Sejny
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Sejny is a small historic town in northeastern Poland near the Lithuanian border, known for its multicultural heritage and religious landmarks.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sejny canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
municipality
ⓘ
town ⓘ |
| administrativeStatus |
seat of Sejny County
ⓘ
urban gmina ⓘ |
| borderWith | Lithuania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Poland ⓘ |
| distanceToSuwałki | about 30 km GENERATED ⓘ |
| foundedInCentury | 16th century ⓘ |
| grantedTownRights | 1600s ⓘ |
| hasCulturalActivity | promotion of Polish–Lithuanian–Jewish cultural dialogue ⓘ |
| hasCulturalInstitution |
Borderland Centre of Arts, Cultures and Nations
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Borderland Foundation (Pogranicze) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHeritage |
Belarusian cultural heritage
ⓘ
Jewish cultural heritage ⓘ Lithuanian cultural heritage ⓘ Polish cultural heritage ⓘ |
| hasMinority |
Belarusian minority
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Jewish community (historical) ⓘ Lithuanian minority ⓘ Old Believers (historical) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPopulation | around 5000 ⓘ |
| hasReligiousBuilding |
Basilica of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Sejny
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dominican monastery in Sejny ⓘ Sejny synagogue NERFINISHED ⓘ Yeshiva building in Sejny ⓘ |
| historicalAffiliation |
Congress Poland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Polish Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalEvent | Sejny Uprising (1919) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Sejny Basilica
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
former synagogue complex ⓘ multicultural heritage ⓘ religious landmarks ⓘ |
| locatedBy | Marycha River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Podlaskie Voivodeship
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sejny County NERFINISHED ⓘ northeastern Poland ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Lithuania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyCity | Suwałki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | historical region of Suwałki ⓘ |
| postalCode | 16-500 ⓘ |
| religionPresent |
Eastern Orthodoxy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Judaism (historical) NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Believers (historical) NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Catholicism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone | CET ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | CEST ⓘ |
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