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Polish Week The recent Polish Week was held be-
tween September 24 - September 28,
at PUT 2012. There were 88 students, partici-
pating in different cultural activities, ex-
ploring historical sites and architecture
of Poznań and Wielkopolska. They came
from almost all over Europe: Spain, Por-
tugal, France, Italy, Hungary, Turkey,
Ireland, Germany but there were also
sudents from Morocco, India, Sri Lanka
and Pakistan.

Every semester, a week before the beginning of the term, They enjoyed everything that had been
the Centre of Languages and Communication (former De- planned for them but it was the guided
partament of Foreign Languages) runs Polish Week for in- tour of the old Fort No.3 in Poznań that
ternational students who come to Poznań to study at Po- they found extremely interesting.
znan University of Technology, benefitting from the European
Erasmus Programme. The fort is just one of 18 artillery forts
that surrounded Poznań. It was erect-
P olish Week is a splendid oppor- raphy. Students take part in different ed between 1877-1881 by the Prussian
tunity to get to know fellow stu- cultural events, enjoy the sightseeing army and is vey well preserved. While
dents, break the ice and learn of Poznań and the city neighbourhood, watching the barracks, bunkers and the
about Polish culture, history and geog- and discover the beauty of Poland. blockhouse, the students were teated to
lunch (typical soldier’s food: pea soup
with sausages served in the open air).
After lunch, the sightseeing was con-
tinued in the Poznan Citadel, including
a visit to the Museum of Armaments.
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