Editing Gniezno (section)

===Cradle of the Polish state===
Around 940 Gniezno, being an important pagan cult center, became one of the main fortresses of the early Piast rulers, along with aforementioned fortresses at [[Giecz]], [[Kruszwica]], [[Poznań]], [[Kalisz]], [[Łęczyca]], [[Ostrów Lednicki]], [[Płock]], [[Włocławek]], and others. Archeological excavations on Lech Hill in 2010 discovered an 11th-century tomb by the foundations of St. George's church, near the remains of a pagan burial mound discovered earlier on the hill.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://moje-gniezno.pl/artykuly/czytaj/418/tajemnice-wzgorza-lecha.html |title=Tajemnice Wzgórza Lecha Gniezno - Moje Gniezno - Portal Informacyjny Gniezna |last=Szymański |first=Freelance Design - Marcin |website=moje-gniezno.pl |date=31 July 2010 |language=pl |access-date=2018-03-13}}</ref> Discoveries indicate that Lech Hill could have been the burial place of rulers even before the baptism of [[Mieszko I of Poland]]. After the adoption of Christianity by Mieszko I, his son [[Bolesław I the Brave]] deposited the remains of [[Saint Adalbert of Prague|Saint Adalbert]] in a church, newly built on the Hill, to underline Gniezno's importance as the religious centre and capital of his kingdom.