Nowogród

It is centered on the area known as Skansen Kurpiowski which is an open-air museum, with several examples of mostly 19th century architecture from the region of Kurpie.

The town's landmark is a World War II tank that stands overlooking the Narew river from atop a hill.

By early 14th century, it already was the seat of a castellany; on Nowogrod’s stamp from 1320, a Latin inscription Signum Novogrodensis is visible.

[1] It enjoyed a number of privileges, especially during the period known as Polish Golden Age, when it was an important center of trade, commerce and honey-making.

During the German Invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, heavy fighting between Poles and the advancing Wehrmacht took place here, leaving Nowogród almost completely destroyed.

Early-20th-century view of the Church of the Nativity