What is Mazovia?
{{Infobox settlement | native_name = ''Mazowsze'' | native_name_lang = pl | settlement_type = Historical region | image_map = Mazowieckie płockie rawskie.png | mapsize = 275px | map_caption = Three historical Mazovian voivodeships in comparison with contemporary Polish voivodeships | image_shield = [[File:POL województwo mazowieckie IRP COA.svg|70px]] | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Poland}} | timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]] | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] | utc_offset_DST = +2 }} '''Mazovia''' or '''Masovia''' ({{lang-pl|Mazowsze}}) is a [[historical region]] in mid-north-eastern [[Poland]]. It goes across the [[North European Plain]]. It is between [[Łódź]] and [[Białystok]]. [[Warsaw]] is the unofficial [[capital city]]. Warsaw is also the largest [[city]] in the region. Throughout the [[Century|centuries]], Mazovia made a different [[culture]] than other [[Poles|Polish]] cultures. Historical Mazovia existed from the [[Middle Ages]] until the [[partitions of Poland]]. It was made up of three [[Voivodeship|voivodeships]] with the capitals in [[Warsaw]], [[Płock]] and [[Rawa Mazowiecka|Rawa]]. The main city of the region was [[Płock]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=WjLUlyZdlMgC&q=Mazowsze ''Mazowsze: Obraz Etnograficzny''], Volume 1, by Wojciech Gerson and Oskar Kolberg, BiblioBazaar, 2009 – 372 pages</ref> At the time, Płock was the capital of Poland. Later, however, Płock lost its importance to Warsaw. Warsaw then became the capital of Poland. From 1138, Mazovia was led by a branch of the [[Piast dynasty]]. When the last ruler of the independent [[Duchy of Mazovia]] died, it became fully part of the [[Polish Crown]] in 1526. The Mazovian Governorate was made in 1816. It had land in the south part of the region along with [[Łęczyca Land]] and south-eastern [[Kuyavia]]. The M