Purda is a village in Olsztyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the

gmina The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' , from German ''Gemeinde'' meaning ''commune'') is the principal unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,477 gminas throughout the country, encompassing over 4 ...

(administrative district) called

Gmina Purda __NOTOC__ Gmina Purda is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Olsztyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Purda, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Olsztyn. The gmi ...

. It lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Olsztyn. It is located within the historic region of Warmia. The historic sights of Purda include the

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Saint Michael Archangel church, a typical Warmian old wayside shrine and a Catholic cemetery. The village was founded in 1384. Polish poet and bishop Ignacy Krasicki visited Purda in 1779.Stanisław Achremczyk, ''Nowe spojrzenie na Ignacego Krasickiego'', "Komunikaty Mazursko-Warmińskie" nr 1, 2003, p. 17 (in Polish)

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File:Kapliczka we wsi Purda - panoramio.jpg, Warmian old wayside shrine File:Purda - cmentarz (06).jpg, Catholic cemetery File:Purda - road cross - panoramio.jpg, Road cross in Purda File:Purda - skrzyżowanie dróg (01).jpg, Crossroads in Purda

References

Purda Pardah or purdah (from Hindi-Urdu , , meaning "curtain") is a religious and social practice of female seclusion prevalent among some Muslim and Hindu communities. It takes two forms: physical segregation of the sexes and the requirement that wom ...

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