Granice polityczne w krajobrazie – krajobraz pogranicza

The article presents the impact of border infrastructure on shaping the cultural landscape from historical point of view. Starting with the oldest constructions stereotyped as the old borders (Roman walls, Great Wall of China), to the real elements of demarcation and protection of the border. Problem of the formation borderland and the characteristics of their cultural landscape were addressed, referring to the problem of the relict border. It shows how the boundary shapes the landscape of the borderland and how this landscape persists even after the ending of the barrier function of ceased political and administrative border. The study is based largely on own researches conducted over the last few decades in Poland and numerous examples from the World, mostly based on the author's own observations.