Świętokrzyski National Park
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The author of the original logotype of the Świętokrzyski National Park was Mr Wiesław Paweł Kapuściński, graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. The inspiration came from a well-known legend from which the name Świętokrzyskie Mountains stuck to the “bald mountains.” According to it, while hunting in a primeval forest, chasing after a deer, prince Emeric of Hungary moved away from his retinue and got lost. When he was about to shoot the animal, he noticed a double-armed cross surrounded by a glow between its magnificent antlers. Accepting this as a sign from God, Emeric made a promise according to which he built a monastery and placed relics of the Holy Cross tree, which he had received from his father, in it. Since then, the hill has been called Święty Krzyż – Holy Cross, and the surrounding mountains – Świętokrzyskie Mountains.