in "Quo Vadis"- a 2001 Polish film directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Wonderful must thy Lygian country be where such maidens are born!
"Quo Vadis"A Narrative of the Time of Nero by Henryk Sienkiewicz
winner of the 1905 Nobel Prize in Literature
full text audio

Polish Silesia Mt Sleza known in Western Europe as Asciburgius Mons, Asciburgius Mountain

ASCIBURGUS Mons Poloniae, cui initial in Hungariae et Silesiae confinio; inde in Septentrionem excurrens, versus Uvartam fluv. et Marchiam Brandeburgicam, ad mare Balthicum deponitur. Traiectus eius hic accolis Gollenberg dicitur, Cluverio teste. Hofmann, Johann Jacob: Lexicon Universale [...]. - Leiden, 1698. - JOH. JACOBI HOFMANNI SS. Th. Doct. Profess. Histor. et Graec. Ling. in Academ Basil. LEXICON VNIVERSALE, HISTORIAM SACRAM ET PROFANAM Omnis aevi, omniumque Gentium; CHRONOLOGIAM AD HAEC VSQVE TEMPORA; GEOGRAPHIAM ET VETERIS ET NOVI ORBIS; PRINCIPVM PER OMNES TERRAS FAMILIARVM Ab omni memoria repetitam GENEALOGIAM; Tum MYTHOLOGIAM, RITVS, CAERIMONIAS, Omnemque Veterum Antiquitatem, ex Philologiae fontibus haustam; VIRORVM, INGENIO ATQVE ERVDITIONE CELEBRIVM Enarrationem copiosissimam; Praeterea ANIMALIVM, PLANTARVM, METALLORVM, LAPIDVM, GEMMARVM, Nomina, Naturas, Vires, Explanans. EDITION ABSOLVTISSIMA, Praeter Supplementa, et Additiones, antea seorsum editas, nunc suis locis ac ordini insertas, VBERRIMIS ACCESSIONIBVS, IPSIVS AVCTORIS MANV novissime lucubratis, tertia parte, quam antehac, AVCTIOR, LOCVPLETIOR: INDICIBVS ATQVE CATALOGIS REGVM, PRINCIPVM, POPVLORVM, TEMPORVM, VIRORVM ET FEMINARVM ILLVSTRIVM, ANIMALIVM, PLANTARVM; Tum praecipue NOMINVM, QVIBVS REGIONES, VRBES, MONTES, FLVMINA, etc in omnibus terris, vernacula et vigenti hodie ubique lingua appellantur; Caeterarum denique rerum memorabilium, ACCVRATISSIMIS INSTRVCTA. TOMVS PRIMVS Literas A, B, C, continens. [gap: illustration] LVGDVNI BATAVORVM, Apud JACOB. HACKIVM, CORNEL. BOVTESTEYN, PETR. VANDER AA, et JORD. LVCHTMANS. MDC XCVIII. Cum peculiari Praepott. D. D. Ordinum Hollandiae et West-Frisiae Privilegio.	ASCIBURGIUS MONS, a mountain, which must be on the confines of Poland, because Ptolemy adds, that the people, who bordered on that mountain extended themselves to the Vistula. It is therefore that chain od mountains, that run between Silesia and Poland, and on the south touching Hungary, extend to the Baltic, through the march of Brandenburg. A Dictionary of ancient Geography, explaining the local Appellations in sacred, Grecian, and Roman History...The Whole established by proper Authorities, and designed for the Use of Schools … London, Printed for G. Robinson … and T. Cadell … 1773. First and only edition, with a preface by Samuel Johnson. A Dictionary of ancient Geography, explaining the local Appellations in sacred, Grecian, and Roman History; exhibiting the Extent of Kingdoms, and Situations of Cities, &c. And illustrating the Allusions and Epithets in the Greek and Roman Poets. The Whole established by proper Authorities, and designed for the Use of Schools … London, Printed for G. Robinson … and T. Cadell … 1773. 8vo., pp. iv, [628]; the dictionary printed in double columns; a very good copy in contemporary speckled calf, some surface wear, upper joint and extremities of spine neatly restored; from the library of the Earls of Granard, with contemporary ink signature on the title and engraved armorial bookplate. First and only edition, with a preface by Samuel Johnson. ‘For Alexander Macbean, one of his amanuenses in the laborious task of transcribing copy for his Dictionary, Johnson seems ever to have retained an humane interest … Johnson’s characterization of Macbean was recorded by Fanny Burney in 1778. To Mrs. Thrale’s inquiry concerning Macbean, Johnson replied: “Madam, he is a Scotchman; he is man of great learning, and for his learning I respect him, and I wish to serve him. He knows many languages, and knows them well; but he knows nothing of life. I advised him to write a geographical dictionary; but I have lost all hopes of his ever doing anything properly, since I found he gave as much labour to Capua as to Rome”’ (Hazen). Johnson implies rather more admiration for the book in the Preface that he wrote for Macbean: ‘Though the Ancients are read among us, … more perhaps than in any other country, we have hitherto had very little assistance in ancient Geography … [and] however systematically any book of General Geography may be written, it is seldom used otherwise than as a Dictionary. The student wanting some knowledge of a new place, seeks the name in the index, and then by a second labour finds that in a System which he would have found in a Dictionary by the first.	LYGII, or LUGII … The Vistula was their boundary to the north, east, and south, with mount Asciburgius to the north. Now the whole of that country lies in Poland, on this side the Vistula. Encyclopaedia londinensis, or, Universal dictionary by John Wilkes, of Milland House ...; assisted by eminent scholars of the English, Scotch, and Irish, universities. 1815 "Encyclopaedia londinensis, or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature : comprehending, under one general alphabetical arrangement, all the words and substance of every kind of dictionary extant in the English language : in which the improved departments of the mechanical arts, the liberal sciences, the higher mathematics, and the several branches of polite literature, are selected from the acts, memoirs, and transactions, of the most eminent literary societies, in Europe, Asia, and America : forming a comprehensive view of the rise, progress, and present state, of human learning in every part of the world : embellished by a most magnificent set of copper-plate engravings ..." compiled, digested, and arranged, by John Wilkes, of Milland House ... ; assisted by eminent scholars of the English, Scotch, and Irish, universities.

   Ślężańska ślągwa karmi źródło Anna: dzika przyroda nadała nazwę Ślęży i całemu Śląskowi
Źródło * Anna * Dzika * Przyroda * Góra * Ślęża * Śląsk * Polski

Mount Sleza name is a derivative of an old Slavic noun 'slag', actually 'śłąg' (read: s'long), where s'  denotes a very soft spelling of consonant s. like in Polish name od Silesia - Śląsk, much softer than sh in Eglish 'she'. Slag meant wet, dump place, a small pond, or marsh. Such places can be easily found on the slopes of Sleza today. For the well educated Poles and other Slavic nationals it is pretty obvious that Slęża (Sleza in Polish, read: S'lenzha) ) took its name from 'śląg' , and all Silesia (Śląsk in Polish, read: S'lonsk) took its name from Sleza Mt.  
Ślęż (Slenz) was god of water of the Slavic tribe Ślężanie (Slezans) mentioned as Sleenzane in 845 AD in Descriptio civitatum et regionum ad septentrionalem plagam Danubii.

Aturezani habent civitates CIIII. Chozirozi habent civitates CCL. Lendizi habent civitates XCVIII. Thafnezi habent civitates CCLVII. Zeriuani, quod tantum est regnum, ut ex eo cuncte genetes Sclauorum exorte sint et originem, sicut affirmant, ducant. Prissani civitates LXX. Uelunzani civitates LXX. Bruzi plus est undique quam de Enisa ad Rhenum Uuizunbeire Caziri civitates C. Ruzzi. Forsderen. Liudi. Fresiti. Serauici. Lucolane. Ungare. Uuislane. Sleenzane civitates XV. Lunsizi civitates ***. Dadosesani civitates XX. Milzane civitates ***. Besunzane civitates II. Uerizane civitates X. Fraganeo civitates XL. Lupiglaa civitates ***. Opolini civitates XX. Golensizi civitates V

 
Mt Sleza, Polish Silesia, the Slavic tribe Slezans god of water, Slenz

Mt Sleza, Radix Silesiae, the Root of Silesia

Already in Neolithic age (4200 - 3500 years  BC) the settlements in the region were found to have existed. A local Slezan group of Lusatian culture was formed which created a Slezan culture centre. It included the Sleza Massif and its surroundings.  Stony constructions preserved on their summits in the form of low circles arranged of stones and boulders were intended for defense against attackers, e. g. some hords of roaming Germans called Silingen (Wandalen) who passed by without stopping on their Drang nach Osten type of migration, toward the West that time. Archaeologists date the origins of these sites to 13 - 5th century BC.  The mythical atmosphere of this mountain is fostered by mysterious, stony sculptures, boulders marked with aslant carvings of crosses, added much later to mark property boundaries. 

Mt Sleza Polish Silesia pre Slavic Lusatian or early Slavic Przeworsk culture sculptures:

Pre Slavic Lusatian or early Slavic Przeworsk culture, not Celtic, is the origin of the most important Slezan stone figure Virgin with Fish aka Slezan Venus of Silesia
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MARCH OF VIRGINS UP TO THE MOUNT SLEZA      MARSZ DZIEWIC NA GÓRĘ ŚLĘŻĘ

 
Marysia Sokołowska, Miss Czystości Polski, przed figurą Panny z Rybą posadzoną na skałach Góry Ślęży.
Mary Sokolowska, Miss Purity of Poland, in front of ancient figure Virgin with a Fish, seated on the rocks of Sleza Mountain
   
 Panna z Rybą na Górze Ślęży. Środkową część Ryby będącej symbolem czystość i płodności Panna przyciska do łona.
Virgin with a Fish on the Mount Sleza. The middle part of the Fish which is a symbol of purity and fertility is being pressed to the bosom of the Virgin.
   
Góra Ślęża: Niedźwiedź i Panna z Rybą. Ogon wielkiej Ryby prehistoryczny rzeźbiarz umieścił pomiędzy lekko uchylonymi nogami Panny.
Sleza Mountain: Bear and Virgin with a Fish. The huge Fish's tail its prehistoric sculptor placed between the Virgin's legs slightly ajar.

Góra Ślęża - punkt spotkań ludzi maszerujących w czystości ku małżeńskiej płodności.
Mount Sleza - a meeting point of people marching up in purity towards the marital fertility.

The marks of an aslant cross carved on  pre Slavic Lusatian culture sculptures and on rocks of the slopes of Sleza are much later property boundaries "X" marks or (according to a traditional medicine hypothesis) commemorate the ancient art  of  Slezan acutherapy practised by the local clan of  shamans and medicine men.

In the early Middle Ages (6 - 7th century a.Ch.) the colonisation develops in the Sleza region. Chwalkowice is the oldest settlement of that period and is dated as being from 6 - 7th century. Among other things a quern-stones processing workshop was discovered there and on the Sleza slope a number of shaft fields from where quern-stones were extracted. Archaeological researches indicate that about 50 hand-mills were manufactured here every year. Both the scale of the production and a demand for this product caused that hand-mills from Sleza were exported far beyond the boundaries of the Silesia In the course of excavations in the northem Germany (Haithabu in Schlezwik) archaeologists determined that the stone-mills found there were manufactured in Slezan workshops. In Bedkowice (the village attested in 1209 as the property of a Duke) a settlement complex from early Middle Ages has been preserved. It comprises ruins of a stronghold (castle, barrow cemetery, cult stone circle, a medieval pond and a settlement functioning from 13th century. This complex embraces the surface of about 50 ha and is the only so well preserved and exhibited in the natural landscape in Silesia and in the Central Europe. This whole complex is today an Archaeological Reserve with the open-air museum of the settlement.

Until the first half of 9th century Sleza played a role of the pagan cult centre of the Slezans tribe despite the fact that from the times of Mieszko I (acceptance of Christianity by Slavic tribes) Christianity has been developing. It was a normal phenomenon in Silesia in the 10th century and at the beginning of the 11th century that pagan and Christian religions coexisted. Not till the times of Kazimierz the Restorer (first half of the 11th century) an attempt to eliminate "The capital of paganism" - the cult centre on Sleza was made. Despite all the activities carried out to achieve this goal, Sleza continued to be a sanctity and still focused elements of the ancient faith. The most significant testimony of this are the words of Thietmar from Merseburg, bishop and chronicler, who says about Sleza: "This mountain was worshipped by all the townsmen for the reason of its enormity and its destiny as accursed pagan rituals were carried out over there".

The relics of pagan worships in the region of Sleza mountain until the half of 19th century were fires during the St. John's night considered immoral and prohibited by the German colonial authorities.

In the 21st century observers of the ancient tradition are freed from guilt by bells of the sanctuary of Sancta Mater Boni Consilii et Sapientiae Cordis (Our Lady of Good Counsel and Wisdom of the Heart Slezan Sanctuary) in Sulistrowiczki located in the saddle between Sleza and Radunia. The church bells magnify eternal magic of Sleza Mountain, Mt Olympus of the Middle Europe. The founder of the sancturary, Fr prelate dr Ryszard Staszak referred to the glorious pagan pre-history and history of the Sleza Massif: "Once God was sought in this place - here today, people are looking for contact with God, whom they already know". Fr prof. dr Czeslaw Bartnik wrote: "Sensitivity to transcendent values and detachment proper to the sacrum, by individuals and whole social groups, best expresses their religiosity. In the Polish society this religiosity was Christian for over a thousand years, but it also contains many elements of ancient Slavic culture. Throughout subsequent epochs the Christian understanding of God, forms of worship, sacraments, structures of the church and saints, as well as norms of life, pervaded the culture of inhabitants of the Polish Crown, and subsequently of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and of the Second Polish Republic. Christianity, in constant touch with the culture of Slavs living in the area between the Oder and the Dnieper and between the Baltic Sea and the Carpathians, enriched it with something new that became a principle of growth without destroying what was precious and proper."  in BASIC ELEMENTS OF POLISH RELIGIOSITY by Fr prof. dr Czeslaw Bartnik  a professor at the Catholic University of Lublin  full text here.

Saint Andrew Zorard's Well in Sulistrowiczki, Wroclaw County, Lower Silesian Voivodshaft, Poland

St Andreas Zorard (Zorardus, Zoeradus, Sveread, Svorad, Sourad) 950 - 1035 AD,  was the first native Pole who was declared a saint,
nowadays, recognized by prof. Gerwazy Swiderski and other physicians as the first Polish medical doctor too
The St Zorard's motto watchwords were: NEC LANGUOR (do not be sluggish) and  NEC RUDIS  (do not be rude)
 

At the Our Lady of Good Counsel and Wisdom of the Heart Slezan Sanctuary in Sulistrowiczki
votive stones to st Zorard commemorating his living as a hermit and a missionary, evangelizing and healing pagans of the Slezans tribe
at around the year 1000 AD ...in terra Silesianorum apud montem Sobotka in eremo ad ripam fluvi Olawa... Officia propria. Diecezium Poloniae
The plaque reads:
GŁAZY WOTYWNE DLA ŚW. ŚWIERADA OD JEGO CZCICIELI, 29.05.2011
THE VOTIVE STONES TO SAINT ZORARD FROM HIS WORSHIPPERS, 29 May, 2011

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ŚWIĘTY ANDRZEJ ŚWIERAD (SAINT ANDREW ZORARD) Stained glass window in the Chapel of St Andrew Zorard.
The Chapel was built 1400 - 1410 in Wroclaw Cathedral of St. John the Baptist where the first native Polish saint is venerated as saint patron of sick people

Peter Wlastowic and his wife Maria, owner of Mt Sleza
Peter Wlastowic was the most prominent heir to the legacy of the Slezans tribe.

The fertile area that stretches from Mt Sleza (of what all Silesia took its name) to to the large Odra River Valley was a cradle of evolution for the West Slavic Slezans tribe. At the crossroads of north-south (via ambra, Amber Road) and west-east (via regia, High Road) trade routes, the Slezans' prince Wrocisław (Vratislav) established fortified settlements on Odra river islets, named after him Wroclaw (Vratislavia, Wratislavia).
The most famous heir of Slezans tribe was Peter Wlastowic (son of Wlast, Polish: Piotr Wlostowic, 1080-1153, also known as Wlast, Wlost, Wlostowic), the owner of Mt Sleza, and of the Wroclaw islets in the Odra River, including the one called Olbin after his clan's name - Swan (Olbadz in medieval Slavic languages). There. he founded the Saint Vincent Abbey, the most impressive sacral complex in this part of Europe. See below richly ornamented capital of a column  of the Wroclaw Olbin Portal of the year 1180, one of few architectural details of the St Vincent Abbey of 1139 saved after demolishing the shrine by Lutherans in 1529. Among almost one hundred Christian foundations Silesia owned to Peter Wlastowic and his family were also two churches dedicated to the Most Holy Virgin Mary and erected paralelly One was built on the Sand Island and the other on the top of the Sleza Mountain.

Richly ornamented capital of a column of the Wroclaw Olbin Portal of the year 1180,
one of few architectural details of the St Vincent Abbey of 1139 saved after demolishing the shrine by Lutherans in 1529.
 

Peter Wlastowic belongs to the Hall of Fame of the Polish State as a victorious commander defeating enemies of Poland, genial politician, talented governor, the steadfast Pole, always driven by the interests of Poland, ally of Polabian Slavs, incomparable builder of Poland in Silesia, sinful but capable to accept a severe penance, thanks to which Silesia blossomed with magnificent buildings, Christian religion and culture. Pater patriae Petrus comes et tocius cleri  fidelis defensor ecclesiarum munificus fundator (Cronica Petri comitis Poloniae with  Carmen Mauri)