Gniezno (http://www.gniezno.home.pl/) is a city in Greater Poland in Poland. It is situated in the north-east part of the region, in Gniezno Lake District, between three lakes : Jelonek, Swietokrzyskie and Winiary. Historically it was one of the most important towns in the times of the creation of the Polish state - in Xth and XIth centuries. Gniezno has become the seat of the second polish diocese after Poznan, but the first - archbishopric. The Gniezno cathedral was - for almost 300 years - the coronation cathedral, however the kings' and dukes' burials took place - for as well 300 years - in Poznan.
