Maciej Ambrosiewicz, Wigry. Tales of a place woven from trees, water, mists, and human desires. Cultural guideNumber of pages: 226Year of publication: 2024, 2nd edition (supplemented and expanded)ISBN: 978-83-971524-5-8Illustrated: YES (colorful photographs by Piotr Malczewski, Maciej Ambrosiewicz, and Jarosław Borejszo)Format: 160 x 230 mm, paperback with flaps
About the BOOK:The Wigry Monastery is the showcase of the Suwałki Region.. There is probably no tourist who, traversing the numerous trails of northeastern Poland, would not visit the picturesque peninsula of Lake Wigry at least once. The soaring church towers and the dignified silhouette of the monastery have merged so completely with the austere northern landscape that it would be difficult to imagine this place without them. The history of the Camaldolese monastery in Wigry – a eremitical order characterized by an exceptionally strict rule – began in 1667. However, the first mention of Wigry was written down at the end of the Middle Ages by Jan Długosz, who mentioned the stay of Władysław Jagiełło on Wigry Island in 1418 while hunting.. And what happened to this place between the year 1418 and 1667? What happened before? Who and for what purpose used to come here? What did this place look like a few hundred years ago and was it always a peninsula? Wigry. Tales of a place woven from trees, water, mists, and human desires. A cultural guide is a book describing the colorful history of one of the most famous corners of northeastern Poland. This is a book for everyone – both for tourists who – seeing the picturesque silhouette of the monastery for the first time – would like to learn the history of this place, and for those who – looking at the monastery every day – were not aware of how many intriguing stories are inscribed within the walls of Wigry… On a peninsula, extending far into the northern part of Lake Wigry, stands a church with a monastery. Towering over the area, it seems to have been rooted in this place for centuries.. How wrong this impression is can only be assessed when one learns the history of this place.. I invite you to travel both in time and space, and to discover the secrets of the Wigry Peninsula…Maciej AmbrosiewiczABOUT THE AUTHOR:Dr Maciej Ambrosiewicz (ur. in 1963. in Suwałki) – monument conservator, museum professional and regionalist. Manages the team of the Wigry Museum in the Wigry National Park. He supervised conservation works on many historic buildings. For twenty years, meaning since its founding, he has been the president of the Augustów-Suwałki Scientific Society. Author of several dozen works in the field of monument protection and cultural landscape. For several years, they have been working towards inscribing the Augustów Canal on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Author and co-author of many books (among others. The Augustów Canal and its surroundings, the Intermarium or Suwałki Region, i.e., stories from the land of ice lying between Russia, Lithuania, Belarus, Prussia, Samogitia, Dzūkija, Rus', Podlasie, Masovia, Masuria, as well as hell and heaven… and the Suwałki casket. Cultural guide to Suwalszczyzna, i.e. 12 (and half) Mediterranean hikes) of articles and scientific studies. Editor-in-chief of the quarterly „Wigry”.
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