This small town has made history. In the Middle Ages it was the capital of the Duchy of Kuyavian Brest, where Polish-Teutonic congresses took place, peace treaties were made, sejms and sejmiks with the participation of crowned heads were convened. It was probably in Kuyavian Brest that the king of Poland, Władysław Łokietek, was born. The Gothic Church of St. Stanislaus the Bishop and a fragment of the town walls are the oldest remnants of the town's history.
The history of Brest from the Neolithic period to the present day is displayed in the multimedia exhibition Pendulum of Time in the WAHADŁO Brest Centre of Culture and History. You will see what the trapezoidal huts that have been discovered in the area looked like in the Neolithic, and what the vessels looked like in the Bronze and Iron Ages. You will look into the chamber of Princess Eufrosina - the mother of Władysław Łokietek - and meet young Władek - the future king of Poland. You will come across a medieval stand and a Jewish street covered with real cobblestones. You will also sit in the compartment of a narrow-gauge railway carriage and set off on a journey from Włocławek to Brest. It is with the railway that the name of the Centre is connected. There used to be a reloading station for a narrow-gauge railway that ran "back and forth like pendulum” [PL wahadło].
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