NOWY ŚWIAT STREET Nearby: – military objects. There is an interesting outdoor able cafes and restaurants, as well as elegant UJAZDOWSKIE AVENUE Contemporary Art – a cultural institution and THE WILANÓW PARK exhibition making it possible to admire military boutiques and shops selling products of the an excellent gallery. Below the escarpment, AND COMPLEX The Mikołaj Kopernik Monument The University Library tanks and helicopters. world’s luxury brands. The Ujazdowski Park east of the Castle, there is the Agricola Park (Pomnik Mikołaja Kopernika) (Biblioteka Uniwersytecka w Warszawie) (Park Ujazdowski) and the street of the same name, where street ul. St. Kostki Potockiego 10/16 ul. Dobra 56/66, www.buw.uw.edu.pl The National Museum The St. Alexander’s Church gas lamps are hand lit by lighthouse keepers tel. +48 22 544 27 00 One of the best examples of modern architecture (Muzeum Narodowe) (Kościół św. Aleksandra) just before the dusk and put down at dawn. www.wilanow-palac.art.pl in the Polish capital. In the underground of this Al. Jerozolimskie 3 ul. Książęca 21, www.swaleksander.pl It used to be the summer residence of Jan interesting building there is an entertainment tel. +48 22 621 10 31 A classicist church modelled on the Roman The Botanical Garden III Sobieski, and then August II as well as centre (with bowling, billiards, climbing wall) www.mnw.art.pl Pantheon. It was built at the beginning of the of the Warsaw University the most distinguished aristocratic families. and on the roof there is one of the prettiest One of the most important cultural institutions 19th c. to commemorate the visit of Alexander (Ogród Botaniczny Uniwersytetu Between the palace and the Lake Wilanów and largest roof gardens in Europe from in the country and the largest museum in the I – the tsar of and, at that time, also Warszawskiego) there is two-level Italian garden, and which you can admire the view of the Vistula capital of . It has a rich collection of the king of Poland. The church was destroyed Al. Ujazdowskie 4 in the southern part – an English-style garden. River and the National Stadium, and through exhibits, from paintings to handicraft and stamps during the war. It was rebuilt afterwards but in www.ogrod.uw.edu.pl special windows you can take a look into the coming from all the eras – from the Antiquity to a simplified form. Set up in 1818, the garden offers interesting Museum of King Jan III’s Palace at Wilanów library from above. specimens and nature trails and greenhouses. (Muzeum Pałacu Króla Jana III w Wilanowie) The Fryderyk Museum Poland regained its independence, served for In the garden there are collections of plants the Old Orangery and in the Stanisławowski the world. It has been many times reproduced, Built in the 17th c. for king Jan III Sobieski, (Muzeum Fryderyka Chopina) a while in the Polish army and in 1920 took that consist of over 10 thousand species. The Theatre (in the eastern wing of the building), one famous reproduction – in 1:1 scale – being it is one of the most beautiful monuments The monument of this great Polish astrono- ul. Okólnik 1 (ul. Tamka 41) part in the Polish-Soviet War and was even A city park founded in the 19th c. at a place garden may be visited from spring to autumn. where – additionally – prestigious awards are the one in Hamamatsu (Japan). of the European Baroque and a testament mer living at the turn of the 15th and 16th tel. +48 22 441 62 51, chopin.museum/en awarded a War Order of Virtuti Militari. When where folk entertainment events were often granted to great . In the summer (on every Sunday from May to to the greatness of the then Republic of century was designed by . One of the most modern and multimedia the general visited Warsaw in 1967 he lived held. What is especially attractive for walkers THE ŁAZIENKI KRÓLEWSKIE The Łazienki Królewskie is the venue for September) at noon and at 4 pm, free outdoor Poland (‘Rzeczpospolita’). In 1805 Stanisław Nearby: The astronomer’s theory concerning the biographical museums in Europe, located in in Nowy Świat Street. is the park personal scale that has been sitting PARK AND PALACE COMPLEX numerous cultural, scientific and entertain- concerts are held by the monument that always Potocki, the then owner of Wilanów made circulation of the celestial bodies is one of the historic . The Museum (and working) there since 1912. You should ing events, as well as a favourite place for attract a large audience. his collection of art in the palace available to The National Temple the most important scientific revolutions in presents the largest collection of the objects The Banking and Financing Centre also see the 19th century bronze of ul. Agrykola 1, tel. +48 504 243 783 walks. In the park you cannot ride a bicycle, In Warsaw there are many places related to the public, creating at the same time one of of Divine Providence the history of mankind. In Poland it is said related to the life and work of Chopin (the ‘Nowy Świat’ Gladiator. An unquestionable attraction for www.lazienki-krolewskie.pl rollerblades and a skateboard not to frighten Fryderyk Chopin. The most important of them the first museums in Poland. The interiors of (Świątynia Opatrzności Bożej) that the astronomer ‘moved the earth and so-called chopiniana) in the world. Apart (Centrum Bankowo–Finansowe „Nowy Świat’) children is a large playing ground. the squirrels and peacocks living here, but you are indicated by multimedia playing benches the palace, with its original decorations and Pola Wilanowskie, tel. +48 22 201 97 12 stopped the sun’. There are two more identical from the priceless memorabilia relating to the ul. Nowy Świat 6/12, www.cbf.com.pl can feed the animals. located in several places in the city. furnishing, represent three styles. The oldest, ul. Ks. Prymasa Augusta Hlonda 1 monuments in the world – cast according to composer you can hear there the singing of The building used to be the headquarters The Monument baroque royal apartments are located in the www.centrumopatrznosci.pl the same model – in Montreal and in . Nohant birds and smell violas – the favourite of the authorities of the People’s Republic (Pomnik Ignacego Jana Paderewskiego) The Palace main body of the building. The style of the www.muzeumjp2.pl The Copernicus Science Centre scent of Fryderyk Chopin. of Poland PRL. In the times of the People’s Located in the Ujazdów Park, it is a monument (Pałac Na Wyspie) (Belweder) 18th c. is visible in the interiors of the southern The church is part of the Divine Providence Centre The Staszic Palace (Centrum Nauki Kopernik) Republic of Poland the building was the of a great Polish pianist, composer, politician A pearl of Polish architecture and one of the ul. Belwederska 56 wing and the rooms decorated by the Potocki where museum of John Paul II and Cardinal (Pałac Staszica) ul. Wybrzeże Kościuszkowskie 20 The National Stadium seat of the state authorities and so it was and social activist. symbols of Warsaw. King Stanislaw August www.prezydent.pl family in the 19th c. are in the northern wing. Stefan Wyszyński are to be opened (in 2015) ul. Nowy Świat 72 tel. +48 22 596 41 00 () commonly dubbed the Party’s House. At the contemporary times. What deserves special The Statue of John of Nepomuk Poniatowski organised parties here and invited as well as the Pantheon of the Great Poles Built at the beginning of the 20th c. thanks to www.kopernik.org.pl Al. Księcia J. Poniatowskiego 1 that time, it was the most heavily guarded attention is Picasso’s ceramics and the Faras (Figura św. Jana Nepomucena) The Ujazdów Castle guests for famous . Special The Mausoleum of Stanisław in the lower part of the , where there the efforts of priest and prominent activist of One of Warsaw’s special places and the most tel. +48 22 295 95 95 building in Poland. From 1991 the building Gallery (Europe’s largest exhibition of the art The statue depicts the guardian of roads and – Centre for Contemporary Art attraction are rides on gondolas that moor close and Aleksandra Potocki are already graves of Father Jan Twardowski the Enlightenment Period Stanisław Staszic. It modern scientific and cultural institutions in www.stadionnarodowy.org.pl housed the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WGPW). and culture of the Nubian Christian period) and bridges. It was placed at its current place in (Zamek Ujazdowski to the palace. Nearby there is the Theatre on (Mauzoleum Stanisława i Aleksandry Potockich) – a poet, Father Zdzisław Peszkowski – the was built on the site where there used to be Europe – a place where you can experience At present, the owner of the edifice is the joint the painting by Jan Matejko (19th c.) called 1752 to commemorate the finishing of the – Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej) the Isle where in the summer you can listen A neo-Gothic chapel built in the 19th c. in Chaplain for the Katyń Families Association a destroyed Dominican monastery and before things rather than just see them. You can feel stock company Centrum Bankowo-Finansowe ‘the Battle of Grunwald’ of the impressive size works of paving the streets of Warsaw and ul. Jazdów 2, www.csw.art.pl to concerts and watch plays. honour of the former owners of Wilanów. and Families of Victims Murdered in the East, that – an Orthodox chapel. During the period an earthquake and a tornado, run a simulation ‘Nowy Świat’. The fact that the building was of 426 × 987 cm. lighting and regulating its sewer system. tel. +48 22 628 12 71 The Łazienki Królewskie (the Royal Baths) is Krzysztof Skubiszewski – the first Minister of of the partitions the palace was rebuilt in the of a surgical operation, learn about the lift inaccessible to common people for decades one of the most beautiful park-and-palace The Fryderyk Chopin Monument The St. Anna’s Church Foreign Affairs in the reborn Republic of Poland decorative style of Russian-Byzantine style. The force by putting onto your hand the profile of generated numerous legends, including the THE THREE CROSSES SQUARE Nearby: complexes in Europe. The last king of Poland (Pomnik Fryderyka Chopina) (Kościół św. Anny) (1989-1993) and Ryszard Kaczorowski – the palace housed the Gymnasium called Russian a plane’s wing. You can construct and control one telling about a network of underground (PLAC TRZECH KRZYŻY) Stanisław August Poniatowski (18th c.), who The monument is one of the most recognisable ul. Kolegiacka 1 last president of the Republic of Poland in and an Orthodox church that was supposed your own robots. The experiments make it corridors that were supposed to connect the Parliament Buildings was an arts enthusiast and patron, set up sights of Warsaw and at the same time the www.parafiawilanow.pl exile. In the Pantheon there is also a symbolic to refer to the Orthodox history of the place. easier for you to understand modern science edifice with the Palace of Culture and Science (Budynek Sejmu i Senatu) here the greatest and most beautiful garden most famous monument of the composer in It was built in the 18th c. Inside you can admire grave of John Paul II, which is a faithful replica At the beginning of the 20th c. the palace and technology and their impact on our lives. or the one about a secret railway platform. ul. Wiejska 4/6/8 in Warsaw. The name – the Łazienki Królews- beautiful, historic decorations, sarcophagi and of the Holy Father’s real grave in the Vatican regained its classicistic appearance. At present The Heaven of Copernicus Planetarium is www.sejm.gov.pl kie – comes from the baths that have been Built in the 17th c., from the 18th c. it belonged epitaphs of the owners of Wilanów whose Grottoes, and there are the relics of the Blessed it houses the Polish Academy of Sciences and undoubtedly one of the centre’s highlights. You The Museum of the Polish Army www.senat.gov.pl converted into a palace. to Stanisław August Poniatowski who set up graves are in the crypt under the chapel. Father Jerzy Popiełuszko. the Warsaw Science Society. have the outer space at your fingertips here. (Muzeum Wojska Polskiego) Located over the Vistula escarpment, in the There are many historic buildings in the park, a faience manufactory there. From 1818 the Al. Jerozolimskie 3, tel. +48 22 629 52 71 direct vicinity of the Ujazdów Park, the houses the most important of which is the summer royal palace was the residence of the Grand Duke The largest, state-of-the-art stadium in Poland. www.muzeumwp.pl of the Polish Parliament were destroyed dur- residence – Palace on the Isle. Other buildings Constantine, the tsar’s governor in Poland. In The stadium was built not only with sport events The rich collections of the museum include ing the World War II and rebuilt in the style are also worth visiting: the Myślewicki Palace, later years it was the headquarters of Marshal in mind but also as a venue for great artistic weapons, uniforms, flags, medals and other referring to the Renaissance era. which used to be inhabited by the King’s courtiers, Józef Piłsudski, whose monument can be seen spectacles and various mass events. Built in the 17th c. by Zygmunt III Waza, it the Old and the New Orangery, the Old and the nearby. During the Nazi occupation Belweder Warsaw The stadium is open 7 days a week. You can replaced a beautiful wooden dwór (manor New Guardhouse, the Little White House, the was inhabited by Warsaw District Governor come here to roller skate or do some jogging. house) surrounded by wonderful gardens, Officer Cadet School (Podchorążówka). Today, Ludwig Fischer and after the war – leader The Royal Route In order to explore it in detail it is worth going An important traffic point in the capital where Queen Bona lived after the death of the buildings house cultural institutions. In the of the People’s Republic of Poland Bolesław on one of many guided tours as a player tour or where since as early as the 17th c. various her husband Zygmunt I of Poland. This Polish Old Guardhouse there is the showroom of the Bierut. In 1989 Belweder once again became an exclusive tour. strategic city roads crossed. At that time, the queen of Italian origin brought many popular Fine Arts Society and a gallery of temporary the headquarters of the President - Wojciech Square used to be called the Golden Crosses vegetables to Poland (hence, ‘soup vegetables’ exhibitions, in the Officer Cadet School – the Jaruzelski, and then - from 1990 - Lech Wałęsa, The General Charles de Gaulle Monument Crossroads from the gilded crucifixes set on are in Poland called ‘Italian vegetables’). Also Museum of Polish Emigration, where – apart who later moved to the palace in Krakowskie (Pomnik generała Charlesa de Gaulle’a) columns that can still be seen at the Square because of her Poles started to eat Italian from the permanent exposition – you can Przedmieście. The current The monument of French President and today (the third cross is held by St. John of pasta and root spices, which she loved. At also see temporary exhibitions and listen Bronisław Komorowski also lives in the national hero Charles de Gaulle who, after Nepomuk). In the Square there are fashion- present, the Castle houses the Centre for to concerts. Concerts are organised also in Belweder Palace. The Royal Route connects three former royal residences: the Royal Castle, the The St. Anna’s Church At present it is a venue for important state prince modelling the figure on the monument The St. Joseph Care’s Church University. It has existed in its present shape Łazienki Królewskie and the Wilanów Palace. (Kościół św. Anny) ceremonies related to the history of Poland. of Emperor Marcus Aurelius from the Roman of the Visitationists since 1915. The university complex consists of The first section of the Royal Route is Krakowskie Przedmieście which is one of ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 68 On the Independence Day (11th November) Capitol. Prince Poniatowski was a Polish (Kościół Opieki św. Józefa) several historic buildings, including the Kazimi- the branches of the Castle Square – it is one of the prettiest and most elegant streets www.swanna.waw.pl Varsovians come to the Square in large numbers national hero who lived at the turn of the ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 34 erzowski Palace, which at the beginning of the in Warsaw. Build in the 15th c., it is one of the most beauti- in order to take part in celebration crowned 18th and the 19th century and fought in the Built in the 18th c., it has retained its original 19th c. was the seat of the . At summer weekends Krakowskie Przedmieście are closed for cars and turn into ful churches in Poland and the main church by a parade of troops facing the Polish Army Napoleonic wars. furnishing. In the times of Chopin’s youth, One of the school’s students was Fryderyk Warsaw promenades. parish of the Warsaw academic community. Museum (Muzeum Wojska Polskiego). services for lower and higher school students Chopin. In this period the composer and his Tourist Krakowskie Przedmieście turns into Nowy Świat Street, with its many shops and It is here that Pope John Paul II met the young In the Square there is the Tomb of the Unknown were held here and Fryderyk used to play the family lived in the outbuilding of the palace. Information restaurants, as well as a famous patisserie of A. Blikle (ul. Nowy Świat 35), which during his first pilgrimage to the motherland. Soldier – a symbolic tomb to commemorate organs. This is where the great composer met [email protected] since 1869 has always been located at this address. On the belfry located near the church there the heroes that fell anonymously in the fight his great love Konstancja Gładkowska, who The Czapski (Krasiński) Palace Near Nowy Świat, in 41 Tamka Street, in the baroque Ostrogski Palace there is the is a viewpoint from which you can see the for the freedom of Poland. There is an eternal was a solo singer during the services. (Pałac Czapskich/Krasińskich state-of-the-art . panorama of the Old Town, Krakowskie candle burning at the Tomb and an honour The adjacent monastery was the home and – Akademia Sztuk Pięknych) Walking along the next section of the Route – Aleje Ujazdowskie you can admire Przedmieście and the right-bank Warsaw. guard is held. In the Square there is also a cross the works of the greatest Polish and world a place of work for poet Father Jan Twardo- ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 5 and villas built in the 19th c. by wealthy Varsovians. Today, the buildings commemorating one of the visits of the saint famous artists, including Paul Cezanne, Pablo wski, who preached memorable sermons in chopin.museum/en The Royal Castle in Warsaw – Museum The Banking and Financing Centre house the main embassies. Aleje Ujazdowskie leads to the Royal Baths. You can see Nearby: – John Paul II in Warsaw. Picasso, Max Ernst or Jean Dubuffe. At present, the Visitationists’ church. Baroque palace built in the 18th c., it is now The King Zygmunt III Column ‘Nowy Świat’ official tourist website of Warsaw the whole street from the windows of a city bus as there are two bus lines that run as Zachęta is the most prestigious and the largest the seat of the Academy of Fine Arts (ASP). The Museum of the Polish Army KRAKOWSKIE PRZEDMIEŚCIE STREET The Teatralny Square The Saski Garden contemporary art gallery in Poland. In the left wing of the palace was located the The National Museum far as to the Wilanów Palace, where the 11 kilometre-long Royal Route ends. www.warsawtour.pl The Prażmowscy House Grand Theatre – Polish National Opera (Ogród Saski) They histor of the edifice itself involves a tragic last Warsaw’s apartment of Chopin family. This THE TRZECH KRZYŻY SQUARE The St. Anna’s Church (Plac Teatralny – Teatr Wielki Opera Narodowa) Founded in the 18th c. as a royal garden, event of 1922 when the President of Poland, is where Fryderyk Chopin spent his last years The St Alexander’s Church pl. Teatralny 1 in 1727 it was made available to Warsaw’s sworn in just 5 days earlier, was shot on the The Le Meridien Bristol Hotel before emigration. Facebook.com/Warsaw Nearby: – The Statue of John of Nepomuk www.teatrwielki.pl inhabitants. It is one of the oldest and most stairs of the gallery. ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 42/44 The Teatralny Square beautiful public parks in Poland. It is decorated Built at the beginning of the 20th c., it is one The Basilica of the Holy Cross Twitter@ewarsaw Grand Theatre – Polish National Opera Nearby: with numerous , a characteristic The Adam Mickiewicz Monument of the oldest and the most luxurious hotels in (Bazylika pw. Świętego Krzyża) Instagram.com/fall_in_love_with_warsaw The Piłsudski Square Parliament Buildings , a water tank in the shape of a rotunda (Pomnik Adama Mickiewicza) Warsaw. It used to be a venue for elegant balls ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 3 – the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and a sundial. Fryderyk Chopin liked coming This monument of one of the greatest poets and parties, as well as meetings of the cream www.swkrzyz.pl UJAZDOWSKIE AVENUE The Saski Garden here with Konstancja Gładkowska – his great of was first shown to the public of the cultural, artistic and political society. The Zachęta of Art The Ujazdów Park love, to whom he dedicated the second part in 1898, which was the period of intensified The hotel used to house the studio of Polish The Adam Mickiewicz Monument The Ignacy Jan Paderewski Monument of his f-moll concert. (the times of the partitions). The painter Wojciech Kossak, and world famous The Church of the Assumption The Ujazdów Castle Monument was one of the ‘heroes’ of the tenor Jan Kiepura happened to sing standing of the Virgin Mary and of St. Joseph – Centre for Contemporary Art events of March 1968 – it was here that the on one of the hotel’s balconies. In 1913, the The Presidential Palace The Botanical Garden of the Warsaw famous manifestation protest to cancelling the Warsaw Scientific Society (TNW) organised WarsawPass – free admission to Warsaw TOP attrac- The Prince Józef Poniatowski Monument University play of ‘Dziady’ – a Polish national epic – in here a banquet in honour of double Nobel tions. Can be bought in Warsaw Tourist Information The Le Meridien Bristol Hotel the National Theatre on the request of the Prize winner Maria Skłodowska-Curie. Among points, selected museums and online. THE ŁAZIENKI KRÓLEWSKIE PARK AND The Bolesław Prus Monument embassy of the USSR. the hotel guests there were also Marshal of Details: www.warsawpass.com PALACE COMPLEX: The St. Joseph Care’s Church The Grand Theatre houses the largest in the Poland Józef Piłsudski – the Chief of the Polish The card is valid also in: The Royal Castle in Warsaw, of the Visitationists Palace on the Isle world opera stage, where the works of Polish The Church of the Assumption state after Poland regained its independence The Monument of Stefan Wyszyński The National Museum, The Copernicus Science Centre The Monument of Stefan Wyszyński The Myślewicki Palace and foreign composers and the world classics of the Virgin Mary in 1918, John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, and (Pomnik kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego) and Museum of King Jan III’s Palace at Wilanów. The Warsaw University The Theatre on the Island are shown. The side wing of the building and of St. Joseph more recently – Tina Turner and Woody Allen. In view of his contributions to the country The Czapski (Krasiński) Palace The Old Orangery The Royal Castle in Warsaw – Museum weekends for a series of musical and artistic houses the National Theatre. (Kościół Wniebowzięcia NMP i św. Józefa Today, Bristol is still a luxury hotel and one and the Catholic Church, Stefan Wyszyński The Basilica of the Holy Cross The White Cottage (Zamek Królewski) events called the ‘Royal Art Arcades’. Oblubieńca) of the most beautiful buildings at Krakowskie was called the Primate of the Millennium Publisher: The Reservoir NOWY ŚWIAT STREET pl. Zamkowy 4, tel. +48 22 355 51 70 The Piłsudski Square ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 52/54 Przedmieście. in reference to the words of Pope John Paul Warsaw Tourist Office (Stołeczne Biuro Turystyki) The New Guardhouse www.zamek-krolewski.pl The King Zygmunt III Column – the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier The Zachęta Built in the 17th c. for the Barefoot Carmelites. II, who said about him: ‘such a primate like The Mikołaj Kopernik Monument The Old Guardhouse The Royal Castle was the headquarters of the (Kolumna króla Zygmunta III) (Plac Piłsudskiego – Grób Nieznanego (Zachęta Narodowa Galeria Sztuki) At the back of the church there is a former Wyszyński happens once in a thousand years’. Photos: The Staszic Palace The Officer Cadet School kings and the authorities of ‘Rzeczypospolita’ It is the oldest and the tallest secular monument Żołnierza) pl. Małachowskiego 3 monastery of the Carmelites, which nowadays B. Bajerski / Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie, The Temple of Diana – the Republic of Poland (since the 16th c.). in Warsaw, erected in 1644 on the initiative The Square was created in 1791 as a com- tel. +48 22 556 96 00, www.zacheta.art.pl houses the Metropolitan Higher Seminary. The Warsaw University W. Hansen, W. Kryński, A. Książek, F. Kwiatkowski, Nearby: – The Egyptian Temple It is also the place where the Constitution of of king Władysław IV in honour of his father munal yard of the , which was It is one of the oldest exhibition galleries in (Uniwersytet Warszawski) T. Nowak, Z. i W. Panów pzstudio.pl, B. Skierkowski, The Warsaw University Library The New Orangery May 3rd (1791) – the first one in Europe and – Zygmunt III Waza, who moved the Polish destroyed during the World War II. Poland. Since its foundation it has exhibited The Presidential Palace ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28 S. Szczygieł. The Copernicus Science Centre The King Jan III Sobieski Monument the second one in the world – was adopted. capital from Cracow to Warsaw. (Pałac Prezydencki) www.uw.edu.pl The Fryderyk Chopin Museum The Fryderyk Chopin Monument Map design: During World War II the Castle was almost ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 46/50 The first university in Warsaw. One of the larg- The National Stadium The Henryk Sienkiewicz Monument „Moyo – Teresa Witkowska, www.moyo.pl” The General Charles de Gaulle Monument The Belvedere Palace completely destroyed – it was later restored KRAKOWSKIE PRZEDMIEŚCIE Built in the 17th c., it was used for various est and most important Polish higher schools. The Marshall Józef Piłsudski Monument on the basis of the parts that survived. Today STREET public purposes. In 1989 it hosted the Round It was founded in 1816 as the Royal Warsaw Built in the 17th c., the Church was the place Edition V, Warsaw 2014 The Museum of Hunting and Horsemanship it is a museum. The highlights of the Castle’s Table talks that started the systemic transition where in 1683 king Jan III Sobieski entrusted Free copy W

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In front of the facade, on the and Aleksandra Potocki the venue for the ‘Musical Gardens’ festival is the oldest escalator in Poland (dating back The Prince Józef Poniatowski Monument writer of the Polish Positivism – the author of pediment of the stairs there is a sculpture The St. Anna’s Church featuring filmed concerts, operas and ballets. to 1949), thanks to which you can easily (Pomnik księcia Józefa Poniatowskiego) ‘the Doll’ – the most Warsaw novel, which depicting Christ carrying a cross with the Nearby: Meticulously restored Kubicki Arcades, adjacent get from Plac Zamkowy to Trasa W-Z (the Made according to the design of world famous gives an evocative picture of the Polish capital following inscription on the pedestal: ‘Sursum The National Temple of Divine Providence to the Royal Gardens, invite you on August East-West Route). sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen, it depicts the in the 19th c. Corda’ (‘Lift up your hearts’). 6 km – Wilanów The Royal Route connects three former royal residences: the Royal Castle, the The St. Anna’s Church At present it is a venue for important state prince modelling the figure on the monument The St. Joseph Care’s Church University. It has existed in its present shape Łazienki Królewskie and the Wilanów Palace. (Kościół św. Anny) ceremonies related to the history of Poland. of Emperor Marcus Aurelius from the Roman of the Visitationists since 1915. The university complex consists of The first section of the Royal Route is Krakowskie Przedmieście which is one of ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 68 On the Independence Day (11th November) Capitol. Prince Poniatowski was a Polish (Kościół Opieki św. Józefa) several historic buildings, including the Kazimi- the branches of the Castle Square – it is one of the prettiest and most elegant streets www.swanna.waw.pl Varsovians come to the Square in large numbers national hero who lived at the turn of the ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 34 erzowski Palace, which at the beginning of the in Warsaw. Build in the 15th c., it is one of the most beauti- in order to take part in celebration crowned 18th and the 19th century and fought in the Built in the 18th c., it has retained its original 19th c. was the seat of the Warsaw Lyceum. At summer weekends Krakowskie Przedmieście are closed for cars and turn into ful churches in Poland and the main church by a parade of troops facing the Polish Army Napoleonic wars. furnishing. In the times of Chopin’s youth, One of the school’s students was Fryderyk Warsaw promenades. parish of the Warsaw academic community. Museum (Muzeum Wojska Polskiego). services for lower and higher school students Chopin. 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The painter Wojciech Kossak, and world famous The Church of the Assumption The Ujazdów Castle Monument was one of the ‘heroes’ of the tenor Jan Kiepura happened to sing standing of the Virgin Mary and of St. Joseph – Centre for Contemporary Art events of March 1968 – it was here that the on one of the hotel’s balconies. In 1913, the The Presidential Palace The Botanical Garden of the Warsaw famous manifestation protest to cancelling the Warsaw Scientific Society (TNW) organised WarsawPass – free admission to Warsaw TOP attrac- The Prince Józef Poniatowski Monument University play of ‘Dziady’ – a Polish national epic – in here a banquet in honour of double Nobel tions. Can be bought in Warsaw Tourist Information The Le Meridien Bristol Hotel the National Theatre on the request of the Prize winner Maria Skłodowska-Curie. Among points, selected museums and online. THE ŁAZIENKI KRÓLEWSKIE PARK AND The Bolesław Prus Monument embassy of the USSR. the hotel guests there were also Marshal of Details: www.warsawpass.com PALACE COMPLEX: The St. Joseph Care’s Church The Grand Theatre houses the largest in the Poland Józef Piłsudski – the Chief of the Polish The card is valid also in: The Royal Castle in Warsaw, of the Visitationists Palace on the Isle world opera stage, where the works of Polish The Church of the Assumption state after Poland regained its independence The Monument of Stefan Wyszyński The National Museum, The Copernicus Science Centre The Monument of Stefan Wyszyński The Myślewicki Palace and foreign composers and the world classics of the Virgin Mary in 1918, John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, and (Pomnik kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego) and Museum of King Jan III’s Palace at Wilanów. The Warsaw University The Theatre on the Island are shown. The side wing of the building and of St. Joseph more recently – Tina Turner and Woody Allen. In view of his contributions to the country The Czapski (Krasiński) Palace The Old Orangery The Royal Castle in Warsaw – Museum weekends for a series of musical and artistic houses the National Theatre. (Kościół Wniebowzięcia NMP i św. Józefa Today, Bristol is still a luxury hotel and one and the Catholic Church, Stefan Wyszyński The Basilica of the Holy Cross The White Cottage (Zamek Królewski) events called the ‘Royal Art Arcades’. Oblubieńca) of the most beautiful buildings at Krakowskie was called the Primate of the Millennium Publisher: The Reservoir NOWY ŚWIAT STREET pl. Zamkowy 4, tel. +48 22 355 51 70 The Piłsudski Square ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 52/54 Przedmieście. in reference to the words of Pope John Paul Warsaw Tourist Office (Stołeczne Biuro Turystyki) The New Guardhouse www.zamek-krolewski.pl The King Zygmunt III Column – the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier The Zachęta National Gallery of Art Built in the 17th c. for the Barefoot Carmelites. 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Corda’ (‘Lift up your hearts’). 6 km – Wilanów The Royal Route connects three former royal residences: the Royal Castle, the The St. Anna’s Church At present it is a venue for important state prince modelling the figure on the monument The St. Joseph Care’s Church University. It has existed in its present shape Łazienki Królewskie and the Wilanów Palace. (Kościół św. Anny) ceremonies related to the history of Poland. of Emperor Marcus Aurelius from the Roman of the Visitationists since 1915. The university complex consists of The first section of the Royal Route is Krakowskie Przedmieście which is one of ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 68 On the Independence Day (11th November) Capitol. Prince Poniatowski was a Polish (Kościół Opieki św. 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(Pałac Czapskich/Krasińskich state-of-the-art Fryderyk Chopin Museum. panorama of the Old Town, Krakowskie candle burning at the Tomb and an honour The adjacent monastery was the home and – Akademia Sztuk Pięknych) Walking along the next section of the Route – Aleje Ujazdowskie you can admire Przedmieście and the right-bank Warsaw. guard is held. In the Square there is also a cross the works of the greatest Polish and world a place of work for poet Father Jan Twardo- ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 5 palaces and villas built in the 19th c. by wealthy Varsovians. Today, the buildings commemorating one of the visits of the saint famous artists, including Paul Cezanne, Pablo wski, who preached memorable sermons in chopin.museum/en The Royal Castle in Warsaw – Museum The Banking and Financing Centre house the main embassies. Aleje Ujazdowskie leads to the Royal Baths. You can see Nearby: – John Paul II in Warsaw. Picasso, Max Ernst or Jean Dubuffe. At present, the Visitationists’ church. Baroque palace built in the 18th c., it is now The King Zygmunt III Column ‘Nowy Świat’ official tourist website of Warsaw the whole street from the windows of a city bus as there are two bus lines that run as Zachęta is the most prestigious and the largest the seat of the Academy of Fine Arts (ASP). The Museum of the Polish Army KRAKOWSKIE PRZEDMIEŚCIE STREET The Teatralny Square The Saski Garden contemporary art gallery in Poland. In the left wing of the palace was located the The National Museum far as to the Wilanów Palace, where the 11 kilometre-long Royal Route ends. www.warsawtour.pl The Prażmowscy House Grand Theatre – Polish National Opera (Ogród Saski) They histor of the edifice itself involves a tragic last Warsaw’s apartment of Chopin family. This THE TRZECH KRZYŻY SQUARE The St. Anna’s Church (Plac Teatralny – Teatr Wielki Opera Narodowa) Founded in the 18th c. as a royal garden, event of 1922 when the President of Poland, is where Fryderyk Chopin spent his last years The St Alexander’s Church pl. Teatralny 1 in 1727 it was made available to Warsaw’s sworn in just 5 days earlier, was shot on the The Le Meridien Bristol Hotel before emigration. Facebook.com/Warsaw Nearby: – The Statue of John of Nepomuk www.teatrwielki.pl inhabitants. It is one of the oldest and most stairs of the gallery. ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 42/44 The Teatralny Square beautiful public parks in Poland. It is decorated Built at the beginning of the 20th c., it is one The Basilica of the Holy Cross Twitter@ewarsaw Grand Theatre – Polish National Opera Nearby: with numerous sculptures, a characteristic The Adam Mickiewicz Monument of the oldest and the most luxurious hotels in (Bazylika pw. 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In view of his contributions to the country The Czapski (Krasiński) Palace The Old Orangery The Royal Castle in Warsaw – Museum weekends for a series of musical and artistic houses the National Theatre. (Kościół Wniebowzięcia NMP i św. Józefa Today, Bristol is still a luxury hotel and one and the Catholic Church, Stefan Wyszyński The Basilica of the Holy Cross The White Cottage (Zamek Królewski) events called the ‘Royal Art Arcades’. Oblubieńca) of the most beautiful buildings at Krakowskie was called the Primate of the Millennium Publisher: The Reservoir NOWY ŚWIAT STREET pl. Zamkowy 4, tel. +48 22 355 51 70 The Piłsudski Square ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 52/54 Przedmieście. in reference to the words of Pope John Paul Warsaw Tourist Office (Stołeczne Biuro Turystyki) The New Guardhouse www.zamek-krolewski.pl The King Zygmunt III Column – the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier The Zachęta National Gallery of Art Built in the 17th c. for the Barefoot Carmelites. 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The painter Wojciech Kossak, and world famous The Church of the Assumption The Ujazdów Castle Monument was one of the ‘heroes’ of the tenor Jan Kiepura happened to sing standing of the Virgin Mary and of St. Joseph – Centre for Contemporary Art events of March 1968 – it was here that the on one of the hotel’s balconies. In 1913, the The Presidential Palace The Botanical Garden of the Warsaw famous manifestation protest to cancelling the Warsaw Scientific Society (TNW) organised WarsawPass – free admission to Warsaw TOP attrac- The Prince Józef Poniatowski Monument University play of ‘Dziady’ – a Polish national epic – in here a banquet in honour of double Nobel tions. Can be bought in Warsaw Tourist Information The Le Meridien Bristol Hotel the National Theatre on the request of the Prize winner Maria Skłodowska-Curie. Among points, selected museums and online. THE ŁAZIENKI KRÓLEWSKIE PARK AND The Bolesław Prus Monument embassy of the USSR. the hotel guests there were also Marshal of Details: www.warsawpass.com PALACE COMPLEX: The St. Joseph Care’s Church The Grand Theatre houses the largest in the Poland Józef Piłsudski – the Chief of the Polish The card is valid also in: The Royal Castle in Warsaw, of the Visitationists Palace on the Isle world opera stage, where the works of Polish The Church of the Assumption state after Poland regained its independence The Monument of Stefan Wyszyński The National Museum, The Copernicus Science Centre The Monument of Stefan Wyszyński The Myślewicki Palace and foreign composers and the world classics of the Virgin Mary in 1918, John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, and (Pomnik kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego) and Museum of King Jan III’s Palace at Wilanów. The Warsaw University The Theatre on the Island are shown. The side wing of the building and of St. Joseph more recently – Tina Turner and Woody Allen. In view of his contributions to the country The Czapski (Krasiński) Palace The Old Orangery The Royal Castle in Warsaw – Museum weekends for a series of musical and artistic houses the National Theatre. (Kościół Wniebowzięcia NMP i św. Józefa Today, Bristol is still a luxury hotel and one and the Catholic Church, Stefan Wyszyński The Basilica of the Holy Cross The White Cottage (Zamek Królewski) events called the ‘Royal Art Arcades’. Oblubieńca) of the most beautiful buildings at Krakowskie was called the Primate of the Millennium Publisher: The Reservoir NOWY ŚWIAT STREET pl. Zamkowy 4, tel. +48 22 355 51 70 The Piłsudski Square ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 52/54 Przedmieście. in reference to the words of Pope John Paul Warsaw Tourist Office (Stołeczne Biuro Turystyki) The New Guardhouse www.zamek-krolewski.pl The King Zygmunt III Column – the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier The Zachęta National Gallery of Art Built in the 17th c. for the Barefoot Carmelites. 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Corda’ (‘Lift up your hearts’). 6 km – Wilanów The Royal Route connects three former royal residences: the Royal Castle, the The St. Anna’s Church At present it is a venue for important state prince modelling the figure on the monument The St. Joseph Care’s Church University. It has existed in its present shape Łazienki Królewskie and the Wilanów Palace. (Kościół św. Anny) ceremonies related to the history of Poland. of Emperor Marcus Aurelius from the Roman of the Visitationists since 1915. The university complex consists of The first section of the Royal Route is Krakowskie Przedmieście which is one of ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 68 On the Independence Day (11th November) Capitol. Prince Poniatowski was a Polish (Kościół Opieki św. 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(Pałac Czapskich/Krasińskich state-of-the-art Fryderyk Chopin Museum. panorama of the Old Town, Krakowskie candle burning at the Tomb and an honour The adjacent monastery was the home and – Akademia Sztuk Pięknych) Walking along the next section of the Route – Aleje Ujazdowskie you can admire Przedmieście and the right-bank Warsaw. guard is held. In the Square there is also a cross the works of the greatest Polish and world a place of work for poet Father Jan Twardo- ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 5 palaces and villas built in the 19th c. by wealthy Varsovians. Today, the buildings commemorating one of the visits of the saint famous artists, including Paul Cezanne, Pablo wski, who preached memorable sermons in chopin.museum/en The Royal Castle in Warsaw – Museum The Banking and Financing Centre house the main embassies. Aleje Ujazdowskie leads to the Royal Baths. You can see Nearby: – John Paul II in Warsaw. Picasso, Max Ernst or Jean Dubuffe. At present, the Visitationists’ church. Baroque palace built in the 18th c., it is now The King Zygmunt III Column ‘Nowy Świat’ official tourist website of Warsaw the whole street from the windows of a city bus as there are two bus lines that run as Zachęta is the most prestigious and the largest the seat of the Academy of Fine Arts (ASP). The Museum of the Polish Army KRAKOWSKIE PRZEDMIEŚCIE STREET The Teatralny Square The Saski Garden contemporary art gallery in Poland. In the left wing of the palace was located the The National Museum far as to the Wilanów Palace, where the 11 kilometre-long Royal Route ends. www.warsawtour.pl The Prażmowscy House Grand Theatre – Polish National Opera (Ogród Saski) They histor of the edifice itself involves a tragic last Warsaw’s apartment of Chopin family. This THE TRZECH KRZYŻY SQUARE The St. Anna’s Church (Plac Teatralny – Teatr Wielki Opera Narodowa) Founded in the 18th c. as a royal garden, event of 1922 when the President of Poland, is where Fryderyk Chopin spent his last years The St Alexander’s Church pl. Teatralny 1 in 1727 it was made available to Warsaw’s sworn in just 5 days earlier, was shot on the The Le Meridien Bristol Hotel before emigration. Facebook.com/Warsaw Nearby: – The Statue of John of Nepomuk www.teatrwielki.pl inhabitants. It is one of the oldest and most stairs of the gallery. ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 42/44 The Teatralny Square beautiful public parks in Poland. It is decorated Built at the beginning of the 20th c., it is one The Basilica of the Holy Cross Twitter@ewarsaw Grand Theatre – Polish National Opera Nearby: with numerous sculptures, a characteristic The Adam Mickiewicz Monument of the oldest and the most luxurious hotels in (Bazylika pw. 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In view of his contributions to the country The Czapski (Krasiński) Palace The Old Orangery The Royal Castle in Warsaw – Museum weekends for a series of musical and artistic houses the National Theatre. (Kościół Wniebowzięcia NMP i św. Józefa Today, Bristol is still a luxury hotel and one and the Catholic Church, Stefan Wyszyński The Basilica of the Holy Cross The White Cottage (Zamek Królewski) events called the ‘Royal Art Arcades’. Oblubieńca) of the most beautiful buildings at Krakowskie was called the Primate of the Millennium Publisher: The Reservoir NOWY ŚWIAT STREET pl. Zamkowy 4, tel. +48 22 355 51 70 The Piłsudski Square ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 52/54 Przedmieście. in reference to the words of Pope John Paul Warsaw Tourist Office (Stołeczne Biuro Turystyki) The New Guardhouse www.zamek-krolewski.pl The King Zygmunt III Column – the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier The Zachęta National Gallery of Art Built in the 17th c. for the Barefoot Carmelites. 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Corda’ (‘Lift up your hearts’). 6 km – Wilanów The Royal Route connects three former royal residences: the Royal Castle, the The St. Anna’s Church At present it is a venue for important state prince modelling the figure on the monument The St. Joseph Care’s Church University. It has existed in its present shape Łazienki Królewskie and the Wilanów Palace. (Kościół św. Anny) ceremonies related to the history of Poland. of Emperor Marcus Aurelius from the Roman of the Visitationists since 1915. The university complex consists of The first section of the Royal Route is Krakowskie Przedmieście which is one of ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 68 On the Independence Day (11th November) Capitol. Prince Poniatowski was a Polish (Kościół Opieki św. Józefa) several historic buildings, including the Kazimi- the branches of the Castle Square – it is one of the prettiest and most elegant streets www.swanna.waw.pl Varsovians come to the Square in large numbers national hero who lived at the turn of the ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 34 erzowski Palace, which at the beginning of the in Warsaw. Build in the 15th c., it is one of the most beauti- in order to take part in celebration crowned 18th and the 19th century and fought in the Built in the 18th c., it has retained its original 19th c. was the seat of the Warsaw Lyceum. At summer weekends Krakowskie Przedmieście are closed for cars and turn into ful churches in Poland and the main church by a parade of troops facing the Polish Army Napoleonic wars. furnishing. In the times of Chopin’s youth, One of the school’s students was Fryderyk Warsaw promenades. parish of the Warsaw academic community. Museum (Muzeum Wojska Polskiego). services for lower and higher school students Chopin. In this period the composer and his Tourist Krakowskie Przedmieście turns into Nowy Świat Street, with its many shops and It is here that Pope John Paul II met the young In the Square there is the Tomb of the Unknown were held here and Fryderyk used to play the family lived in the outbuilding of the palace. Information restaurants, as well as a famous patisserie of A. Blikle (ul. Nowy Świat 35), which during his first pilgrimage to the motherland. Soldier – a symbolic tomb to commemorate organs. This is where the great composer met [email protected] since 1869 has always been located at this address. On the belfry located near the church there the heroes that fell anonymously in the fight his great love Konstancja Gładkowska, who The Czapski (Krasiński) Palace Near Nowy Świat, in 41 Tamka Street, in the baroque Ostrogski Palace there is the is a viewpoint from which you can see the for the freedom of Poland. There is an eternal was a solo singer during the services. (Pałac Czapskich/Krasińskich state-of-the-art Fryderyk Chopin Museum. panorama of the Old Town, Krakowskie candle burning at the Tomb and an honour The adjacent monastery was the home and – Akademia Sztuk Pięknych) Walking along the next section of the Route – Aleje Ujazdowskie you can admire Przedmieście and the right-bank Warsaw. guard is held. In the Square there is also a cross the works of the greatest Polish and world a place of work for poet Father Jan Twardo- ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 5 palaces and villas built in the 19th c. by wealthy Varsovians. Today, the buildings commemorating one of the visits of the saint famous artists, including Paul Cezanne, Pablo wski, who preached memorable sermons in chopin.museum/en The Royal Castle in Warsaw – Museum The Banking and Financing Centre house the main embassies. Aleje Ujazdowskie leads to the Royal Baths. You can see Nearby: – John Paul II in Warsaw. Picasso, Max Ernst or Jean Dubuffe. At present, the Visitationists’ church. Baroque palace built in the 18th c., it is now The King Zygmunt III Column ‘Nowy Świat’ official tourist website of Warsaw the whole street from the windows of a city bus as there are two bus lines that run as Zachęta is the most prestigious and the largest the seat of the Academy of Fine Arts (ASP). The Museum of the Polish Army KRAKOWSKIE PRZEDMIEŚCIE STREET The Teatralny Square The Saski Garden contemporary art gallery in Poland. In the left wing of the palace was located the The National Museum far as to the Wilanów Palace, where the 11 kilometre-long Royal Route ends. www.warsawtour.pl The Prażmowscy House Grand Theatre – Polish National Opera (Ogród Saski) They histor of the edifice itself involves a tragic last Warsaw’s apartment of Chopin family. This THE TRZECH KRZYŻY SQUARE The St. Anna’s Church (Plac Teatralny – Teatr Wielki Opera Narodowa) Founded in the 18th c. as a royal garden, event of 1922 when the President of Poland, is where Fryderyk Chopin spent his last years The St Alexander’s Church pl. Teatralny 1 in 1727 it was made available to Warsaw’s sworn in just 5 days earlier, was shot on the The Le Meridien Bristol Hotel before emigration. Facebook.com/Warsaw Nearby: – The Statue of John of Nepomuk www.teatrwielki.pl inhabitants. It is one of the oldest and most stairs of the gallery. ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 42/44 The Teatralny Square beautiful public parks in Poland. It is decorated Built at the beginning of the 20th c., it is one The Basilica of the Holy Cross Twitter@ewarsaw Grand Theatre – Polish National Opera Nearby: with numerous sculptures, a characteristic The Adam Mickiewicz Monument of the oldest and the most luxurious hotels in (Bazylika pw. Świętego Krzyża) Instagram.com/fall_in_love_with_warsaw The Piłsudski Square Parliament Buildings fountain, a water tank in the shape of a rotunda (Pomnik Adama Mickiewicza) Warsaw. It used to be a venue for elegant balls ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 3 – the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and a sundial. Fryderyk Chopin liked coming This monument of one of the greatest poets and parties, as well as meetings of the cream www.swkrzyz.pl UJAZDOWSKIE AVENUE The Saski Garden here with Konstancja Gładkowska – his great of Romanticism was first shown to the public of the cultural, artistic and political society. The Zachęta National Gallery of Art The Ujazdów Park love, to whom he dedicated the second part in 1898, which was the period of intensified The hotel used to house the studio of Polish The Adam Mickiewicz Monument The Ignacy Jan Paderewski Monument of his f-moll concert. Russification (the times of the partitions). The painter Wojciech Kossak, and world famous The Church of the Assumption The Ujazdów Castle Monument was one of the ‘heroes’ of the tenor Jan Kiepura happened to sing standing of the Virgin Mary and of St. Joseph – Centre for Contemporary Art events of March 1968 – it was here that the on one of the hotel’s balconies. In 1913, the The Presidential Palace The Botanical Garden of the Warsaw famous manifestation protest to cancelling the Warsaw Scientific Society (TNW) organised WarsawPass – free admission to Warsaw TOP attrac- The Prince Józef Poniatowski Monument University play of ‘Dziady’ – a Polish national epic – in here a banquet in honour of double Nobel tions. Can be bought in Warsaw Tourist Information The Le Meridien Bristol Hotel the National Theatre on the request of the Prize winner Maria Skłodowska-Curie. Among points, selected museums and online. THE ŁAZIENKI KRÓLEWSKIE PARK AND The Bolesław Prus Monument embassy of the USSR. the hotel guests there were also Marshal of Details: www.warsawpass.com PALACE COMPLEX: The St. Joseph Care’s Church The Grand Theatre houses the largest in the Poland Józef Piłsudski – the Chief of the Polish The card is valid also in: The Royal Castle in Warsaw, of the Visitationists Palace on the Isle world opera stage, where the works of Polish The Church of the Assumption state after Poland regained its independence The Monument of Stefan Wyszyński The National Museum, The Copernicus Science Centre The Monument of Stefan Wyszyński The Myślewicki Palace and foreign composers and the world classics of the Virgin Mary in 1918, John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, and (Pomnik kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego) and Museum of King Jan III’s Palace at Wilanów. The Warsaw University The Theatre on the Island are shown. The side wing of the building and of St. Joseph more recently – Tina Turner and Woody Allen. In view of his contributions to the country The Czapski (Krasiński) Palace The Old Orangery The Royal Castle in Warsaw – Museum weekends for a series of musical and artistic houses the National Theatre. (Kościół Wniebowzięcia NMP i św. Józefa Today, Bristol is still a luxury hotel and one and the Catholic Church, Stefan Wyszyński The Basilica of the Holy Cross The White Cottage (Zamek Królewski) events called the ‘Royal Art Arcades’. Oblubieńca) of the most beautiful buildings at Krakowskie was called the Primate of the Millennium Publisher: The Reservoir NOWY ŚWIAT STREET pl. Zamkowy 4, tel. +48 22 355 51 70 The Piłsudski Square ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 52/54 Przedmieście. in reference to the words of Pope John Paul Warsaw Tourist Office (Stołeczne Biuro Turystyki) The New Guardhouse www.zamek-krolewski.pl The King Zygmunt III Column – the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier The Zachęta National Gallery of Art Built in the 17th c. for the Barefoot Carmelites. II, who said about him: ‘such a primate like The Mikołaj Kopernik Monument The Old Guardhouse The Royal Castle was the headquarters of the (Kolumna króla Zygmunta III) (Plac Piłsudskiego – Grób Nieznanego (Zachęta Narodowa Galeria Sztuki) At the back of the church there is a former Wyszyński happens once in a thousand years’. Photos: The Staszic Palace The Officer Cadet School kings and the authorities of ‘Rzeczypospolita’ It is the oldest and the tallest secular monument Żołnierza) pl. Małachowskiego 3 monastery of the Carmelites, which nowadays B. Bajerski / Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie, The Temple of Diana – the Republic of Poland (since the 16th c.). in Warsaw, erected in 1644 on the initiative The Square was created in 1791 as a com- tel. +48 22 556 96 00, www.zacheta.art.pl houses the Metropolitan Higher Seminary. The Warsaw University W. Hansen, W. Kryński, A. Książek, F. Kwiatkowski, Nearby: – The Egyptian Temple It is also the place where the Constitution of of king Władysław IV in honour of his father munal yard of the Saxon Palace, which was It is one of the oldest exhibition galleries in (Uniwersytet Warszawski) T. Nowak, Z. i W. Panów pzstudio.pl, B. Skierkowski, The Warsaw University Library The New Orangery May 3rd (1791) – the first one in Europe and – Zygmunt III Waza, who moved the Polish destroyed during the World War II. Poland. Since its foundation it has exhibited The Presidential Palace ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28 S. Szczygieł. The Copernicus Science Centre The King Jan III Sobieski Monument the second one in the world – was adopted. capital from Cracow to Warsaw. (Pałac Prezydencki) www.uw.edu.pl The Fryderyk Chopin Museum The Fryderyk Chopin Monument Map design: During World War II the Castle was almost ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 46/50 The first university in Warsaw. One of the larg- The National Stadium The Henryk Sienkiewicz Monument „Moyo – Teresa Witkowska, www.moyo.pl” The General Charles de Gaulle Monument The Belvedere Palace completely destroyed – it was later restored KRAKOWSKIE PRZEDMIEŚCIE Built in the 17th c., it was used for various est and most important Polish higher schools. The Marshall Józef Piłsudski Monument on the basis of the parts that survived. Today STREET public purposes. In 1989 it hosted the Round It was founded in 1816 as the Royal Warsaw Built in the 17th c., the Church was the place Edition V, Warsaw 2014 The Museum of Hunting and Horsemanship it is a museum. The highlights of the Castle’s Table talks that started the systemic transition where in 1683 king Jan III Sobieski entrusted Free copy W

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In front of the facade, on the and Aleksandra Potocki the venue for the ‘Musical Gardens’ festival is the oldest escalator in Poland (dating back The Prince Józef Poniatowski Monument writer of the Polish Positivism – the author of pediment of the stairs there is a sculpture The St. Anna’s Church featuring filmed concerts, operas and ballets. to 1949), thanks to which you can easily (Pomnik księcia Józefa Poniatowskiego) ‘the Doll’ – the most Warsaw novel, which depicting Jesus Christ carrying a cross with the Nearby: Meticulously restored Kubicki Arcades, adjacent get from Plac Zamkowy to Trasa W-Z (the Made according to the design of world famous gives an evocative picture of the Polish capital following inscription on the pedestal: ‘Sursum The National Temple of Divine Providence to the Royal Gardens, invite you on August East-West Route). sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen, it depicts the in the 19th c. Corda’ (‘Lift up your hearts’). 6 km – Wilanów NOWY ŚWIAT STREET Nearby: – military objects. There is an interesting outdoor able cafes and restaurants, as well as elegant UJAZDOWSKIE AVENUE Contemporary Art – a cultural institution and THE WILANÓW PARK exhibition making it possible to admire military boutiques and shops selling products of the an excellent gallery. Below the escarpment, AND PALACE COMPLEX The Mikołaj Kopernik Monument The Warsaw University Library tanks and helicopters. world’s luxury brands. The Ujazdowski Park east of the Castle, there is the Agricola Park (Pomnik Mikołaja Kopernika) (Biblioteka Uniwersytecka w Warszawie) (Park Ujazdowski) and the street of the same name, where street ul. St. Kostki Potockiego 10/16 ul. Dobra 56/66, www.buw.uw.edu.pl The National Museum The St. Alexander’s Church gas lamps are hand lit by lighthouse keepers tel. +48 22 544 27 00 One of the best examples of modern architecture (Muzeum Narodowe) (Kościół św. Aleksandra) just before the dusk and put down at dawn. www.wilanow-palac.art.pl in the Polish capital. In the underground of this Al. Jerozolimskie 3 ul. Książęca 21, www.swaleksander.pl It used to be the summer residence of Jan interesting building there is an entertainment tel. +48 22 621 10 31 A classicist church modelled on the Roman The Botanical Garden III Sobieski, and then August II as well as centre (with bowling, billiards, climbing wall) www.mnw.art.pl Pantheon. It was built at the beginning of the of the Warsaw University the most distinguished aristocratic families. and on the roof there is one of the prettiest One of the most important cultural institutions 19th c. to commemorate the visit of Alexander (Ogród Botaniczny Uniwersytetu Between the palace and the Lake Wilanów and largest roof gardens in Europe from in the country and the largest museum in the I – the tsar of Russia and, at that time, also Warszawskiego) there is two-level baroque Italian garden, and which you can admire the view of the Vistula capital of Poland. It has a rich collection of the king of Poland. The church was destroyed Al. Ujazdowskie 4 in the southern part – an English-style garden. River and the National Stadium, and through exhibits, from paintings to handicraft and stamps during the war. It was rebuilt afterwards but in www.ogrod.uw.edu.pl special windows you can take a look into the coming from all the eras – from the Antiquity to a simplified form. Set up in 1818, the garden offers interesting Museum of King Jan III’s Palace at Wilanów library from above. specimens and nature trails and greenhouses. (Muzeum Pałacu Króla Jana III w Wilanowie) The Fryderyk Chopin Museum Poland regained its independence, served for In the garden there are collections of plants the Old Orangery and in the Stanisławowski the world. It has been many times reproduced, Built in the 17th c. for king Jan III Sobieski, (Muzeum Fryderyka Chopina) a while in the Polish army and in 1920 took that consist of over 10 thousand species. The Theatre (in the eastern wing of the building), one famous reproduction – in 1:1 scale – being it is one of the most beautiful monuments The monument of this great Polish astrono- ul. Okólnik 1 (ul. Tamka 41) part in the Polish-Soviet War and was even A city park founded in the 19th c. at a place garden may be visited from spring to autumn. where – additionally – prestigious awards are the one in Hamamatsu (Japan). of the European Baroque and a testament mer living at the turn of the 15th and 16th tel. +48 22 441 62 51, chopin.museum/en awarded a War Order of Virtuti Militari. When where folk entertainment events were often granted to great Poles. In the summer (on every Sunday from May to to the greatness of the then Republic of century was designed by Bertel Thorvaldsen. One of the most modern and multimedia the general visited Warsaw in 1967 he lived held. What is especially attractive for walkers THE ŁAZIENKI KRÓLEWSKIE The Łazienki Królewskie is the venue for September) at noon and at 4 pm, free outdoor Poland (‘Rzeczpospolita’). In 1805 Stanisław Nearby: The astronomer’s theory concerning the biographical museums in Europe, located in in Nowy Świat Street. is the park personal scale that has been sitting PARK AND PALACE COMPLEX numerous cultural, scientific and entertain- concerts are held by the monument that always Potocki, the then owner of Wilanów made circulation of the celestial bodies is one of the historic Ostrogski Palace. The Museum (and working) there since 1912. You should ing events, as well as a favourite place for attract a large audience. his collection of art in the palace available to The National Temple the most important scientific revolutions in presents the largest collection of the objects The Banking and Financing Centre also see the 19th century bronze sculpture of ul. Agrykola 1, tel. +48 504 243 783 walks. In the park you cannot ride a bicycle, In Warsaw there are many places related to the public, creating at the same time one of of Divine Providence the history of mankind. In Poland it is said related to the life and work of Chopin (the ‘Nowy Świat’ Gladiator. An unquestionable attraction for www.lazienki-krolewskie.pl rollerblades and a skateboard not to frighten Fryderyk Chopin. The most important of them the first museums in Poland. The interiors of (Świątynia Opatrzności Bożej) that the astronomer ‘moved the earth and so-called chopiniana) in the world. Apart (Centrum Bankowo–Finansowe „Nowy Świat’) children is a large playing ground. the squirrels and peacocks living here, but you are indicated by multimedia playing benches the palace, with its original decorations and Pola Wilanowskie, tel. +48 22 201 97 12 stopped the sun’. There are two more identical from the priceless memorabilia relating to the ul. Nowy Świat 6/12, www.cbf.com.pl can feed the animals. located in several places in the city. furnishing, represent three styles. The oldest, ul. Ks. Prymasa Augusta Hlonda 1 monuments in the world – cast according to composer you can hear there the singing of The building used to be the headquarters The Ignacy Jan Paderewski Monument baroque royal apartments are located in the www.centrumopatrznosci.pl the same model – in Montreal and in Chicago. Nohant birds and smell violas – the favourite of the authorities of the People’s Republic (Pomnik Ignacego Jana Paderewskiego) Palace on the Isle The Belweder Palace main body of the building. The style of the www.muzeumjp2.pl The Copernicus Science Centre scent of Fryderyk Chopin. of Poland PRL. In the times of the People’s Located in the Ujazdów Park, it is a monument (Pałac Na Wyspie) (Belweder) 18th c. is visible in the interiors of the southern The church is part of the Divine Providence Centre The Staszic Palace (Centrum Nauki Kopernik) Republic of Poland the building was the of a great Polish pianist, composer, politician A pearl of Polish architecture and one of the ul. Belwederska 56 wing and the rooms decorated by the Potocki where museum of John Paul II and Cardinal (Pałac Staszica) ul. Wybrzeże Kościuszkowskie 20 The National Stadium seat of the state authorities and so it was and social activist. symbols of Warsaw. King Stanislaw August www.prezydent.pl family in the 19th c. are in the northern wing. Stefan Wyszyński are to be opened (in 2015) ul. Nowy Świat 72 tel. +48 22 596 41 00 (Stadion Narodowy) commonly dubbed the Party’s House. At the contemporary times. What deserves special The Statue of John of Nepomuk Poniatowski organised parties here and invited as well as the Pantheon of the Great Poles Built at the beginning of the 20th c. thanks to www.kopernik.org.pl Al. Księcia J. Poniatowskiego 1 that time, it was the most heavily guarded attention is Picasso’s ceramics and the Faras (Figura św. Jana Nepomucena) The Ujazdów Castle guests for famous Thursday Dinners. Special The Mausoleum of Stanisław in the lower part of the temple, where there the efforts of priest and prominent activist of One of Warsaw’s special places and the most tel. +48 22 295 95 95 building in Poland. From 1991 the building Gallery (Europe’s largest exhibition of the art The statue depicts the guardian of roads and – Centre for Contemporary Art attraction are rides on gondolas that moor close and Aleksandra Potocki are already graves of Father Jan Twardowski the Enlightenment Period Stanisław Staszic. It modern scientific and cultural institutions in www.stadionnarodowy.org.pl housed the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WGPW). and culture of the Nubian Christian period) and bridges. It was placed at its current place in (Zamek Ujazdowski to the palace. Nearby there is the Theatre on (Mauzoleum Stanisława i Aleksandry Potockich) – a poet, Father Zdzisław Peszkowski – the was built on the site where there used to be Europe – a place where you can experience At present, the owner of the edifice is the joint the painting by Jan Matejko (19th c.) called 1752 to commemorate the finishing of the – Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej) the Isle where in the summer you can listen A neo-Gothic chapel built in the 19th c. in Chaplain for the Katyń Families Association a destroyed Dominican monastery and before things rather than just see them. You can feel stock company Centrum Bankowo-Finansowe ‘the Battle of Grunwald’ of the impressive size works of paving the streets of Warsaw and ul. Jazdów 2, www.csw.art.pl to concerts and watch plays. honour of the former owners of Wilanów. and Families of Victims Murdered in the East, that – an Orthodox chapel. During the period an earthquake and a tornado, run a simulation ‘Nowy Świat’. The fact that the building was of 426 × 987 cm. lighting and regulating its sewer system. tel. +48 22 628 12 71 The Łazienki Królewskie (the Royal Baths) is Krzysztof Skubiszewski – the first Minister of of the partitions the palace was rebuilt in the of a surgical operation, learn about the lift inaccessible to common people for decades one of the most beautiful park-and-palace The Fryderyk Chopin Monument The St. Anna’s Church Foreign Affairs in the reborn Republic of Poland decorative style of Russian-Byzantine style. The force by putting onto your hand the profile of generated numerous legends, including the THE THREE CROSSES SQUARE Nearby: complexes in Europe. The last king of Poland (Pomnik Fryderyka Chopina) (Kościół św. Anny) (1989-1993) and Ryszard Kaczorowski – the palace housed the Gymnasium called Russian a plane’s wing. You can construct and control one telling about a network of underground (PLAC TRZECH KRZYŻY) Stanisław August Poniatowski (18th c.), who The monument is one of the most recognisable ul. Kolegiacka 1 last president of the Republic of Poland in and an Orthodox church that was supposed your own robots. The experiments make it corridors that were supposed to connect the Parliament Buildings was an arts enthusiast and patron, set up sights of Warsaw and at the same time the www.parafiawilanow.pl exile. In the Pantheon there is also a symbolic to refer to the Orthodox history of the place. easier for you to understand modern science edifice with the Palace of Culture and Science (Budynek Sejmu i Senatu) here the greatest and most beautiful garden most famous monument of the composer in It was built in the 18th c. Inside you can admire grave of John Paul II, which is a faithful replica At the beginning of the 20th c. the palace and technology and their impact on our lives. or the one about a secret railway platform. ul. Wiejska 4/6/8 in Warsaw. The name – the Łazienki Królews- beautiful, historic decorations, sarcophagi and of the Holy Father’s real grave in the Vatican regained its classicistic appearance. At present The Heaven of Copernicus Planetarium is www.sejm.gov.pl kie – comes from the baths that have been Built in the 17th c., from the 18th c. it belonged epitaphs of the owners of Wilanów whose Grottoes, and there are the relics of the Blessed it houses the Polish Academy of Sciences and undoubtedly one of the centre’s highlights. You The Museum of the Polish Army www.senat.gov.pl converted into a palace. to Stanisław August Poniatowski who set up graves are in the crypt under the chapel. Father Jerzy Popiełuszko. the Warsaw Science Society. have the outer space at your fingertips here. (Muzeum Wojska Polskiego) Located over the Vistula escarpment, in the There are many historic buildings in the park, a faience manufactory there. From 1818 the Al. Jerozolimskie 3, tel. +48 22 629 52 71 direct vicinity of the Ujazdów Park, the houses the most important of which is the summer royal palace was the residence of the Grand Duke The largest, state-of-the-art stadium in Poland. www.muzeumwp.pl of the Polish Parliament were destroyed dur- residence – Palace on the Isle. Other buildings Constantine, the tsar’s governor in Poland. In The stadium was built not only with sport events The rich collections of the museum include ing the World War II and rebuilt in the style are also worth visiting: the Myślewicki Palace, later years it was the headquarters of Marshal in mind but also as a venue for great artistic weapons, uniforms, flags, medals and other referring to the Renaissance era. which used to be inhabited by the King’s courtiers, Józef Piłsudski, whose monument can be seen spectacles and various mass events. Built in the 17th c. by Zygmunt III Waza, it the Old and the New Orangery, the Old and the nearby. During the Nazi occupation Belweder Warsaw The stadium is open 7 days a week. You can replaced a beautiful wooden dwór (manor New Guardhouse, the Little White House, the was inhabited by Warsaw District Governor come here to roller skate or do some jogging. house) surrounded by wonderful gardens, Officer Cadet School (Podchorążówka). Today, Ludwig Fischer and after the war – leader The Royal Route In order to explore it in detail it is worth going An important traffic point in the capital where Queen Bona lived after the death of the buildings house cultural institutions. In the of the People’s Republic of Poland Bolesław on one of many guided tours as a player tour or where since as early as the 17th c. various her husband Zygmunt I of Poland. This Polish Old Guardhouse there is the showroom of the Bierut. In 1989 Belweder once again became an exclusive tour. strategic city roads crossed. At that time, the queen of Italian origin brought many popular Fine Arts Society and a gallery of temporary the headquarters of the President - Wojciech Square used to be called the Golden Crosses vegetables to Poland (hence, ‘soup vegetables’ exhibitions, in the Officer Cadet School – the Jaruzelski, and then - from 1990 - Lech Wałęsa, The General Charles de Gaulle Monument Crossroads from the gilded crucifixes set on are in Poland called ‘Italian vegetables’). Also Museum of Polish Emigration, where – apart who later moved to the palace in Krakowskie (Pomnik generała Charlesa de Gaulle’a) columns that can still be seen at the Square because of her Poles started to eat Italian from the permanent exposition – you can Przedmieście. The current President of Poland The monument of French President and today (the third cross is held by St. John of pasta and root spices, which she loved. At also see temporary exhibitions and listen Bronisław Komorowski also lives in the national hero Charles de Gaulle who, after Nepomuk). In the Square there are fashion- present, the Castle houses the Centre for to concerts. Concerts are organised also in Belweder Palace. NOWY ŚWIAT STREET Nearby: – military objects. There is an interesting outdoor able cafes and restaurants, as well as elegant UJAZDOWSKIE AVENUE Contemporary Art – a cultural institution and THE WILANÓW PARK exhibition making it possible to admire military boutiques and shops selling products of the an excellent gallery. Below the escarpment, AND PALACE COMPLEX The Mikołaj Kopernik Monument The Warsaw University Library tanks and helicopters. world’s luxury brands. The Ujazdowski Park east of the Castle, there is the Agricola Park (Pomnik Mikołaja Kopernika) (Biblioteka Uniwersytecka w Warszawie) (Park Ujazdowski) and the street of the same name, where street ul. St. Kostki Potockiego 10/16 ul. Dobra 56/66, www.buw.uw.edu.pl The National Museum The St. Alexander’s Church gas lamps are hand lit by lighthouse keepers tel. +48 22 544 27 00 One of the best examples of modern architecture (Muzeum Narodowe) (Kościół św. Aleksandra) just before the dusk and put down at dawn. www.wilanow-palac.art.pl in the Polish capital. In the underground of this Al. Jerozolimskie 3 ul. Książęca 21, www.swaleksander.pl It used to be the summer residence of Jan interesting building there is an entertainment tel. +48 22 621 10 31 A classicist church modelled on the Roman The Botanical Garden III Sobieski, and then August II as well as centre (with bowling, billiards, climbing wall) www.mnw.art.pl Pantheon. It was built at the beginning of the of the Warsaw University the most distinguished aristocratic families. and on the roof there is one of the prettiest One of the most important cultural institutions 19th c. to commemorate the visit of Alexander (Ogród Botaniczny Uniwersytetu Between the palace and the Lake Wilanów and largest roof gardens in Europe from in the country and the largest museum in the I – the tsar of Russia and, at that time, also Warszawskiego) there is two-level baroque Italian garden, and which you can admire the view of the Vistula capital of Poland. It has a rich collection of the king of Poland. The church was destroyed Al. Ujazdowskie 4 in the southern part – an English-style garden. River and the National Stadium, and through exhibits, from paintings to handicraft and stamps during the war. It was rebuilt afterwards but in www.ogrod.uw.edu.pl special windows you can take a look into the coming from all the eras – from the Antiquity to a simplified form. Set up in 1818, the garden offers interesting Museum of King Jan III’s Palace at Wilanów library from above. specimens and nature trails and greenhouses. (Muzeum Pałacu Króla Jana III w Wilanowie) The Fryderyk Chopin Museum Poland regained its independence, served for In the garden there are collections of plants the Old Orangery and in the Stanisławowski the world. It has been many times reproduced, Built in the 17th c. for king Jan III Sobieski, (Muzeum Fryderyka Chopina) a while in the Polish army and in 1920 took that consist of over 10 thousand species. The Theatre (in the eastern wing of the building), one famous reproduction – in 1:1 scale – being it is one of the most beautiful monuments The monument of this great Polish astrono- ul. Okólnik 1 (ul. Tamka 41) part in the Polish-Soviet War and was even A city park founded in the 19th c. at a place garden may be visited from spring to autumn. where – additionally – prestigious awards are the one in Hamamatsu (Japan). of the European Baroque and a testament mer living at the turn of the 15th and 16th tel. +48 22 441 62 51, chopin.museum/en awarded a War Order of Virtuti Militari. When where folk entertainment events were often granted to great Poles. In the summer (on every Sunday from May to to the greatness of the then Republic of century was designed by Bertel Thorvaldsen. One of the most modern and multimedia the general visited Warsaw in 1967 he lived held. What is especially attractive for walkers THE ŁAZIENKI KRÓLEWSKIE The Łazienki Królewskie is the venue for September) at noon and at 4 pm, free outdoor Poland (‘Rzeczpospolita’). In 1805 Stanisław Nearby: The astronomer’s theory concerning the biographical museums in Europe, located in in Nowy Świat Street. is the park personal scale that has been sitting PARK AND PALACE COMPLEX numerous cultural, scientific and entertain- concerts are held by the monument that always Potocki, the then owner of Wilanów made circulation of the celestial bodies is one of the historic Ostrogski Palace. The Museum (and working) there since 1912. You should ing events, as well as a favourite place for attract a large audience. his collection of art in the palace available to The National Temple the most important scientific revolutions in presents the largest collection of the objects The Banking and Financing Centre also see the 19th century bronze sculpture of ul. Agrykola 1, tel. +48 504 243 783 walks. In the park you cannot ride a bicycle, In Warsaw there are many places related to the public, creating at the same time one of of Divine Providence the history of mankind. In Poland it is said related to the life and work of Chopin (the ‘Nowy Świat’ Gladiator. An unquestionable attraction for www.lazienki-krolewskie.pl rollerblades and a skateboard not to frighten Fryderyk Chopin. The most important of them the first museums in Poland. The interiors of (Świątynia Opatrzności Bożej) that the astronomer ‘moved the earth and so-called chopiniana) in the world. Apart (Centrum Bankowo–Finansowe „Nowy Świat’) children is a large playing ground. the squirrels and peacocks living here, but you are indicated by multimedia playing benches the palace, with its original decorations and Pola Wilanowskie, tel. +48 22 201 97 12 stopped the sun’. There are two more identical from the priceless memorabilia relating to the ul. Nowy Świat 6/12, www.cbf.com.pl can feed the animals. located in several places in the city. furnishing, represent three styles. The oldest, ul. Ks. Prymasa Augusta Hlonda 1 monuments in the world – cast according to composer you can hear there the singing of The building used to be the headquarters The Ignacy Jan Paderewski Monument baroque royal apartments are located in the www.centrumopatrznosci.pl the same model – in Montreal and in Chicago. Nohant birds and smell violas – the favourite of the authorities of the People’s Republic (Pomnik Ignacego Jana Paderewskiego) Palace on the Isle The Belweder Palace main body of the building. The style of the www.muzeumjp2.pl The Copernicus Science Centre scent of Fryderyk Chopin. of Poland PRL. In the times of the People’s Located in the Ujazdów Park, it is a monument (Pałac Na Wyspie) (Belweder) 18th c. is visible in the interiors of the southern The church is part of the Divine Providence Centre The Staszic Palace (Centrum Nauki Kopernik) Republic of Poland the building was the of a great Polish pianist, composer, politician A pearl of Polish architecture and one of the ul. Belwederska 56 wing and the rooms decorated by the Potocki where museum of John Paul II and Cardinal (Pałac Staszica) ul. Wybrzeże Kościuszkowskie 20 The National Stadium seat of the state authorities and so it was and social activist. symbols of Warsaw. King Stanislaw August www.prezydent.pl family in the 19th c. are in the northern wing. Stefan Wyszyński are to be opened (in 2015) ul. Nowy Świat 72 tel. +48 22 596 41 00 (Stadion Narodowy) commonly dubbed the Party’s House. At the contemporary times. What deserves special The Statue of John of Nepomuk Poniatowski organised parties here and invited as well as the Pantheon of the Great Poles Built at the beginning of the 20th c. thanks to www.kopernik.org.pl Al. Księcia J. Poniatowskiego 1 that time, it was the most heavily guarded attention is Picasso’s ceramics and the Faras (Figura św. Jana Nepomucena) The Ujazdów Castle guests for famous Thursday Dinners. Special The Mausoleum of Stanisław in the lower part of the temple, where there the efforts of priest and prominent activist of One of Warsaw’s special places and the most tel. +48 22 295 95 95 building in Poland. From 1991 the building Gallery (Europe’s largest exhibition of the art The statue depicts the guardian of roads and – Centre for Contemporary Art attraction are rides on gondolas that moor close and Aleksandra Potocki are already graves of Father Jan Twardowski the Enlightenment Period Stanisław Staszic. It modern scientific and cultural institutions in www.stadionnarodowy.org.pl housed the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WGPW). and culture of the Nubian Christian period) and bridges. It was placed at its current place in (Zamek Ujazdowski to the palace. Nearby there is the Theatre on (Mauzoleum Stanisława i Aleksandry Potockich) – a poet, Father Zdzisław Peszkowski – the was built on the site where there used to be Europe – a place where you can experience At present, the owner of the edifice is the joint the painting by Jan Matejko (19th c.) called 1752 to commemorate the finishing of the – Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej) the Isle where in the summer you can listen A neo-Gothic chapel built in the 19th c. in Chaplain for the Katyń Families Association a destroyed Dominican monastery and before things rather than just see them. You can feel stock company Centrum Bankowo-Finansowe ‘the Battle of Grunwald’ of the impressive size works of paving the streets of Warsaw and ul. Jazdów 2, www.csw.art.pl to concerts and watch plays. honour of the former owners of Wilanów. and Families of Victims Murdered in the East, that – an Orthodox chapel. During the period an earthquake and a tornado, run a simulation ‘Nowy Świat’. The fact that the building was of 426 × 987 cm. lighting and regulating its sewer system. tel. +48 22 628 12 71 The Łazienki Królewskie (the Royal Baths) is Krzysztof Skubiszewski – the first Minister of of the partitions the palace was rebuilt in the of a surgical operation, learn about the lift inaccessible to common people for decades one of the most beautiful park-and-palace The Fryderyk Chopin Monument The St. Anna’s Church Foreign Affairs in the reborn Republic of Poland decorative style of Russian-Byzantine style. The force by putting onto your hand the profile of generated numerous legends, including the THE THREE CROSSES SQUARE Nearby: complexes in Europe. The last king of Poland (Pomnik Fryderyka Chopina) (Kościół św. Anny) (1989-1993) and Ryszard Kaczorowski – the palace housed the Gymnasium called Russian a plane’s wing. You can construct and control one telling about a network of underground (PLAC TRZECH KRZYŻY) Stanisław August Poniatowski (18th c.), who The monument is one of the most recognisable ul. Kolegiacka 1 last president of the Republic of Poland in and an Orthodox church that was supposed your own robots. The experiments make it corridors that were supposed to connect the Parliament Buildings was an arts enthusiast and patron, set up sights of Warsaw and at the same time the www.parafiawilanow.pl exile. In the Pantheon there is also a symbolic to refer to the Orthodox history of the place. easier for you to understand modern science edifice with the Palace of Culture and Science (Budynek Sejmu i Senatu) here the greatest and most beautiful garden most famous monument of the composer in It was built in the 18th c. Inside you can admire grave of John Paul II, which is a faithful replica At the beginning of the 20th c. the palace and technology and their impact on our lives. or the one about a secret railway platform. ul. Wiejska 4/6/8 in Warsaw. The name – the Łazienki Królews- beautiful, historic decorations, sarcophagi and of the Holy Father’s real grave in the Vatican regained its classicistic appearance. At present The Heaven of Copernicus Planetarium is www.sejm.gov.pl kie – comes from the baths that have been Built in the 17th c., from the 18th c. it belonged epitaphs of the owners of Wilanów whose Grottoes, and there are the relics of the Blessed it houses the Polish Academy of Sciences and undoubtedly one of the centre’s highlights. You The Museum of the Polish Army www.senat.gov.pl converted into a palace. to Stanisław August Poniatowski who set up graves are in the crypt under the chapel. Father Jerzy Popiełuszko. the Warsaw Science Society. have the outer space at your fingertips here. (Muzeum Wojska Polskiego) Located over the Vistula escarpment, in the There are many historic buildings in the park, a faience manufactory there. From 1818 the Al. Jerozolimskie 3, tel. +48 22 629 52 71 direct vicinity of the Ujazdów Park, the houses the most important of which is the summer royal palace was the residence of the Grand Duke The largest, state-of-the-art stadium in Poland. www.muzeumwp.pl of the Polish Parliament were destroyed dur- residence – Palace on the Isle. Other buildings Constantine, the tsar’s governor in Poland. In The stadium was built not only with sport events The rich collections of the museum include ing the World War II and rebuilt in the style are also worth visiting: the Myślewicki Palace, later years it was the headquarters of Marshal in mind but also as a venue for great artistic weapons, uniforms, flags, medals and other referring to the Renaissance era. which used to be inhabited by the King’s courtiers, Józef Piłsudski, whose monument can be seen spectacles and various mass events. Built in the 17th c. by Zygmunt III Waza, it the Old and the New Orangery, the Old and the nearby. During the Nazi occupation Belweder Warsaw The stadium is open 7 days a week. You can replaced a beautiful wooden dwór (manor New Guardhouse, the Little White House, the was inhabited by Warsaw District Governor come here to roller skate or do some jogging. house) surrounded by wonderful gardens, Officer Cadet School (Podchorążówka). Today, Ludwig Fischer and after the war – leader The Royal Route In order to explore it in detail it is worth going An important traffic point in the capital where Queen Bona lived after the death of the buildings house cultural institutions. In the of the People’s Republic of Poland Bolesław on one of many guided tours as a player tour or where since as early as the 17th c. various her husband Zygmunt I of Poland. This Polish Old Guardhouse there is the showroom of the Bierut. In 1989 Belweder once again became an exclusive tour. strategic city roads crossed. At that time, the queen of Italian origin brought many popular Fine Arts Society and a gallery of temporary the headquarters of the President - Wojciech Square used to be called the Golden Crosses vegetables to Poland (hence, ‘soup vegetables’ exhibitions, in the Officer Cadet School – the Jaruzelski, and then - from 1990 - Lech Wałęsa, The General Charles de Gaulle Monument Crossroads from the gilded crucifixes set on are in Poland called ‘Italian vegetables’). Also Museum of Polish Emigration, where – apart who later moved to the palace in Krakowskie (Pomnik generała Charlesa de Gaulle’a) columns that can still be seen at the Square because of her Poles started to eat Italian from the permanent exposition – you can Przedmieście. The current President of Poland The monument of French President and today (the third cross is held by St. John of pasta and root spices, which she loved. At also see temporary exhibitions and listen Bronisław Komorowski also lives in the national hero Charles de Gaulle who, after Nepomuk). In the Square there are fashion- present, the Castle houses the Centre for to concerts. Concerts are organised also in Belweder Palace. NOWY ŚWIAT STREET Nearby: – military objects. There is an interesting outdoor able cafes and restaurants, as well as elegant UJAZDOWSKIE AVENUE Contemporary Art – a cultural institution and THE WILANÓW PARK exhibition making it possible to admire military boutiques and shops selling products of the an excellent gallery. Below the escarpment, AND PALACE COMPLEX The Mikołaj Kopernik Monument The Warsaw University Library tanks and helicopters. world’s luxury brands. The Ujazdowski Park east of the Castle, there is the Agricola Park (Pomnik Mikołaja Kopernika) (Biblioteka Uniwersytecka w Warszawie) (Park Ujazdowski) and the street of the same name, where street ul. St. Kostki Potockiego 10/16 ul. Dobra 56/66, www.buw.uw.edu.pl The National Museum The St. Alexander’s Church gas lamps are hand lit by lighthouse keepers tel. +48 22 544 27 00 One of the best examples of modern architecture (Muzeum Narodowe) (Kościół św. Aleksandra) just before the dusk and put down at dawn. www.wilanow-palac.art.pl in the Polish capital. In the underground of this Al. Jerozolimskie 3 ul. Książęca 21, www.swaleksander.pl It used to be the summer residence of Jan interesting building there is an entertainment tel. +48 22 621 10 31 A classicist church modelled on the Roman The Botanical Garden III Sobieski, and then August II as well as centre (with bowling, billiards, climbing wall) www.mnw.art.pl Pantheon. It was built at the beginning of the of the Warsaw University the most distinguished aristocratic families. and on the roof there is one of the prettiest One of the most important cultural institutions 19th c. to commemorate the visit of Alexander (Ogród Botaniczny Uniwersytetu Between the palace and the Lake Wilanów and largest roof gardens in Europe from in the country and the largest museum in the I – the tsar of Russia and, at that time, also Warszawskiego) there is two-level baroque Italian garden, and which you can admire the view of the Vistula capital of Poland. It has a rich collection of the king of Poland. The church was destroyed Al. Ujazdowskie 4 in the southern part – an English-style garden. River and the National Stadium, and through exhibits, from paintings to handicraft and stamps during the war. It was rebuilt afterwards but in www.ogrod.uw.edu.pl special windows you can take a look into the coming from all the eras – from the Antiquity to a simplified form. Set up in 1818, the garden offers interesting Museum of King Jan III’s Palace at Wilanów library from above. specimens and nature trails and greenhouses. (Muzeum Pałacu Króla Jana III w Wilanowie) The Fryderyk Chopin Museum Poland regained its independence, served for In the garden there are collections of plants the Old Orangery and in the Stanisławowski the world. It has been many times reproduced, Built in the 17th c. for king Jan III Sobieski, (Muzeum Fryderyka Chopina) a while in the Polish army and in 1920 took that consist of over 10 thousand species. The Theatre (in the eastern wing of the building), one famous reproduction – in 1:1 scale – being it is one of the most beautiful monuments The monument of this great Polish astrono- ul. Okólnik 1 (ul. Tamka 41) part in the Polish-Soviet War and was even A city park founded in the 19th c. at a place garden may be visited from spring to autumn. where – additionally – prestigious awards are the one in Hamamatsu (Japan). of the European Baroque and a testament mer living at the turn of the 15th and 16th tel. +48 22 441 62 51, chopin.museum/en awarded a War Order of Virtuti Militari. When where folk entertainment events were often granted to great Poles. In the summer (on every Sunday from May to to the greatness of the then Republic of century was designed by Bertel Thorvaldsen. One of the most modern and multimedia the general visited Warsaw in 1967 he lived held. What is especially attractive for walkers THE ŁAZIENKI KRÓLEWSKIE The Łazienki Królewskie is the venue for September) at noon and at 4 pm, free outdoor Poland (‘Rzeczpospolita’). In 1805 Stanisław Nearby: The astronomer’s theory concerning the biographical museums in Europe, located in in Nowy Świat Street. is the park personal scale that has been sitting PARK AND PALACE COMPLEX numerous cultural, scientific and entertain- concerts are held by the monument that always Potocki, the then owner of Wilanów made circulation of the celestial bodies is one of the historic Ostrogski Palace. The Museum (and working) there since 1912. You should ing events, as well as a favourite place for attract a large audience. his collection of art in the palace available to The National Temple the most important scientific revolutions in presents the largest collection of the objects The Banking and Financing Centre also see the 19th century bronze sculpture of ul. Agrykola 1, tel. +48 504 243 783 walks. In the park you cannot ride a bicycle, In Warsaw there are many places related to the public, creating at the same time one of of Divine Providence the history of mankind. In Poland it is said related to the life and work of Chopin (the ‘Nowy Świat’ Gladiator. An unquestionable attraction for www.lazienki-krolewskie.pl rollerblades and a skateboard not to frighten Fryderyk Chopin. The most important of them the first museums in Poland. The interiors of (Świątynia Opatrzności Bożej) that the astronomer ‘moved the earth and so-called chopiniana) in the world. Apart (Centrum Bankowo–Finansowe „Nowy Świat’) children is a large playing ground. the squirrels and peacocks living here, but you are indicated by multimedia playing benches the palace, with its original decorations and Pola Wilanowskie, tel. +48 22 201 97 12 stopped the sun’. There are two more identical from the priceless memorabilia relating to the ul. Nowy Świat 6/12, www.cbf.com.pl can feed the animals. located in several places in the city. furnishing, represent three styles. The oldest, ul. Ks. Prymasa Augusta Hlonda 1 monuments in the world – cast according to composer you can hear there the singing of The building used to be the headquarters The Ignacy Jan Paderewski Monument baroque royal apartments are located in the www.centrumopatrznosci.pl the same model – in Montreal and in Chicago. Nohant birds and smell violas – the favourite of the authorities of the People’s Republic (Pomnik Ignacego Jana Paderewskiego) Palace on the Isle The Belweder Palace main body of the building. The style of the www.muzeumjp2.pl The Copernicus Science Centre scent of Fryderyk Chopin. of Poland PRL. In the times of the People’s Located in the Ujazdów Park, it is a monument (Pałac Na Wyspie) (Belweder) 18th c. is visible in the interiors of the southern The church is part of the Divine Providence Centre The Staszic Palace (Centrum Nauki Kopernik) Republic of Poland the building was the of a great Polish pianist, composer, politician A pearl of Polish architecture and one of the ul. Belwederska 56 wing and the rooms decorated by the Potocki where museum of John Paul II and Cardinal (Pałac Staszica) ul. Wybrzeże Kościuszkowskie 20 The National Stadium seat of the state authorities and so it was and social activist. symbols of Warsaw. King Stanislaw August www.prezydent.pl family in the 19th c. are in the northern wing. Stefan Wyszyński are to be opened (in 2015) ul. Nowy Świat 72 tel. +48 22 596 41 00 (Stadion Narodowy) commonly dubbed the Party’s House. At the contemporary times. What deserves special The Statue of John of Nepomuk Poniatowski organised parties here and invited as well as the Pantheon of the Great Poles Built at the beginning of the 20th c. thanks to www.kopernik.org.pl Al. Księcia J. Poniatowskiego 1 that time, it was the most heavily guarded attention is Picasso’s ceramics and the Faras (Figura św. Jana Nepomucena) The Ujazdów Castle guests for famous Thursday Dinners. Special The Mausoleum of Stanisław in the lower part of the temple, where there the efforts of priest and prominent activist of One of Warsaw’s special places and the most tel. +48 22 295 95 95 building in Poland. From 1991 the building Gallery (Europe’s largest exhibition of the art The statue depicts the guardian of roads and – Centre for Contemporary Art attraction are rides on gondolas that moor close and Aleksandra Potocki are already graves of Father Jan Twardowski the Enlightenment Period Stanisław Staszic. It modern scientific and cultural institutions in www.stadionnarodowy.org.pl housed the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WGPW). and culture of the Nubian Christian period) and bridges. It was placed at its current place in (Zamek Ujazdowski to the palace. Nearby there is the Theatre on (Mauzoleum Stanisława i Aleksandry Potockich) – a poet, Father Zdzisław Peszkowski – the was built on the site where there used to be Europe – a place where you can experience At present, the owner of the edifice is the joint the painting by Jan Matejko (19th c.) called 1752 to commemorate the finishing of the – Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej) the Isle where in the summer you can listen A neo-Gothic chapel built in the 19th c. in Chaplain for the Katyń Families Association a destroyed Dominican monastery and before things rather than just see them. You can feel stock company Centrum Bankowo-Finansowe ‘the Battle of Grunwald’ of the impressive size works of paving the streets of Warsaw and ul. Jazdów 2, www.csw.art.pl to concerts and watch plays. honour of the former owners of Wilanów. and Families of Victims Murdered in the East, that – an Orthodox chapel. During the period an earthquake and a tornado, run a simulation ‘Nowy Świat’. The fact that the building was of 426 × 987 cm. lighting and regulating its sewer system. tel. +48 22 628 12 71 The Łazienki Królewskie (the Royal Baths) is Krzysztof Skubiszewski – the first Minister of of the partitions the palace was rebuilt in the of a surgical operation, learn about the lift inaccessible to common people for decades one of the most beautiful park-and-palace The Fryderyk Chopin Monument The St. Anna’s Church Foreign Affairs in the reborn Republic of Poland decorative style of Russian-Byzantine style. The force by putting onto your hand the profile of generated numerous legends, including the THE THREE CROSSES SQUARE Nearby: complexes in Europe. The last king of Poland (Pomnik Fryderyka Chopina) (Kościół św. Anny) (1989-1993) and Ryszard Kaczorowski – the palace housed the Gymnasium called Russian a plane’s wing. You can construct and control one telling about a network of underground (PLAC TRZECH KRZYŻY) Stanisław August Poniatowski (18th c.), who The monument is one of the most recognisable ul. Kolegiacka 1 last president of the Republic of Poland in and an Orthodox church that was supposed your own robots. The experiments make it corridors that were supposed to connect the Parliament Buildings was an arts enthusiast and patron, set up sights of Warsaw and at the same time the www.parafiawilanow.pl exile. In the Pantheon there is also a symbolic to refer to the Orthodox history of the place. easier for you to understand modern science edifice with the Palace of Culture and Science (Budynek Sejmu i Senatu) here the greatest and most beautiful garden most famous monument of the composer in It was built in the 18th c. Inside you can admire grave of John Paul II, which is a faithful replica At the beginning of the 20th c. the palace and technology and their impact on our lives. or the one about a secret railway platform. ul. Wiejska 4/6/8 in Warsaw. The name – the Łazienki Królews- beautiful, historic decorations, sarcophagi and of the Holy Father’s real grave in the Vatican regained its classicistic appearance. At present The Heaven of Copernicus Planetarium is www.sejm.gov.pl kie – comes from the baths that have been Built in the 17th c., from the 18th c. it belonged epitaphs of the owners of Wilanów whose Grottoes, and there are the relics of the Blessed it houses the Polish Academy of Sciences and undoubtedly one of the centre’s highlights. You The Museum of the Polish Army www.senat.gov.pl converted into a palace. to Stanisław August Poniatowski who set up graves are in the crypt under the chapel. Father Jerzy Popiełuszko. the Warsaw Science Society. have the outer space at your fingertips here. (Muzeum Wojska Polskiego) Located over the Vistula escarpment, in the There are many historic buildings in the park, a faience manufactory there. From 1818 the Al. Jerozolimskie 3, tel. +48 22 629 52 71 direct vicinity of the Ujazdów Park, the houses the most important of which is the summer royal palace was the residence of the Grand Duke The largest, state-of-the-art stadium in Poland. www.muzeumwp.pl of the Polish Parliament were destroyed dur- residence – Palace on the Isle. Other buildings Constantine, the tsar’s governor in Poland. In The stadium was built not only with sport events The rich collections of the museum include ing the World War II and rebuilt in the style are also worth visiting: the Myślewicki Palace, later years it was the headquarters of Marshal in mind but also as a venue for great artistic weapons, uniforms, flags, medals and other referring to the Renaissance era. which used to be inhabited by the King’s courtiers, Józef Piłsudski, whose monument can be seen spectacles and various mass events. Built in the 17th c. by Zygmunt III Waza, it the Old and the New Orangery, the Old and the nearby. During the Nazi occupation Belweder Warsaw The stadium is open 7 days a week. You can replaced a beautiful wooden dwór (manor New Guardhouse, the Little White House, the was inhabited by Warsaw District Governor come here to roller skate or do some jogging. house) surrounded by wonderful gardens, Officer Cadet School (Podchorążówka). Today, Ludwig Fischer and after the war – leader The Royal Route In order to explore it in detail it is worth going An important traffic point in the capital where Queen Bona lived after the death of the buildings house cultural institutions. In the of the People’s Republic of Poland Bolesław on one of many guided tours as a player tour or where since as early as the 17th c. various her husband Zygmunt I of Poland. This Polish Old Guardhouse there is the showroom of the Bierut. In 1989 Belweder once again became an exclusive tour. strategic city roads crossed. At that time, the queen of Italian origin brought many popular Fine Arts Society and a gallery of temporary the headquarters of the President - Wojciech Square used to be called the Golden Crosses vegetables to Poland (hence, ‘soup vegetables’ exhibitions, in the Officer Cadet School – the Jaruzelski, and then - from 1990 - Lech Wałęsa, The General Charles de Gaulle Monument Crossroads from the gilded crucifixes set on are in Poland called ‘Italian vegetables’). Also Museum of Polish Emigration, where – apart who later moved to the palace in Krakowskie (Pomnik generała Charlesa de Gaulle’a) columns that can still be seen at the Square because of her Poles started to eat Italian from the permanent exposition – you can Przedmieście. The current President of Poland The monument of French President and today (the third cross is held by St. John of pasta and root spices, which she loved. At also see temporary exhibitions and listen Bronisław Komorowski also lives in the national hero Charles de Gaulle who, after Nepomuk). In the Square there are fashion- present, the Castle houses the Centre for to concerts. Concerts are organised also in Belweder Palace. NOWY ŚWIAT STREET Nearby: – military objects. There is an interesting outdoor able cafes and restaurants, as well as elegant UJAZDOWSKIE AVENUE Contemporary Art – a cultural institution and THE WILANÓW PARK exhibition making it possible to admire military boutiques and shops selling products of the an excellent gallery. Below the escarpment, AND PALACE COMPLEX The Mikołaj Kopernik Monument The Warsaw University Library tanks and helicopters. world’s luxury brands. The Ujazdowski Park east of the Castle, there is the Agricola Park (Pomnik Mikołaja Kopernika) (Biblioteka Uniwersytecka w Warszawie) (Park Ujazdowski) and the street of the same name, where street ul. St. Kostki Potockiego 10/16 ul. Dobra 56/66, www.buw.uw.edu.pl The National Museum The St. Alexander’s Church gas lamps are hand lit by lighthouse keepers tel. +48 22 544 27 00 One of the best examples of modern architecture (Muzeum Narodowe) (Kościół św. Aleksandra) just before the dusk and put down at dawn. www.wilanow-palac.art.pl in the Polish capital. In the underground of this Al. Jerozolimskie 3 ul. Książęca 21, www.swaleksander.pl It used to be the summer residence of Jan interesting building there is an entertainment tel. +48 22 621 10 31 A classicist church modelled on the Roman The Botanical Garden III Sobieski, and then August II as well as centre (with bowling, billiards, climbing wall) www.mnw.art.pl Pantheon. It was built at the beginning of the of the Warsaw University the most distinguished aristocratic families. and on the roof there is one of the prettiest One of the most important cultural institutions 19th c. to commemorate the visit of Alexander (Ogród Botaniczny Uniwersytetu Between the palace and the Lake Wilanów and largest roof gardens in Europe from in the country and the largest museum in the I – the tsar of Russia and, at that time, also Warszawskiego) there is two-level baroque Italian garden, and which you can admire the view of the Vistula capital of Poland. It has a rich collection of the king of Poland. The church was destroyed Al. Ujazdowskie 4 in the southern part – an English-style garden. River and the National Stadium, and through exhibits, from paintings to handicraft and stamps during the war. It was rebuilt afterwards but in www.ogrod.uw.edu.pl special windows you can take a look into the coming from all the eras – from the Antiquity to a simplified form. Set up in 1818, the garden offers interesting Museum of King Jan III’s Palace at Wilanów library from above. specimens and nature trails and greenhouses. (Muzeum Pałacu Króla Jana III w Wilanowie) The Fryderyk Chopin Museum Poland regained its independence, served for In the garden there are collections of plants the Old Orangery and in the Stanisławowski the world. It has been many times reproduced, Built in the 17th c. for king Jan III Sobieski, (Muzeum Fryderyka Chopina) a while in the Polish army and in 1920 took that consist of over 10 thousand species. The Theatre (in the eastern wing of the building), one famous reproduction – in 1:1 scale – being it is one of the most beautiful monuments The monument of this great Polish astrono- ul. Okólnik 1 (ul. Tamka 41) part in the Polish-Soviet War and was even A city park founded in the 19th c. at a place garden may be visited from spring to autumn. where – additionally – prestigious awards are the one in Hamamatsu (Japan). of the European Baroque and a testament mer living at the turn of the 15th and 16th tel. +48 22 441 62 51, chopin.museum/en awarded a War Order of Virtuti Militari. When where folk entertainment events were often granted to great Poles. In the summer (on every Sunday from May to to the greatness of the then Republic of century was designed by Bertel Thorvaldsen. One of the most modern and multimedia the general visited Warsaw in 1967 he lived held. What is especially attractive for walkers THE ŁAZIENKI KRÓLEWSKIE The Łazienki Królewskie is the venue for September) at noon and at 4 pm, free outdoor Poland (‘Rzeczpospolita’). In 1805 Stanisław Nearby: The astronomer’s theory concerning the biographical museums in Europe, located in in Nowy Świat Street. is the park personal scale that has been sitting PARK AND PALACE COMPLEX numerous cultural, scientific and entertain- concerts are held by the monument that always Potocki, the then owner of Wilanów made circulation of the celestial bodies is one of the historic Ostrogski Palace. The Museum (and working) there since 1912. You should ing events, as well as a favourite place for attract a large audience. his collection of art in the palace available to The National Temple the most important scientific revolutions in presents the largest collection of the objects The Banking and Financing Centre also see the 19th century bronze sculpture of ul. Agrykola 1, tel. +48 504 243 783 walks. In the park you cannot ride a bicycle, In Warsaw there are many places related to the public, creating at the same time one of of Divine Providence the history of mankind. In Poland it is said related to the life and work of Chopin (the ‘Nowy Świat’ Gladiator. An unquestionable attraction for www.lazienki-krolewskie.pl rollerblades and a skateboard not to frighten Fryderyk Chopin. The most important of them the first museums in Poland. The interiors of (Świątynia Opatrzności Bożej) that the astronomer ‘moved the earth and so-called chopiniana) in the world. Apart (Centrum Bankowo–Finansowe „Nowy Świat’) children is a large playing ground. the squirrels and peacocks living here, but you are indicated by multimedia playing benches the palace, with its original decorations and Pola Wilanowskie, tel. +48 22 201 97 12 stopped the sun’. There are two more identical from the priceless memorabilia relating to the ul. Nowy Świat 6/12, www.cbf.com.pl can feed the animals. located in several places in the city. furnishing, represent three styles. The oldest, ul. Ks. Prymasa Augusta Hlonda 1 monuments in the world – cast according to composer you can hear there the singing of The building used to be the headquarters The Ignacy Jan Paderewski Monument baroque royal apartments are located in the www.centrumopatrznosci.pl the same model – in Montreal and in Chicago. Nohant birds and smell violas – the favourite of the authorities of the People’s Republic (Pomnik Ignacego Jana Paderewskiego) Palace on the Isle The Belweder Palace main body of the building. The style of the www.muzeumjp2.pl The Copernicus Science Centre scent of Fryderyk Chopin. of Poland PRL. In the times of the People’s Located in the Ujazdów Park, it is a monument (Pałac Na Wyspie) (Belweder) 18th c. is visible in the interiors of the southern The church is part of the Divine Providence Centre The Staszic Palace (Centrum Nauki Kopernik) Republic of Poland the building was the of a great Polish pianist, composer, politician A pearl of Polish architecture and one of the ul. Belwederska 56 wing and the rooms decorated by the Potocki where museum of John Paul II and Cardinal (Pałac Staszica) ul. Wybrzeże Kościuszkowskie 20 The National Stadium seat of the state authorities and so it was and social activist. symbols of Warsaw. King Stanislaw August www.prezydent.pl family in the 19th c. are in the northern wing. Stefan Wyszyński are to be opened (in 2015) ul. Nowy Świat 72 tel. +48 22 596 41 00 (Stadion Narodowy) commonly dubbed the Party’s House. At the contemporary times. What deserves special The Statue of John of Nepomuk Poniatowski organised parties here and invited as well as the Pantheon of the Great Poles Built at the beginning of the 20th c. thanks to www.kopernik.org.pl Al. Księcia J. Poniatowskiego 1 that time, it was the most heavily guarded attention is Picasso’s ceramics and the Faras (Figura św. Jana Nepomucena) The Ujazdów Castle guests for famous Thursday Dinners. Special The Mausoleum of Stanisław in the lower part of the temple, where there the efforts of priest and prominent activist of One of Warsaw’s special places and the most tel. +48 22 295 95 95 building in Poland. From 1991 the building Gallery (Europe’s largest exhibition of the art The statue depicts the guardian of roads and – Centre for Contemporary Art attraction are rides on gondolas that moor close and Aleksandra Potocki are already graves of Father Jan Twardowski the Enlightenment Period Stanisław Staszic. It modern scientific and cultural institutions in www.stadionnarodowy.org.pl housed the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WGPW). and culture of the Nubian Christian period) and bridges. It was placed at its current place in (Zamek Ujazdowski to the palace. Nearby there is the Theatre on (Mauzoleum Stanisława i Aleksandry Potockich) – a poet, Father Zdzisław Peszkowski – the was built on the site where there used to be Europe – a place where you can experience At present, the owner of the edifice is the joint the painting by Jan Matejko (19th c.) called 1752 to commemorate the finishing of the – Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej) the Isle where in the summer you can listen A neo-Gothic chapel built in the 19th c. in Chaplain for the Katyń Families Association a destroyed Dominican monastery and before things rather than just see them. You can feel stock company Centrum Bankowo-Finansowe ‘the Battle of Grunwald’ of the impressive size works of paving the streets of Warsaw and ul. Jazdów 2, www.csw.art.pl to concerts and watch plays. honour of the former owners of Wilanów. and Families of Victims Murdered in the East, that – an Orthodox chapel. During the period an earthquake and a tornado, run a simulation ‘Nowy Świat’. The fact that the building was of 426 × 987 cm. lighting and regulating its sewer system. tel. +48 22 628 12 71 The Łazienki Królewskie (the Royal Baths) is Krzysztof Skubiszewski – the first Minister of of the partitions the palace was rebuilt in the of a surgical operation, learn about the lift inaccessible to common people for decades one of the most beautiful park-and-palace The Fryderyk Chopin Monument The St. Anna’s Church Foreign Affairs in the reborn Republic of Poland decorative style of Russian-Byzantine style. The force by putting onto your hand the profile of generated numerous legends, including the THE THREE CROSSES SQUARE Nearby: complexes in Europe. The last king of Poland (Pomnik Fryderyka Chopina) (Kościół św. Anny) (1989-1993) and Ryszard Kaczorowski – the palace housed the Gymnasium called Russian a plane’s wing. You can construct and control one telling about a network of underground (PLAC TRZECH KRZYŻY) Stanisław August Poniatowski (18th c.), who The monument is one of the most recognisable ul. Kolegiacka 1 last president of the Republic of Poland in and an Orthodox church that was supposed your own robots. The experiments make it corridors that were supposed to connect the Parliament Buildings was an arts enthusiast and patron, set up sights of Warsaw and at the same time the www.parafiawilanow.pl exile. In the Pantheon there is also a symbolic to refer to the Orthodox history of the place. easier for you to understand modern science edifice with the Palace of Culture and Science (Budynek Sejmu i Senatu) here the greatest and most beautiful garden most famous monument of the composer in It was built in the 18th c. Inside you can admire grave of John Paul II, which is a faithful replica At the beginning of the 20th c. the palace and technology and their impact on our lives. or the one about a secret railway platform. ul. Wiejska 4/6/8 in Warsaw. The name – the Łazienki Królews- beautiful, historic decorations, sarcophagi and of the Holy Father’s real grave in the Vatican regained its classicistic appearance. At present The Heaven of Copernicus Planetarium is www.sejm.gov.pl kie – comes from the baths that have been Built in the 17th c., from the 18th c. it belonged epitaphs of the owners of Wilanów whose Grottoes, and there are the relics of the Blessed it houses the Polish Academy of Sciences and undoubtedly one of the centre’s highlights. You The Museum of the Polish Army www.senat.gov.pl converted into a palace. to Stanisław August Poniatowski who set up graves are in the crypt under the chapel. Father Jerzy Popiełuszko. the Warsaw Science Society. have the outer space at your fingertips here. (Muzeum Wojska Polskiego) Located over the Vistula escarpment, in the There are many historic buildings in the park, a faience manufactory there. From 1818 the Al. Jerozolimskie 3, tel. +48 22 629 52 71 direct vicinity of the Ujazdów Park, the houses the most important of which is the summer royal palace was the residence of the Grand Duke The largest, state-of-the-art stadium in Poland. www.muzeumwp.pl of the Polish Parliament were destroyed dur- residence – Palace on the Isle. Other buildings Constantine, the tsar’s governor in Poland. In The stadium was built not only with sport events The rich collections of the museum include ing the World War II and rebuilt in the style are also worth visiting: the Myślewicki Palace, later years it was the headquarters of Marshal in mind but also as a venue for great artistic weapons, uniforms, flags, medals and other referring to the Renaissance era. which used to be inhabited by the King’s courtiers, Józef Piłsudski, whose monument can be seen spectacles and various mass events. Built in the 17th c. by Zygmunt III Waza, it the Old and the New Orangery, the Old and the nearby. During the Nazi occupation Belweder Warsaw The stadium is open 7 days a week. You can replaced a beautiful wooden dwór (manor New Guardhouse, the Little White House, the was inhabited by Warsaw District Governor come here to roller skate or do some jogging. house) surrounded by wonderful gardens, Officer Cadet School (Podchorążówka). Today, Ludwig Fischer and after the war – leader The Royal Route In order to explore it in detail it is worth going An important traffic point in the capital where Queen Bona lived after the death of the buildings house cultural institutions. In the of the People’s Republic of Poland Bolesław on one of many guided tours as a player tour or where since as early as the 17th c. various her husband Zygmunt I of Poland. This Polish Old Guardhouse there is the showroom of the Bierut. In 1989 Belweder once again became an exclusive tour. strategic city roads crossed. At that time, the queen of Italian origin brought many popular Fine Arts Society and a gallery of temporary the headquarters of the President - Wojciech Square used to be called the Golden Crosses vegetables to Poland (hence, ‘soup vegetables’ exhibitions, in the Officer Cadet School – the Jaruzelski, and then - from 1990 - Lech Wałęsa, The General Charles de Gaulle Monument Crossroads from the gilded crucifixes set on are in Poland called ‘Italian vegetables’). Also Museum of Polish Emigration, where – apart who later moved to the palace in Krakowskie (Pomnik generała Charlesa de Gaulle’a) columns that can still be seen at the Square because of her Poles started to eat Italian from the permanent exposition – you can Przedmieście. The current President of Poland The monument of French President and today (the third cross is held by St. John of pasta and root spices, which she loved. At also see temporary exhibitions and listen Bronisław Komorowski also lives in the national hero Charles de Gaulle who, after Nepomuk). In the Square there are fashion- present, the Castle houses the Centre for to concerts. Concerts are organised also in Belweder Palace. NOWY ŚWIAT STREET Nearby: – military objects. There is an interesting outdoor able cafes and restaurants, as well as elegant UJAZDOWSKIE AVENUE Contemporary Art – a cultural institution and THE WILANÓW PARK exhibition making it possible to admire military boutiques and shops selling products of the an excellent gallery. Below the escarpment, AND PALACE COMPLEX The Mikołaj Kopernik Monument The Warsaw University Library tanks and helicopters. world’s luxury brands. The Ujazdowski Park east of the Castle, there is the Agricola Park (Pomnik Mikołaja Kopernika) (Biblioteka Uniwersytecka w Warszawie) (Park Ujazdowski) and the street of the same name, where street ul. St. Kostki Potockiego 10/16 ul. Dobra 56/66, www.buw.uw.edu.pl The National Museum The St. Alexander’s Church gas lamps are hand lit by lighthouse keepers tel. +48 22 544 27 00 One of the best examples of modern architecture (Muzeum Narodowe) (Kościół św. Aleksandra) just before the dusk and put down at dawn. www.wilanow-palac.art.pl in the Polish capital. In the underground of this Al. Jerozolimskie 3 ul. Książęca 21, www.swaleksander.pl It used to be the summer residence of Jan interesting building there is an entertainment tel. +48 22 621 10 31 A classicist church modelled on the Roman The Botanical Garden III Sobieski, and then August II as well as centre (with bowling, billiards, climbing wall) www.mnw.art.pl Pantheon. It was built at the beginning of the of the Warsaw University the most distinguished aristocratic families. and on the roof there is one of the prettiest One of the most important cultural institutions 19th c. to commemorate the visit of Alexander (Ogród Botaniczny Uniwersytetu Between the palace and the Lake Wilanów and largest roof gardens in Europe from in the country and the largest museum in the I – the tsar of Russia and, at that time, also Warszawskiego) there is two-level baroque Italian garden, and which you can admire the view of the Vistula capital of Poland. It has a rich collection of the king of Poland. The church was destroyed Al. Ujazdowskie 4 in the southern part – an English-style garden. River and the National Stadium, and through exhibits, from paintings to handicraft and stamps during the war. It was rebuilt afterwards but in www.ogrod.uw.edu.pl special windows you can take a look into the coming from all the eras – from the Antiquity to a simplified form. Set up in 1818, the garden offers interesting Museum of King Jan III’s Palace at Wilanów library from above. specimens and nature trails and greenhouses. (Muzeum Pałacu Króla Jana III w Wilanowie) The Fryderyk Chopin Museum Poland regained its independence, served for In the garden there are collections of plants the Old Orangery and in the Stanisławowski the world. It has been many times reproduced, Built in the 17th c. for king Jan III Sobieski, (Muzeum Fryderyka Chopina) a while in the Polish army and in 1920 took that consist of over 10 thousand species. The Theatre (in the eastern wing of the building), one famous reproduction – in 1:1 scale – being it is one of the most beautiful monuments The monument of this great Polish astrono- ul. Okólnik 1 (ul. Tamka 41) part in the Polish-Soviet War and was even A city park founded in the 19th c. at a place garden may be visited from spring to autumn. where – additionally – prestigious awards are the one in Hamamatsu (Japan). of the European Baroque and a testament mer living at the turn of the 15th and 16th tel. +48 22 441 62 51, chopin.museum/en awarded a War Order of Virtuti Militari. When where folk entertainment events were often granted to great Poles. In the summer (on every Sunday from May to to the greatness of the then Republic of century was designed by Bertel Thorvaldsen. One of the most modern and multimedia the general visited Warsaw in 1967 he lived held. What is especially attractive for walkers THE ŁAZIENKI KRÓLEWSKIE The Łazienki Królewskie is the venue for September) at noon and at 4 pm, free outdoor Poland (‘Rzeczpospolita’). In 1805 Stanisław Nearby: The astronomer’s theory concerning the biographical museums in Europe, located in in Nowy Świat Street. is the park personal scale that has been sitting PARK AND PALACE COMPLEX numerous cultural, scientific and entertain- concerts are held by the monument that always Potocki, the then owner of Wilanów made circulation of the celestial bodies is one of the historic Ostrogski Palace. The Museum (and working) there since 1912. You should ing events, as well as a favourite place for attract a large audience. his collection of art in the palace available to The National Temple the most important scientific revolutions in presents the largest collection of the objects The Banking and Financing Centre also see the 19th century bronze sculpture of ul. Agrykola 1, tel. +48 504 243 783 walks. In the park you cannot ride a bicycle, In Warsaw there are many places related to the public, creating at the same time one of of Divine Providence the history of mankind. In Poland it is said related to the life and work of Chopin (the ‘Nowy Świat’ Gladiator. An unquestionable attraction for www.lazienki-krolewskie.pl rollerblades and a skateboard not to frighten Fryderyk Chopin. The most important of them the first museums in Poland. The interiors of (Świątynia Opatrzności Bożej) that the astronomer ‘moved the earth and so-called chopiniana) in the world. Apart (Centrum Bankowo–Finansowe „Nowy Świat’) children is a large playing ground. the squirrels and peacocks living here, but you are indicated by multimedia playing benches the palace, with its original decorations and Pola Wilanowskie, tel. +48 22 201 97 12 stopped the sun’. There are two more identical from the priceless memorabilia relating to the ul. Nowy Świat 6/12, www.cbf.com.pl can feed the animals. located in several places in the city. furnishing, represent three styles. The oldest, ul. Ks. Prymasa Augusta Hlonda 1 monuments in the world – cast according to composer you can hear there the singing of The building used to be the headquarters The Ignacy Jan Paderewski Monument baroque royal apartments are located in the www.centrumopatrznosci.pl the same model – in Montreal and in Chicago. Nohant birds and smell violas – the favourite of the authorities of the People’s Republic (Pomnik Ignacego Jana Paderewskiego) Palace on the Isle The Belweder Palace main body of the building. The style of the www.muzeumjp2.pl The Copernicus Science Centre scent of Fryderyk Chopin. of Poland PRL. In the times of the People’s Located in the Ujazdów Park, it is a monument (Pałac Na Wyspie) (Belweder) 18th c. is visible in the interiors of the southern The church is part of the Divine Providence Centre The Staszic Palace (Centrum Nauki Kopernik) Republic of Poland the building was the of a great Polish pianist, composer, politician A pearl of Polish architecture and one of the ul. Belwederska 56 wing and the rooms decorated by the Potocki where museum of John Paul II and Cardinal (Pałac Staszica) ul. Wybrzeże Kościuszkowskie 20 The National Stadium seat of the state authorities and so it was and social activist. symbols of Warsaw. King Stanislaw August www.prezydent.pl family in the 19th c. are in the northern wing. Stefan Wyszyński are to be opened (in 2015) ul. Nowy Świat 72 tel. +48 22 596 41 00 (Stadion Narodowy) commonly dubbed the Party’s House. At the contemporary times. What deserves special The Statue of John of Nepomuk Poniatowski organised parties here and invited as well as the Pantheon of the Great Poles Built at the beginning of the 20th c. thanks to www.kopernik.org.pl Al. Księcia J. Poniatowskiego 1 that time, it was the most heavily guarded attention is Picasso’s ceramics and the Faras (Figura św. Jana Nepomucena) The Ujazdów Castle guests for famous Thursday Dinners. Special The Mausoleum of Stanisław in the lower part of the temple, where there the efforts of priest and prominent activist of One of Warsaw’s special places and the most tel. +48 22 295 95 95 building in Poland. From 1991 the building Gallery (Europe’s largest exhibition of the art The statue depicts the guardian of roads and – Centre for Contemporary Art attraction are rides on gondolas that moor close and Aleksandra Potocki are already graves of Father Jan Twardowski the Enlightenment Period Stanisław Staszic. It modern scientific and cultural institutions in www.stadionnarodowy.org.pl housed the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WGPW). and culture of the Nubian Christian period) and bridges. It was placed at its current place in (Zamek Ujazdowski to the palace. Nearby there is the Theatre on (Mauzoleum Stanisława i Aleksandry Potockich) – a poet, Father Zdzisław Peszkowski – the was built on the site where there used to be Europe – a place where you can experience At present, the owner of the edifice is the joint the painting by Jan Matejko (19th c.) called 1752 to commemorate the finishing of the – Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej) the Isle where in the summer you can listen A neo-Gothic chapel built in the 19th c. in Chaplain for the Katyń Families Association a destroyed Dominican monastery and before things rather than just see them. You can feel stock company Centrum Bankowo-Finansowe ‘the Battle of Grunwald’ of the impressive size works of paving the streets of Warsaw and ul. Jazdów 2, www.csw.art.pl to concerts and watch plays. honour of the former owners of Wilanów. and Families of Victims Murdered in the East, that – an Orthodox chapel. During the period an earthquake and a tornado, run a simulation ‘Nowy Świat’. The fact that the building was of 426 × 987 cm. lighting and regulating its sewer system. tel. +48 22 628 12 71 The Łazienki Królewskie (the Royal Baths) is Krzysztof Skubiszewski – the first Minister of of the partitions the palace was rebuilt in the of a surgical operation, learn about the lift inaccessible to common people for decades one of the most beautiful park-and-palace The Fryderyk Chopin Monument The St. Anna’s Church Foreign Affairs in the reborn Republic of Poland decorative style of Russian-Byzantine style. The force by putting onto your hand the profile of generated numerous legends, including the THE THREE CROSSES SQUARE Nearby: complexes in Europe. The last king of Poland (Pomnik Fryderyka Chopina) (Kościół św. Anny) (1989-1993) and Ryszard Kaczorowski – the palace housed the Gymnasium called Russian a plane’s wing. You can construct and control one telling about a network of underground (PLAC TRZECH KRZYŻY) Stanisław August Poniatowski (18th c.), who The monument is one of the most recognisable ul. Kolegiacka 1 last president of the Republic of Poland in and an Orthodox church that was supposed your own robots. The experiments make it corridors that were supposed to connect the Parliament Buildings was an arts enthusiast and patron, set up sights of Warsaw and at the same time the www.parafiawilanow.pl exile. In the Pantheon there is also a symbolic to refer to the Orthodox history of the place. easier for you to understand modern science edifice with the Palace of Culture and Science (Budynek Sejmu i Senatu) here the greatest and most beautiful garden most famous monument of the composer in It was built in the 18th c. Inside you can admire grave of John Paul II, which is a faithful replica At the beginning of the 20th c. the palace and technology and their impact on our lives. or the one about a secret railway platform. ul. Wiejska 4/6/8 in Warsaw. The name – the Łazienki Królews- beautiful, historic decorations, sarcophagi and of the Holy Father’s real grave in the Vatican regained its classicistic appearance. At present The Heaven of Copernicus Planetarium is www.sejm.gov.pl kie – comes from the baths that have been Built in the 17th c., from the 18th c. it belonged epitaphs of the owners of Wilanów whose Grottoes, and there are the relics of the Blessed it houses the Polish Academy of Sciences and undoubtedly one of the centre’s highlights. You The Museum of the Polish Army www.senat.gov.pl converted into a palace. to Stanisław August Poniatowski who set up graves are in the crypt under the chapel. Father Jerzy Popiełuszko. the Warsaw Science Society. have the outer space at your fingertips here. (Muzeum Wojska Polskiego) Located over the Vistula escarpment, in the There are many historic buildings in the park, a faience manufactory there. From 1818 the Al. Jerozolimskie 3, tel. +48 22 629 52 71 direct vicinity of the Ujazdów Park, the houses the most important of which is the summer royal palace was the residence of the Grand Duke The largest, state-of-the-art stadium in Poland. www.muzeumwp.pl of the Polish Parliament were destroyed dur- residence – Palace on the Isle. Other buildings Constantine, the tsar’s governor in Poland. In The stadium was built not only with sport events The rich collections of the museum include ing the World War II and rebuilt in the style are also worth visiting: the Myślewicki Palace, later years it was the headquarters of Marshal in mind but also as a venue for great artistic weapons, uniforms, flags, medals and other referring to the Renaissance era. which used to be inhabited by the King’s courtiers, Józef Piłsudski, whose monument can be seen spectacles and various mass events. Built in the 17th c. by Zygmunt III Waza, it the Old and the New Orangery, the Old and the nearby. During the Nazi occupation Belweder Warsaw The stadium is open 7 days a week. You can replaced a beautiful wooden dwór (manor New Guardhouse, the Little White House, the was inhabited by Warsaw District Governor come here to roller skate or do some jogging. house) surrounded by wonderful gardens, Officer Cadet School (Podchorążówka). Today, Ludwig Fischer and after the war – leader The Royal Route In order to explore it in detail it is worth going An important traffic point in the capital where Queen Bona lived after the death of the buildings house cultural institutions. In the of the People’s Republic of Poland Bolesław on one of many guided tours as a player tour or where since as early as the 17th c. various her husband Zygmunt I of Poland. This Polish Old Guardhouse there is the showroom of the Bierut. In 1989 Belweder once again became an exclusive tour. strategic city roads crossed. At that time, the queen of Italian origin brought many popular Fine Arts Society and a gallery of temporary the headquarters of the President - Wojciech Square used to be called the Golden Crosses vegetables to Poland (hence, ‘soup vegetables’ exhibitions, in the Officer Cadet School – the Jaruzelski, and then - from 1990 - Lech Wałęsa, The General Charles de Gaulle Monument Crossroads from the gilded crucifixes set on are in Poland called ‘Italian vegetables’). Also Museum of Polish Emigration, where – apart who later moved to the palace in Krakowskie (Pomnik generała Charlesa de Gaulle’a) columns that can still be seen at the Square because of her Poles started to eat Italian from the permanent exposition – you can Przedmieście. The current President of Poland The monument of French President and today (the third cross is held by St. John of pasta and root spices, which she loved. At also see temporary exhibitions and listen Bronisław Komorowski also lives in the national hero Charles de Gaulle who, after Nepomuk). In the Square there are fashion- present, the Castle houses the Centre for to concerts. Concerts are organised also in Belweder Palace. NOWY ŚWIAT STREET Nearby: – military objects. There is an interesting outdoor able cafes and restaurants, as well as elegant UJAZDOWSKIE AVENUE Contemporary Art – a cultural institution and THE WILANÓW PARK exhibition making it possible to admire military boutiques and shops selling products of the an excellent gallery. Below the escarpment, AND PALACE COMPLEX The Mikołaj Kopernik Monument The Warsaw University Library tanks and helicopters. world’s luxury brands. The Ujazdowski Park east of the Castle, there is the Agricola Park (Pomnik Mikołaja Kopernika) (Biblioteka Uniwersytecka w Warszawie) (Park Ujazdowski) and the street of the same name, where street ul. St. Kostki Potockiego 10/16 ul. Dobra 56/66, www.buw.uw.edu.pl The National Museum The St. Alexander’s Church gas lamps are hand lit by lighthouse keepers tel. +48 22 544 27 00 One of the best examples of modern architecture (Muzeum Narodowe) (Kościół św. Aleksandra) just before the dusk and put down at dawn. www.wilanow-palac.art.pl in the Polish capital. In the underground of this Al. Jerozolimskie 3 ul. Książęca 21, www.swaleksander.pl It used to be the summer residence of Jan interesting building there is an entertainment tel. +48 22 621 10 31 A classicist church modelled on the Roman The Botanical Garden III Sobieski, and then August II as well as centre (with bowling, billiards, climbing wall) www.mnw.art.pl Pantheon. It was built at the beginning of the of the Warsaw University the most distinguished aristocratic families. and on the roof there is one of the prettiest One of the most important cultural institutions 19th c. to commemorate the visit of Alexander (Ogród Botaniczny Uniwersytetu Between the palace and the Lake Wilanów and largest roof gardens in Europe from in the country and the largest museum in the I – the tsar of Russia and, at that time, also Warszawskiego) there is two-level baroque Italian garden, and which you can admire the view of the Vistula capital of Poland. It has a rich collection of the king of Poland. The church was destroyed Al. Ujazdowskie 4 in the southern part – an English-style garden. River and the National Stadium, and through exhibits, from paintings to handicraft and stamps during the war. It was rebuilt afterwards but in www.ogrod.uw.edu.pl special windows you can take a look into the coming from all the eras – from the Antiquity to a simplified form. Set up in 1818, the garden offers interesting Museum of King Jan III’s Palace at Wilanów library from above. specimens and nature trails and greenhouses. (Muzeum Pałacu Króla Jana III w Wilanowie) The Fryderyk Chopin Museum Poland regained its independence, served for In the garden there are collections of plants the Old Orangery and in the Stanisławowski the world. It has been many times reproduced, Built in the 17th c. for king Jan III Sobieski, (Muzeum Fryderyka Chopina) a while in the Polish army and in 1920 took that consist of over 10 thousand species. The Theatre (in the eastern wing of the building), one famous reproduction – in 1:1 scale – being it is one of the most beautiful monuments The monument of this great Polish astrono- ul. Okólnik 1 (ul. Tamka 41) part in the Polish-Soviet War and was even A city park founded in the 19th c. at a place garden may be visited from spring to autumn. where – additionally – prestigious awards are the one in Hamamatsu (Japan). of the European Baroque and a testament mer living at the turn of the 15th and 16th tel. +48 22 441 62 51, chopin.museum/en awarded a War Order of Virtuti Militari. When where folk entertainment events were often granted to great Poles. In the summer (on every Sunday from May to to the greatness of the then Republic of century was designed by Bertel Thorvaldsen. One of the most modern and multimedia the general visited Warsaw in 1967 he lived held. What is especially attractive for walkers THE ŁAZIENKI KRÓLEWSKIE The Łazienki Królewskie is the venue for September) at noon and at 4 pm, free outdoor Poland (‘Rzeczpospolita’). In 1805 Stanisław Nearby: The astronomer’s theory concerning the biographical museums in Europe, located in in Nowy Świat Street. is the park personal scale that has been sitting PARK AND PALACE COMPLEX numerous cultural, scientific and entertain- concerts are held by the monument that always Potocki, the then owner of Wilanów made circulation of the celestial bodies is one of the historic Ostrogski Palace. The Museum (and working) there since 1912. You should ing events, as well as a favourite place for attract a large audience. his collection of art in the palace available to The National Temple the most important scientific revolutions in presents the largest collection of the objects The Banking and Financing Centre also see the 19th century bronze sculpture of ul. Agrykola 1, tel. +48 504 243 783 walks. In the park you cannot ride a bicycle, In Warsaw there are many places related to the public, creating at the same time one of of Divine Providence the history of mankind. In Poland it is said related to the life and work of Chopin (the ‘Nowy Świat’ Gladiator. An unquestionable attraction for www.lazienki-krolewskie.pl rollerblades and a skateboard not to frighten Fryderyk Chopin. The most important of them the first museums in Poland. The interiors of (Świątynia Opatrzności Bożej) that the astronomer ‘moved the earth and so-called chopiniana) in the world. Apart (Centrum Bankowo–Finansowe „Nowy Świat’) children is a large playing ground. the squirrels and peacocks living here, but you are indicated by multimedia playing benches the palace, with its original decorations and Pola Wilanowskie, tel. +48 22 201 97 12 stopped the sun’. There are two more identical from the priceless memorabilia relating to the ul. Nowy Świat 6/12, www.cbf.com.pl can feed the animals. located in several places in the city. furnishing, represent three styles. The oldest, ul. Ks. Prymasa Augusta Hlonda 1 monuments in the world – cast according to composer you can hear there the singing of The building used to be the headquarters The Ignacy Jan Paderewski Monument baroque royal apartments are located in the www.centrumopatrznosci.pl the same model – in Montreal and in Chicago. Nohant birds and smell violas – the favourite of the authorities of the People’s Republic (Pomnik Ignacego Jana Paderewskiego) Palace on the Isle The Belweder Palace main body of the building. The style of the www.muzeumjp2.pl The Copernicus Science Centre scent of Fryderyk Chopin. of Poland PRL. In the times of the People’s Located in the Ujazdów Park, it is a monument (Pałac Na Wyspie) (Belweder) 18th c. is visible in the interiors of the southern The church is part of the Divine Providence Centre The Staszic Palace (Centrum Nauki Kopernik) Republic of Poland the building was the of a great Polish pianist, composer, politician A pearl of Polish architecture and one of the ul. Belwederska 56 wing and the rooms decorated by the Potocki where museum of John Paul II and Cardinal (Pałac Staszica) ul. Wybrzeże Kościuszkowskie 20 The National Stadium seat of the state authorities and so it was and social activist. symbols of Warsaw. King Stanislaw August www.prezydent.pl family in the 19th c. are in the northern wing. Stefan Wyszyński are to be opened (in 2015) ul. Nowy Świat 72 tel. +48 22 596 41 00 (Stadion Narodowy) commonly dubbed the Party’s House. At the contemporary times. What deserves special The Statue of John of Nepomuk Poniatowski organised parties here and invited as well as the Pantheon of the Great Poles Built at the beginning of the 20th c. thanks to www.kopernik.org.pl Al. Księcia J. Poniatowskiego 1 that time, it was the most heavily guarded attention is Picasso’s ceramics and the Faras (Figura św. Jana Nepomucena) The Ujazdów Castle guests for famous Thursday Dinners. Special The Mausoleum of Stanisław in the lower part of the temple, where there the efforts of priest and prominent activist of One of Warsaw’s special places and the most tel. +48 22 295 95 95 building in Poland. From 1991 the building Gallery (Europe’s largest exhibition of the art The statue depicts the guardian of roads and – Centre for Contemporary Art attraction are rides on gondolas that moor close and Aleksandra Potocki are already graves of Father Jan Twardowski the Enlightenment Period Stanisław Staszic. It modern scientific and cultural institutions in www.stadionnarodowy.org.pl housed the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WGPW). and culture of the Nubian Christian period) and bridges. It was placed at its current place in (Zamek Ujazdowski to the palace. Nearby there is the Theatre on (Mauzoleum Stanisława i Aleksandry Potockich) – a poet, Father Zdzisław Peszkowski – the was built on the site where there used to be Europe – a place where you can experience At present, the owner of the edifice is the joint the painting by Jan Matejko (19th c.) called 1752 to commemorate the finishing of the – Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej) the Isle where in the summer you can listen A neo-Gothic chapel built in the 19th c. in Chaplain for the Katyń Families Association a destroyed Dominican monastery and before things rather than just see them. You can feel stock company Centrum Bankowo-Finansowe ‘the Battle of Grunwald’ of the impressive size works of paving the streets of Warsaw and ul. Jazdów 2, www.csw.art.pl to concerts and watch plays. honour of the former owners of Wilanów. and Families of Victims Murdered in the East, that – an Orthodox chapel. During the period an earthquake and a tornado, run a simulation ‘Nowy Świat’. The fact that the building was of 426 × 987 cm. lighting and regulating its sewer system. tel. +48 22 628 12 71 The Łazienki Królewskie (the Royal Baths) is Krzysztof Skubiszewski – the first Minister of of the partitions the palace was rebuilt in the of a surgical operation, learn about the lift inaccessible to common people for decades one of the most beautiful park-and-palace The Fryderyk Chopin Monument The St. Anna’s Church Foreign Affairs in the reborn Republic of Poland decorative style of Russian-Byzantine style. The force by putting onto your hand the profile of generated numerous legends, including the THE THREE CROSSES SQUARE Nearby: complexes in Europe. The last king of Poland (Pomnik Fryderyka Chopina) (Kościół św. Anny) (1989-1993) and Ryszard Kaczorowski – the palace housed the Gymnasium called Russian a plane’s wing. You can construct and control one telling about a network of underground (PLAC TRZECH KRZYŻY) Stanisław August Poniatowski (18th c.), who The monument is one of the most recognisable ul. Kolegiacka 1 last president of the Republic of Poland in and an Orthodox church that was supposed your own robots. The experiments make it corridors that were supposed to connect the Parliament Buildings was an arts enthusiast and patron, set up sights of Warsaw and at the same time the www.parafiawilanow.pl exile. In the Pantheon there is also a symbolic to refer to the Orthodox history of the place. easier for you to understand modern science edifice with the Palace of Culture and Science (Budynek Sejmu i Senatu) here the greatest and most beautiful garden most famous monument of the composer in It was built in the 18th c. Inside you can admire grave of John Paul II, which is a faithful replica At the beginning of the 20th c. the palace and technology and their impact on our lives. or the one about a secret railway platform. ul. Wiejska 4/6/8 in Warsaw. The name – the Łazienki Królews- beautiful, historic decorations, sarcophagi and of the Holy Father’s real grave in the Vatican regained its classicistic appearance. At present The Heaven of Copernicus Planetarium is www.sejm.gov.pl kie – comes from the baths that have been Built in the 17th c., from the 18th c. it belonged epitaphs of the owners of Wilanów whose Grottoes, and there are the relics of the Blessed it houses the Polish Academy of Sciences and undoubtedly one of the centre’s highlights. You The Museum of the Polish Army www.senat.gov.pl converted into a palace. to Stanisław August Poniatowski who set up graves are in the crypt under the chapel. Father Jerzy Popiełuszko. the Warsaw Science Society. have the outer space at your fingertips here. (Muzeum Wojska Polskiego) Located over the Vistula escarpment, in the There are many historic buildings in the park, a faience manufactory there. From 1818 the Al. Jerozolimskie 3, tel. +48 22 629 52 71 direct vicinity of the Ujazdów Park, the houses the most important of which is the summer royal palace was the residence of the Grand Duke The largest, state-of-the-art stadium in Poland. www.muzeumwp.pl of the Polish Parliament were destroyed dur- residence – Palace on the Isle. Other buildings Constantine, the tsar’s governor in Poland. In The stadium was built not only with sport events The rich collections of the museum include ing the World War II and rebuilt in the style are also worth visiting: the Myślewicki Palace, later years it was the headquarters of Marshal in mind but also as a venue for great artistic weapons, uniforms, flags, medals and other referring to the Renaissance era. which used to be inhabited by the King’s courtiers, Józef Piłsudski, whose monument can be seen spectacles and various mass events. Built in the 17th c. by Zygmunt III Waza, it the Old and the New Orangery, the Old and the nearby. During the Nazi occupation Belweder Warsaw The stadium is open 7 days a week. You can replaced a beautiful wooden dwór (manor New Guardhouse, the Little White House, the was inhabited by Warsaw District Governor come here to roller skate or do some jogging. house) surrounded by wonderful gardens, Officer Cadet School (Podchorążówka). Today, Ludwig Fischer and after the war – leader The Royal Route In order to explore it in detail it is worth going An important traffic point in the capital where Queen Bona lived after the death of the buildings house cultural institutions. In the of the People’s Republic of Poland Bolesław on one of many guided tours as a player tour or where since as early as the 17th c. various her husband Zygmunt I of Poland. This Polish Old Guardhouse there is the showroom of the Bierut. In 1989 Belweder once again became an exclusive tour. strategic city roads crossed. At that time, the queen of Italian origin brought many popular Fine Arts Society and a gallery of temporary the headquarters of the President - Wojciech Square used to be called the Golden Crosses vegetables to Poland (hence, ‘soup vegetables’ exhibitions, in the Officer Cadet School – the Jaruzelski, and then - from 1990 - Lech Wałęsa, The General Charles de Gaulle Monument Crossroads from the gilded crucifixes set on are in Poland called ‘Italian vegetables’). Also Museum of Polish Emigration, where – apart who later moved to the palace in Krakowskie (Pomnik generała Charlesa de Gaulle’a) columns that can still be seen at the Square because of her Poles started to eat Italian from the permanent exposition – you can Przedmieście. The current President of Poland The monument of French President and today (the third cross is held by St. John of pasta and root spices, which she loved. At also see temporary exhibitions and listen Bronisław Komorowski also lives in the national hero Charles de Gaulle who, after Nepomuk). In the Square there are fashion- present, the Castle houses the Centre for to concerts. Concerts are organised also in Belweder Palace. The Royal Route connects three former royal residences: the Royal Castle, the The St. Anna’s Church At present it is a venue for important state prince modelling the figure on the monument The St. Joseph Care’s Church University. It has existed in its present shape Łazienki Królewskie and the Wilanów Palace. (Kościół św. Anny) ceremonies related to the history of Poland. of Emperor Marcus Aurelius from the Roman of the Visitationists since 1915. The university complex consists of The first section of the Royal Route is Krakowskie Przedmieście which is one of ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 68 On the Independence Day (11th November) Capitol. Prince Poniatowski was a Polish (Kościół Opieki św. Józefa) several historic buildings, including the Kazimi- the branches of the Castle Square – it is one of the prettiest and most elegant streets www.swanna.waw.pl Varsovians come to the Square in large numbers national hero who lived at the turn of the ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 34 erzowski Palace, which at the beginning of the in Warsaw. Build in the 15th c., it is one of the most beauti- in order to take part in celebration crowned 18th and the 19th century and fought in the Built in the 18th c., it has retained its original 19th c. was the seat of the Warsaw Lyceum. At summer weekends Krakowskie Przedmieście are closed for cars and turn into ful churches in Poland and the main church by a parade of troops facing the Polish Army Napoleonic wars. furnishing. In the times of Chopin’s youth, One of the school’s students was Fryderyk Warsaw promenades. parish of the Warsaw academic community. Museum (Muzeum Wojska Polskiego). services for lower and higher school students Chopin. In this period the composer and his Tourist Krakowskie Przedmieście turns into Nowy Świat Street, with its many shops and It is here that Pope John Paul II met the young In the Square there is the Tomb of the Unknown were held here and Fryderyk used to play the family lived in the outbuilding of the palace. Information restaurants, as well as a famous patisserie of A. Blikle (ul. Nowy Świat 35), which during his first pilgrimage to the motherland. Soldier – a symbolic tomb to commemorate organs. This is where the great composer met [email protected] since 1869 has always been located at this address. On the belfry located near the church there the heroes that fell anonymously in the fight his great love Konstancja Gładkowska, who The Czapski (Krasiński) Palace Near Nowy Świat, in 41 Tamka Street, in the baroque Ostrogski Palace there is the is a viewpoint from which you can see the for the freedom of Poland. There is an eternal was a solo singer during the services. (Pałac Czapskich/Krasińskich state-of-the-art Fryderyk Chopin Museum. panorama of the Old Town, Krakowskie candle burning at the Tomb and an honour The adjacent monastery was the home and – Akademia Sztuk Pięknych) Walking along the next section of the Route – Aleje Ujazdowskie you can admire Przedmieście and the right-bank Warsaw. guard is held. In the Square there is also a cross the works of the greatest Polish and world a place of work for poet Father Jan Twardo- ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 5 palaces and villas built in the 19th c. by wealthy Varsovians. Today, the buildings commemorating one of the visits of the saint famous artists, including Paul Cezanne, Pablo wski, who preached memorable sermons in chopin.museum/en The Royal Castle in Warsaw – Museum The Banking and Financing Centre house the main embassies. Aleje Ujazdowskie leads to the Royal Baths. You can see Nearby: – John Paul II in Warsaw. Picasso, Max Ernst or Jean Dubuffe. At present, the Visitationists’ church. Baroque palace built in the 18th c., it is now The King Zygmunt III Column ‘Nowy Świat’ official tourist website of Warsaw the whole street from the windows of a city bus as there are two bus lines that run as Zachęta is the most prestigious and the largest the seat of the Academy of Fine Arts (ASP). The Museum of the Polish Army KRAKOWSKIE PRZEDMIEŚCIE STREET The Teatralny Square The Saski Garden contemporary art gallery in Poland. In the left wing of the palace was located the The National Museum far as to the Wilanów Palace, where the 11 kilometre-long Royal Route ends. www.warsawtour.pl The Prażmowscy House Grand Theatre – Polish National Opera (Ogród Saski) They histor of the edifice itself involves a tragic last Warsaw’s apartment of Chopin family. This THE TRZECH KRZYŻY SQUARE The St. Anna’s Church (Plac Teatralny – Teatr Wielki Opera Narodowa) Founded in the 18th c. as a royal garden, event of 1922 when the President of Poland, is where Fryderyk Chopin spent his last years The St Alexander’s Church pl. Teatralny 1 in 1727 it was made available to Warsaw’s sworn in just 5 days earlier, was shot on the The Le Meridien Bristol Hotel before emigration. Facebook.com/Warsaw Nearby: – The Statue of John of Nepomuk www.teatrwielki.pl inhabitants. It is one of the oldest and most stairs of the gallery. ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 42/44 The Teatralny Square beautiful public parks in Poland. It is decorated Built at the beginning of the 20th c., it is one The Basilica of the Holy Cross Twitter@ewarsaw Grand Theatre – Polish National Opera Nearby: with numerous sculptures, a characteristic The Adam Mickiewicz Monument of the oldest and the most luxurious hotels in (Bazylika pw. Świętego Krzyża) Instagram.com/fall_in_love_with_warsaw The Piłsudski Square Parliament Buildings fountain, a water tank in the shape of a rotunda (Pomnik Adama Mickiewicza) Warsaw. It used to be a venue for elegant balls ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 3 – the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and a sundial. Fryderyk Chopin liked coming This monument of one of the greatest poets and parties, as well as meetings of the cream www.swkrzyz.pl UJAZDOWSKIE AVENUE The Saski Garden here with Konstancja Gładkowska – his great of Romanticism was first shown to the public of the cultural, artistic and political society. The Zachęta National Gallery of Art The Ujazdów Park love, to whom he dedicated the second part in 1898, which was the period of intensified The hotel used to house the studio of Polish The Adam Mickiewicz Monument The Ignacy Jan Paderewski Monument of his f-moll concert. Russification (the times of the partitions). The painter Wojciech Kossak, and world famous The Church of the Assumption The Ujazdów Castle Monument was one of the ‘heroes’ of the tenor Jan Kiepura happened to sing standing of the Virgin Mary and of St. Joseph – Centre for Contemporary Art events of March 1968 – it was here that the on one of the hotel’s balconies. In 1913, the The Presidential Palace The Botanical Garden of the Warsaw famous manifestation protest to cancelling the Warsaw Scientific Society (TNW) organised WarsawPass – free admission to Warsaw TOP attrac- The Prince Józef Poniatowski Monument University play of ‘Dziady’ – a Polish national epic – in here a banquet in honour of double Nobel tions. Can be bought in Warsaw Tourist Information The Le Meridien Bristol Hotel the National Theatre on the request of the Prize winner Maria Skłodowska-Curie. Among points, selected museums and online. THE ŁAZIENKI KRÓLEWSKIE PARK AND The Bolesław Prus Monument embassy of the USSR. the hotel guests there were also Marshal of Details: www.warsawpass.com PALACE COMPLEX: The St. Joseph Care’s Church The Grand Theatre houses the largest in the Poland Józef Piłsudski – the Chief of the Polish The card is valid also in: The Royal Castle in Warsaw, of the Visitationists Palace on the Isle world opera stage, where the works of Polish The Church of the Assumption state after Poland regained its independence The Monument of Stefan Wyszyński The National Museum, The Copernicus Science Centre The Monument of Stefan Wyszyński The Myślewicki Palace and foreign composers and the world classics of the Virgin Mary in 1918, John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, and (Pomnik kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego) and Museum of King Jan III’s Palace at Wilanów. The Warsaw University The Theatre on the Island are shown. The side wing of the building and of St. Joseph more recently – Tina Turner and Woody Allen. In view of his contributions to the country The Czapski (Krasiński) Palace The Old Orangery The Royal Castle in Warsaw – Museum weekends for a series of musical and artistic houses the National Theatre. (Kościół Wniebowzięcia NMP i św. Józefa Today, Bristol is still a luxury hotel and one and the Catholic Church, Stefan Wyszyński The Basilica of the Holy Cross The White Cottage (Zamek Królewski) events called the ‘Royal Art Arcades’. Oblubieńca) of the most beautiful buildings at Krakowskie was called the Primate of the Millennium Publisher: The Reservoir NOWY ŚWIAT STREET pl. Zamkowy 4, tel. +48 22 355 51 70 The Piłsudski Square ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 52/54 Przedmieście. in reference to the words of Pope John Paul Warsaw Tourist Office (Stołeczne Biuro Turystyki) The New Guardhouse www.zamek-krolewski.pl The King Zygmunt III Column – the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier The Zachęta National Gallery of Art Built in the 17th c. for the Barefoot Carmelites. II, who said about him: ‘such a primate like The Mikołaj Kopernik Monument The Old Guardhouse The Royal Castle was the headquarters of the (Kolumna króla Zygmunta III) (Plac Piłsudskiego – Grób Nieznanego (Zachęta Narodowa Galeria Sztuki) At the back of the church there is a former Wyszyński happens once in a thousand years’. Photos: The Staszic Palace The Officer Cadet School kings and the authorities of ‘Rzeczypospolita’ It is the oldest and the tallest secular monument Żołnierza) pl. Małachowskiego 3 monastery of the Carmelites, which nowadays B. Bajerski / Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie, The Temple of Diana – the Republic of Poland (since the 16th c.). in Warsaw, erected in 1644 on the initiative The Square was created in 1791 as a com- tel. +48 22 556 96 00, www.zacheta.art.pl houses the Metropolitan Higher Seminary. The Warsaw University W. Hansen, W. Kryński, A. Książek, F. Kwiatkowski, Nearby: – The Egyptian Temple It is also the place where the Constitution of of king Władysław IV in honour of his father munal yard of the Saxon Palace, which was It is one of the oldest exhibition galleries in (Uniwersytet Warszawski) T. Nowak, Z. i W. Panów pzstudio.pl, B. Skierkowski, The Warsaw University Library The New Orangery May 3rd (1791) – the first one in Europe and – Zygmunt III Waza, who moved the Polish destroyed during the World War II. Poland. Since its foundation it has exhibited The Presidential Palace ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28 S. Szczygieł. The Copernicus Science Centre The King Jan III Sobieski Monument the second one in the world – was adopted. capital from Cracow to Warsaw. (Pałac Prezydencki) www.uw.edu.pl The Fryderyk Chopin Museum The Fryderyk Chopin Monument Map design: During World War II the Castle was almost ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 46/50 The first university in Warsaw. One of the larg- The National Stadium The Henryk Sienkiewicz Monument „Moyo – Teresa Witkowska, www.moyo.pl” The General Charles de Gaulle Monument The Belvedere Palace completely destroyed – it was later restored KRAKOWSKIE PRZEDMIEŚCIE Built in the 17th c., it was used for various est and most important Polish higher schools. The Marshall Józef Piłsudski Monument on the basis of the parts that survived. Today STREET public purposes. In 1989 it hosted the Round It was founded in 1816 as the Royal Warsaw Built in the 17th c., the Church was the place Edition V, Warsaw 2014 The Museum of Hunting and Horsemanship it is a museum. The highlights of the Castle’s Table talks that started the systemic transition where in 1683 king Jan III Sobieski entrusted Free copy W

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