12 The Museum of Warsaw 15 The Barbican and the curtain walls bag in which the Polish Women’s Alliance of Next to the church there is a viewpoint from 26 The St. Francis Seraphic Church the uprising there was one of the manholes (Muzeum Warszawy) (Barbakan i mury obronne) America gave Skłodowska the money for the which you can admire the panorama of the (Kościół św. Franciszka Serafickiego) into the sewers through which people evac- Rynek Starego Miasta 28/42 foundation of the Polish Radium Institute. Vistula River and the right-bank Warsaw. ul. Zakroczymska 1 uated to other parts of the city. tel. +48 22 635 16 25 The nearby stairs will lead you to the Mul- It was built at the turn of the 17th and 18th www.muzeumwarszawy.pl 21 The New Town Square timedia Fountain Park (Multimedialny Park centuries. Next to the church there is a mon- 29 The Krasiński Palace (Pałac Krasińskich) Warsaw The Museum is housed in several old tene- (Rynek Nowego Miasta) Fontann). astery. In 1944 the church was bombed but pl. Krasińskich 3/5 Tourist ment houses rebuilt after the war and it Created in the 15th c., it was first a rectangle fortunately it did not burn and many ele- One of the most beautiful Polish palaces. Information consists of three courtyards. The exposition nearly twice as big as the Old Town Square. Nearby: 24 – 25 ments of its baroque interior survived. Built in the 17th c., it used to be the seat [email protected] presents the history of the Polish capital from In the centre there was the Town Hall, de- the dawn to the contemporary times. At pre- molished in 1818. At the New Town Square 24 The Multimedia Fountain Park sent, the Museum is closed for renovation there is a 19th c. well made from cast iron (Multimedialny Park Fontann) but its cinema is open and you can watch and adorned with the coat of arms of the skwer I Dywizji Pancernej there a documentary on Warsaw in 1939- New Town Square – a virgin with a unicorn. Located in a charming place, in the vicin- 1945 there (the film is in English; other lan- The remains of Warsaw’s curtain walls ity of the Old Town and the Vistula River, official tourist website of Warsaw guage versions – available on request – in- erected in the 16th c. by Jean Baptiste from 22 The St. Casimir’s Church the park is the place where during multi- www.warsawtour.pl clude: Polish, Spanish, French and German). Venice. (Kościół św. Kazimierza) media shows 367 fountain nozzles eject THE NEW TOWN Rynek Nowego Miasta 2 at the same time as much as nearly 30 13 The Adam Mickiewicz Museum 16 The Jan Kiliński Monument (NOWE MIASTO) Originally, the church used to be a magnate’s thousand litres of water per minute. The of Literature (Pomnik Jana Kilińskiego) residence but it was purchased by Queen Ma- streams of water are lit with the colourful (Muzeum Literatury im. Adama Mickiewicza) This part of Warsaw was founded at the end ria Kazimiera Sobieska, known also by the di- lights of almost 300 flooded lamps. Every Rynek Starego Miasta 20 of the 14th c. and until the 18th c. was a sepa- minutive Marysieńka (Marie Casimire Louise now and then, stunning laser animations tel. +48 22 831 40 61 rate town, with its own administration, town de La Grange d’Arquien, consort to King John are displayed on the mist made from the Publisher: www.muzeumliteratury.com.pl hall and church. Most of the baroque and clas- III Sobieski) and turned into a church. sprayed water. Warsaw Tourist Office (Stołeczne Biuro Turystyki) The museum is named after one of the sicistic tenement houses surrounding the New During the Warsaw Uprising of 1944 the The multimedia shows called ‘Water – Light Photos: greatest Polish poets of the Romantic Period. Town Square were reconstructed after the war. church housed an insurgents’ hospital and – Sound’ are held from May to September on H. Czarnocki, W. Hansen, J. Jastrzębski, P. Miller, In the museum you can find a collection of At present, in the charming streets there are a shelter for civilians. As a result of bom- Fridays and Saturdays. On the other days of 27 The Sapieha Palace (Pałac Sapiehów) of the Supreme Court and now it is one of T. Nowak, Z. Panów pzstudio.pl, P. Wierzbowski, objects related to the life and work of Adam many restaurants and cafes. church housed an insurgents’ hospital. bardments hundreds of people died under the week you can see presentations without ul. Zakroczymska 6 the seats of the National Library, whose col- E. Miszczyk (cover) Mickiewicz (the so-called ‘mickiewicziana’) It was bombed burying approximately the church’s rubble. lasers and sound. Built in the 18th c., reconstructed to serve lection includes the manuscripts from the as well as the manuscripts and memorabilia 18 The Holy Spirit’s Church 1,000 people under the rubble. as Sapieha barracks at the beginning of Załuski Library and the Polish Library in Rap- Map design: „Moyo – Teresa Witkowska, www.moyo.pl” of other Polish writers and works of art and (Kościół Św. Ducha) the 19th c. During the interwar period the perswil, as well as some other old prints that iconography depicting the literary eras – ul. Długa 3 20 The Maria Skłodowska-Curie Museum Palace was turned into an army hospital. At miraculously survived the horrors of war. Edition V, Warsaw 2014 Free copy from the oldest to the most modern. (Muzeum Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie) present the Palace houses a school and edu- At the back of the Palace there is the ul. Freta 16, tel. +48 22 831 80 92 cation centre for hearing-impaired children. Krasiński Garden – a stunningly beautiful, 14 The Stone Steps (Kamienne Schodki) www.muzeum-msc.pl baroque municipal park and a popular place The Stone Steps are very picturesque 15th c. Located in the 18th c. bourgeois building Nearby: 28 – 30 for walks. steps. Napoleon Bonaparte walked on them – a shoemaker and the hero who was the where the scientist was born. It is the only during one of his stays in Warsaw. leader of the people of Warsaw during the biographical museum of Maria Skłodowska- 28 The Warsaw Uprising Monument 30 The Supreme Court (Sąd Najwyższy) Kościuszko Uprising (18th c.). Curie in the world. The most touching ele- (Pomnik Powstania Warszawskiego) pl. Krasińskich 2/4/6 ments of the exhibition are authentic per- pl. Krasińskich www.sn.pl 17 The Little Insurgent Monument sonal possessions such as clothes, looking at The monument commemorates the Warsaw This edifice was built at the end of the 20th c. (Pomnik Małego Powstańca) which we can see how tiny she was, a spec- Uprising of 1944 and those who gave their Its numerous adornments include caryat- WarsawPass – free admission to Warsaw TOP attractions. ul. Podwale corner ul. Wąski Dunaj tacle case, an inkstand, the elephant figu- 23 The Church of the Visitation of the 25 The Vistula Boulevard lives for their motherland, fighting against ids symbolising the three virtues of faith, Can be bought in Warsaw Tourist Information points, – a statue of a little boy wearing a helmet rine the scientist got from President of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Bulwar Wiślany) the Nazi occupiers in an unequal struggle hope and love, and columns with maxims selected museums and online. Details: www.warsawpass.com (Kościół Nawiedzenia Najświętszej Marii Panny) The card is valid also in The Royal Castle. too large for him; the statue commemorates United States Herbert Hoover, the leather www.ztm.waw.pl that lasted 63 days. of Roman law inscribed on them in Latin the heroic children who took part in Warsaw ul. Przyrynek 2 www.wislawarszawska.pl The Monument consists of two parts. The and in Polish. The edifice itself has a sym- Uprising. One of the oldest Warsaw churches, built at A place for walks, a bike path, a beach and first one depicts insurgents running from bolic shape of a gate to commemorate the The church was built at the beginning of the beginning of the 15th c. It is said to have a haven for a ferry, a water tram and a ship under a pylon (one of the pillars supporting fact that during the World War II there was 18th c. For nearly 300 years, every August, been built on the site of a pagan temple. It going to the town of Serock. a bridge), the other – insurgents getting out here one of the gates leading to the Jewish Facebook.com/Warsaw a pilgrimage starts from outside the church used to be a place of prayer for fishermen. of sewers. At the Krasiński Square, during ghetto. Warsaw Twitter@ewarsaw to the Marian shrine in Częstochowa. In addi- tion to that, right next to the church there is Instagram.com/fall_in_love_with_warsaw the smallest house in Warsaw, which houses The Old Town a newsagent. The New Town 19 The St. Jack’s Church (Kościół św. Jacka) ul. Freta 10, www.freta.dominikanie.pl Built together with the monastery in the 17th c., during the Warsaw Uprising the THE OLD TOWN the 18th c. Warsaw were invaluable during there are graves of Mazovia princes, War- (STARE MIASTO) the post-war reconstruction of the city. saw archbishops, the last king of Poland Every July, the yard of the Royal Castle be- Stanisław August Poniatowski, the President The Old Town was founded in the 13th c. comes the venue for the ‘Musical Gardens’ of Poland Gabriel Narutowicz and a writer as a prince’s headquarters and a fortified festival featuring filmed concerts, operas and Noble Prize winner Henryk Sienkiewicz. settlement. At present it is not only the his- and ballets. Meticulously restored Kubicki toric centre and the oldest part of the city Arcades adjacent to the Royal Gardens, in- 4 The Jesuit Church of the Gracious but also one of the cultural venues of the vite you on August weekends for a series of Mother of God Polish capital. musical and artistic events called the ‘Royal (Sanktuarium Matki Bożej Łaskawej) Art Arcades’. ul. Świętojańska 10 1 The Royal Castle (Zamek Królewski) www.laskawa.pl pl. Zamkowy 4, tel. +48 22 355 51 70 2 The King Zygmunt III Waza Column The church has in its altar a miraculous of the Mother of God. In the centre of THE OLD TOWN www.zamek-krolewski.pl (kolumna króla Zygmunta III Wazy) image of the Gracious Mother of God, the the square there is a large gunmetal bell 1 The Royal Castle It is the oldest and the tallest secular monu- patron of Warsaw. What attracts the atten- from the 17th c., which has never hung in 2 The King Zygmunt III Waza Column ment in Warsaw, erected in 1644 on the ini- tion right at the entrance are the front doors a church. It is said that going around it three 3 The Cathedral Basilica of the Martyrdom tiative of king Władysław IV in honour of his – called the angels’ doors – made by Igor times brings luck. Kanonia is also the place 10 The Old Town Market Square Warsaw Tourist of St. John the Baptist father – Zygmunt III Waza who moved the Mitoraj, who carved similar doors for the to see the oldest in Warsaw plaque with the (Rynek Starego Miasta) Information Centre 4 The Jesuit Church of the Gracious Mother he Warsaw Old Town is a special place! Although nearly 90 percent Polish capital from Kraków to Warsaw. church of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Rome. name of a street and the narrowest house in Founded at the turn of the 13th and 14th Rynek Starego Miasta 19/21/21a of God of it was destroyed during the World War II, it was restored so faith- the Old Town – it is only one window wide c., it is one of the most picturesque places 5 The St. Martin’s Church fully that UNESCO listed it (in 1980) as one of the World Heritage 3 The Cathedral Basilica of the if you look at it from the square, but it is in the city. It used to be the main square of Legend about a Basilisk 6 Kanonia T Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist much wider if you look at it from the Vistula Warsaw and the venue for formal events, A legend says that in the basements of 7 The Gnojna Mountain Sites. (Bazylika Archikatedralna River. This was a clever idea of the house fairs, as well as executions. It has remained the buildings located along one side of 8 The Museum of Pharmacy What contributes to the atmosphere of the pw. Męczeństwa św. Jana Chrzciciela) owner, who in this way avoided paying unchanged in form since the foundation of Dekert, at the corner of Krzywe Koło, 9 The UNESCO Plaque ul. Świętojańska 8, www.katedra.mkw.pl a high land tax, as the land tax depended on the city. In the centre of the square there is there lives a Basilisk. It guarded the 10 The Old Town Square Warsaw Old Town is its cosy cafes and res- the width of the facade. the statue of the Warsaw Mermaid that has treasures once stored there, and every 11 The Warsaw Mermaid Statue taurants, and artists who exhibit their pic- for ages been the coat of arms of the city. man who tried to reach them was 12 The Museum of Warsaw tures and sculptures in the open air. In the 7 The Gnojna Mountain (Gnojna Góra) killed by the gaze of the Basilisk, which 13 The Adam Mickiewicz Museum of Literature From the Middle Ages until the second half 11 The Warsaw Mermaid Statue turns men to stone. He was defeated 14 The Stone Steps summer, the Old and the New Town become of the 18th c. the Gnojna Mountain was (Pomnik Syrenki warszawskiej) in the end by a wandering tailor who 15 The Barbican and the curtain walls venues for musical performances, including a landfill. Today it is a viewpoint from where A mermaid is the symbol of Warsaw; it has showed the monster a mirror. The Basi- 16 The Jan Kiliński Monument popular jazz concerts, and theatrical plays. you can admire a stunningly beautiful pano- been the city’s coat of arms. The most fa- lisk was petrified by its own appear- 17 The Little Insurgent Statue rama of the Vistula River and the right-bank mous statue of the Warsaw Mermaid is lo- ance, and hid away; from then on, he Tourist Information part of the city. cated in the centre of the Old Town Square was no longer a threat to residents. To- and surrounded by a fountain by which you day on the façade of the other building THE NEW TOWN Route of the Old Town Cultural Basements 8 The Museum of Pharmacy can cool off on a hot day. there is a picture of the Basilisk, which The Royal Castle was the headquarters of (Muzeum Farmacji) is the symbol of the renowned Warsaw 18 The Holy Spirit’s Church of the Pauline Fathers Having over a few hundred years, basements are some of the best preserved parts of the kings and the authorities of ‘Rzeczpo- In front of the church there is a stone bear. ul. Piwna 31/33, tel. +48 22 831 71 79 restaurant of the same name. 19 The St. Jack’s Church of the Dominican the Old Town. The oldest ones date back even to the late 13th and early 14th century, spolita’ – the Republic of Poland (since the There is a legend that says the bear is a shy www.muzeumfarmacji.mhw.pl Legend about a Warsaw Mermaid Fathers i.e. the beginnings of settlements in the Warsaw Old Town. Having survived World War 16th c.). It is also the place where the Con- prince that has been magically turned into The Museum’s collection includes original According to legend, a mermaid swim- II, the basements served as the basis for renovating the Old Town. 20 The Maria Skłodowska-Curie Museum stitution of May 3rd (1791) – the first one a stone, and can only be disenchanted by equipment of a pharmaceutical laboratory ming in from the sea stopped on the 21 The New Town Square in Europe and the second one in the world a woman who truly loves him. from the 30s of the 20th c., 19th c. jars, vases, riverbank near the Old Town to rest. 22 The St. Casimir’s Church – was adopted. tiles for rolling pills, pharmaceutical tins and She found the place so admirable that 23 The Church of the Visitation During World War II the Castle was almost 5 The St. Martin’s Church cobalt cognac storing bottles. she decided to stay. Local fishermen of the Blessed Virgin Mary completely destroyed – it was later restored Built on foundations of the 14th-century (Kościół św. Marcina) living nearby noticed that something on the basis of the parts that survived. To- temple, that was destroyed during World ul. Piwna 9/11 was creating waves, tangling nets, and Nearby: 24 – 25 day it is a museum. The highlights of the War II. Temple has been a venue for royal In the 14th c. church ecumenical services releasing their fish. Although their origi- 24 The Multimedia Fountain Park Castle’s collection are the original paintings marriage ceremonies, coronations and and meetings of the Warsaw intelligentsia nal intention was to trap the offender, at the Castle Grounds of Rembrandt and the works of Bernardo funerals. The church holds the grave of are held. Nearby, there are the Augustians’ they fell in love with the mermaid upon 25 The Vistula Boulevard Bellotto called Canaletto, whose vedute of Primate Stefan Wyszyński, and in its crypts monastery buildings where in the 16th c. hearing her sing. Later, a rich merchant 26 The St. Francis Seraphic Church local councils of the Mazovia Province were trapped the siren and imprisoned her of the Franciscan Fathers held. in a wooden hut. A young fisherman 27 The Sapieha Palace heard the mermaid’s cry and with the 6 Kanonia help of his mates, released her, where- Nearby: 28 – 30 Kanonia is a small, triangle square right be- upon she declared her readiness to 28 The Warsaw Uprising Monument hind the cathedral whose name comes from 9 The UNESCO Plaque (tablica UNESCO) offer fishermen her help whenever it 29 The Krasiński Palace the old tenement houses, which in the 17th c. The UNESCO plaque is embedded in the pave- would be needed. Ever since, the mer- 30 The Supreme Court were inhabited by canons (priests). There ment of Zapiecek Street (ulica Zapiecek) to maid, armed with sword and shield, Route of the Old Town Cultural Basements Locations: ul. Brzozowa 11/13 (Heritage Interpretation Center), Rynek Starego Miasta used to be a parish cemetery here, the re- commemorate the listing of the Warsaw Old has been ready to help protect the city 28/42 (The Museum of Warsaw), Rynek Starego Miasta 2, ul. Jezuicka 4, ul. Boleść 2 mains of which is a baroque 18th c. statue Town as the UNESCO Heritage Site in 1980. and its residents. THE OLD TOWN the 18th c. Warsaw were invaluable during there are graves of Mazovia princes, War- (STARE MIASTO) the post-war reconstruction of the city. saw archbishops, the last king of Poland Every July, the yard of the Royal Castle be- Stanisław August Poniatowski, the President The Old Town was founded in the 13th c. comes the venue for the ‘Musical Gardens’ of Poland Gabriel Narutowicz and a writer as a prince’s headquarters and a fortified festival featuring filmed concerts, operas and Noble Prize winner Henryk Sienkiewicz. settlement. At present it is not only the his- and ballets. Meticulously restored Kubicki toric centre and the oldest part of the city Arcades adjacent to the Royal Gardens, in- 4 The Jesuit Church of the Gracious but also one of the cultural venues of the vite you on August weekends for a series of Mother of God Polish capital. musical and artistic events called the ‘Royal (Sanktuarium Matki Bożej Łaskawej) Art Arcades’. ul. Świętojańska 10 1 The Royal Castle (Zamek Królewski) www.laskawa.pl pl. Zamkowy 4, tel. +48 22 355 51 70 2 The King Zygmunt III Waza Column The church has in its altar a miraculous of the Mother of God. In the centre of THE OLD TOWN www.zamek-krolewski.pl (kolumna króla Zygmunta III Wazy) image of the Gracious Mother of God, the the square there is a large gunmetal bell 1 The Royal Castle It is the oldest and the tallest secular monu- patron of Warsaw. What attracts the atten- from the 17th c., which has never hung in 2 The King Zygmunt III Waza Column ment in Warsaw, erected in 1644 on the ini- tion right at the entrance are the front doors a church. It is said that going around it three 3 The Cathedral Basilica of the Martyrdom tiative of king Władysław IV in honour of his – called the angels’ doors – made by Igor times brings luck. Kanonia is also the place 10 The Old Town Market Square Warsaw Tourist of St. John the Baptist father – Zygmunt III Waza who moved the Mitoraj, who carved similar doors for the to see the oldest in Warsaw plaque with the (Rynek Starego Miasta) Information Centre 4 The Jesuit Church of the Gracious Mother he Warsaw Old Town is a special place! Although nearly 90 percent Polish capital from Kraków to Warsaw. church of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Rome. name of a street and the narrowest house in Founded at the turn of the 13th and 14th Rynek Starego Miasta 19/21/21a of God of it was destroyed during the World War II, it was restored so faith- the Old Town – it is only one window wide c., it is one of the most picturesque places 5 The St. Martin’s Church fully that UNESCO listed it (in 1980) as one of the World Heritage 3 The Cathedral Basilica of the if you look at it from the square, but it is in the city. It used to be the main square of Legend about a Basilisk 6 Kanonia T Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist much wider if you look at it from the Vistula Warsaw and the venue for formal events, A legend says that in the basements of 7 The Gnojna Mountain Sites. (Bazylika Archikatedralna River. This was a clever idea of the house fairs, as well as executions. It has remained the buildings located along one side of 8 The Museum of Pharmacy What contributes to the atmosphere of the pw. Męczeństwa św. Jana Chrzciciela) owner, who in this way avoided paying unchanged in form since the foundation of Dekert, at the corner of Krzywe Koło, 9 The UNESCO Plaque ul. Świętojańska 8, www.katedra.mkw.pl a high land tax, as the land tax depended on the city. In the centre of the square there is there lives a Basilisk. It guarded the 10 The Old Town Square Warsaw Old Town is its cosy cafes and res- the width of the facade. the statue of the Warsaw Mermaid that has treasures once stored there, and every 11 The Warsaw Mermaid Statue taurants, and artists who exhibit their pic- for ages been the coat of arms of the city. man who tried to reach them was 12 The Museum of Warsaw tures and sculptures in the open air. In the 7 The Gnojna Mountain (Gnojna Góra) killed by the gaze of the Basilisk, which 13 The Adam Mickiewicz Museum of Literature From the Middle Ages until the second half 11 The Warsaw Mermaid Statue turns men to stone. He was defeated 14 The Stone Steps summer, the Old and the New Town become of the 18th c. the Gnojna Mountain was (Pomnik Syrenki warszawskiej) in the end by a wandering tailor who 15 The Barbican and the curtain walls venues for musical performances, including a landfill. Today it is a viewpoint from where A mermaid is the symbol of Warsaw; it has showed the monster a mirror. The Basi- 16 The Jan Kiliński Monument popular jazz concerts, and theatrical plays. you can admire a stunningly beautiful pano- been the city’s coat of arms. The most fa- lisk was petrified by its own appear- 17 The Little Insurgent Statue rama of the Vistula River and the right-bank mous statue of the Warsaw Mermaid is lo- ance, and hid away; from then on, he Tourist Information part of the city. cated in the centre of the Old Town Square was no longer a threat to residents. To- and surrounded by a fountain by which you day on the façade of the other building THE NEW TOWN Route of the Old Town Cultural Basements 8 The Museum of Pharmacy can cool off on a hot day. there is a picture of the Basilisk, which The Royal Castle was the headquarters of (Muzeum Farmacji) is the symbol of the renowned Warsaw 18 The Holy Spirit’s Church of the Pauline Fathers Having over a few hundred years, basements are some of the best preserved parts of the kings and the authorities of ‘Rzeczpo- In front of the church there is a stone bear. ul. Piwna 31/33, tel. +48 22 831 71 79 restaurant of the same name. 19 The St. Jack’s Church of the Dominican the Old Town. The oldest ones date back even to the late 13th and early 14th century, spolita’ – the Republic of Poland (since the There is a legend that says the bear is a shy www.muzeumfarmacji.mhw.pl Legend about a Warsaw Mermaid Fathers i.e. the beginnings of settlements in the Warsaw Old Town. Having survived World War 16th c.). It is also the place where the Con- prince that has been magically turned into The Museum’s collection includes original According to legend, a mermaid swim- II, the basements served as the basis for renovating the Old Town. 20 The Maria Skłodowska-Curie Museum stitution of May 3rd (1791) – the first one a stone, and can only be disenchanted by equipment of a pharmaceutical laboratory ming in from the sea stopped on the 21 The New Town Square in Europe and the second one in the world a woman who truly loves him. from the 30s of the 20th c., 19th c. jars, vases, riverbank near the Old Town to rest. 22 The St. Casimir’s Church – was adopted. tiles for rolling pills, pharmaceutical tins and She found the place so admirable that 23 The Church of the Visitation During World War II the Castle was almost 5 The St. Martin’s Church cobalt cognac storing bottles. she decided to stay. Local fishermen of the Blessed Virgin Mary completely destroyed – it was later restored Built on foundations of the 14th-century (Kościół św. Marcina) living nearby noticed that something on the basis of the parts that survived. To- temple, that was destroyed during World ul. Piwna 9/11 was creating waves, tangling nets, and Nearby: 24 – 25 day it is a museum. The highlights of the War II. Temple has been a venue for royal In the 14th c. church ecumenical services releasing their fish. Although their origi- 24 The Multimedia Fountain Park Castle’s collection are the original paintings marriage ceremonies, coronations and and meetings of the Warsaw intelligentsia nal intention was to trap the offender, at the Castle Grounds of Rembrandt and the works of Bernardo funerals. The church holds the grave of are held. Nearby, there are the Augustians’ they fell in love with the mermaid upon 25 The Vistula Boulevard Bellotto called Canaletto, whose vedute of Primate Stefan Wyszyński, and in its crypts monastery buildings where in the 16th c. hearing her sing. Later, a rich merchant 26 The St. Francis Seraphic Church local councils of the Mazovia Province were trapped the siren and imprisoned her of the Franciscan Fathers held. in a wooden hut. A young fisherman 27 The Sapieha Palace heard the mermaid’s cry and with the 6 Kanonia help of his mates, released her, where- Nearby: 28 – 30 Kanonia is a small, triangle square right be- upon she declared her readiness to 28 The Warsaw Uprising Monument hind the cathedral whose name comes from 9 The UNESCO Plaque (tablica UNESCO) offer fishermen her help whenever it 29 The Krasiński Palace the old tenement houses, which in the 17th c. The UNESCO plaque is embedded in the pave- would be needed. Ever since, the mer- 30 The Supreme Court were inhabited by canons (priests). There ment of Zapiecek Street (ulica Zapiecek) to maid, armed with sword and shield, Route of the Old Town Cultural Basements Locations: ul. Brzozowa 11/13 (Heritage Interpretation Center), Rynek Starego Miasta used to be a parish cemetery here, the re- commemorate the listing of the Warsaw Old has been ready to help protect the city 28/42 (The Museum of Warsaw), Rynek Starego Miasta 2, ul. Jezuicka 4, ul. Boleść 2 mains of which is a baroque 18th c. statue Town as the UNESCO Heritage Site in 1980. and its residents. THE OLD TOWN the 18th c. Warsaw were invaluable during there are graves of Mazovia princes, War- (STARE MIASTO) the post-war reconstruction of the city. saw archbishops, the last king of Poland Every July, the yard of the Royal Castle be- Stanisław August Poniatowski, the President The Old Town was founded in the 13th c. comes the venue for the ‘Musical Gardens’ of Poland Gabriel Narutowicz and a writer as a prince’s headquarters and a fortified festival featuring filmed concerts, operas and Noble Prize winner Henryk Sienkiewicz. settlement. At present it is not only the his- and ballets. Meticulously restored Kubicki toric centre and the oldest part of the city Arcades adjacent to the Royal Gardens, in- 4 The Jesuit Church of the Gracious but also one of the cultural venues of the vite you on August weekends for a series of Mother of God Polish capital. musical and artistic events called the ‘Royal (Sanktuarium Matki Bożej Łaskawej) Art Arcades’. ul. Świętojańska 10 1 The Royal Castle (Zamek Królewski) www.laskawa.pl pl. Zamkowy 4, tel. +48 22 355 51 70 2 The King Zygmunt III Waza Column The church has in its altar a miraculous of the Mother of God. In the centre of THE OLD TOWN www.zamek-krolewski.pl (kolumna króla Zygmunta III Wazy) image of the Gracious Mother of God, the the square there is a large gunmetal bell 1 The Royal Castle It is the oldest and the tallest secular monu- patron of Warsaw. What attracts the atten- from the 17th c., which has never hung in 2 The King Zygmunt III Waza Column ment in Warsaw, erected in 1644 on the ini- tion right at the entrance are the front doors a church. It is said that going around it three 3 The Cathedral Basilica of the Martyrdom tiative of king Władysław IV in honour of his – called the angels’ doors – made by Igor times brings luck. Kanonia is also the place 10 The Old Town Market Square Warsaw Tourist of St. John the Baptist father – Zygmunt III Waza who moved the Mitoraj, who carved similar doors for the to see the oldest in Warsaw plaque with the (Rynek Starego Miasta) Information Centre 4 The Jesuit Church of the Gracious Mother he Warsaw Old Town is a special place! Although nearly 90 percent Polish capital from Kraków to Warsaw. church of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Rome. name of a street and the narrowest house in Founded at the turn of the 13th and 14th Rynek Starego Miasta 19/21/21a of God of it was destroyed during the World War II, it was restored so faith- the Old Town – it is only one window wide c., it is one of the most picturesque places 5 The St. Martin’s Church fully that UNESCO listed it (in 1980) as one of the World Heritage 3 The Cathedral Basilica of the if you look at it from the square, but it is in the city. It used to be the main square of Legend about a Basilisk 6 Kanonia T Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist much wider if you look at it from the Vistula Warsaw and the venue for formal events, A legend says that in the basements of 7 The Gnojna Mountain Sites. (Bazylika Archikatedralna River. This was a clever idea of the house fairs, as well as executions. It has remained the buildings located along one side of 8 The Museum of Pharmacy What contributes to the atmosphere of the pw. Męczeństwa św. Jana Chrzciciela) owner, who in this way avoided paying unchanged in form since the foundation of Dekert, at the corner of Krzywe Koło, 9 The UNESCO Plaque ul. Świętojańska 8, www.katedra.mkw.pl a high land tax, as the land tax depended on the city. In the centre of the square there is there lives a Basilisk. It guarded the 10 The Old Town Square Warsaw Old Town is its cosy cafes and res- the width of the facade. the statue of the Warsaw Mermaid that has treasures once stored there, and every 11 The Warsaw Mermaid Statue taurants, and artists who exhibit their pic- for ages been the coat of arms of the city. man who tried to reach them was 12 The Museum of Warsaw tures and sculptures in the open air. In the 7 The Gnojna Mountain (Gnojna Góra) killed by the gaze of the Basilisk, which 13 The Adam Mickiewicz Museum of Literature From the Middle Ages until the second half 11 The Warsaw Mermaid Statue turns men to stone. He was defeated 14 The Stone Steps summer, the Old and the New Town become of the 18th c. the Gnojna Mountain was (Pomnik Syrenki warszawskiej) in the end by a wandering tailor who 15 The Barbican and the curtain walls venues for musical performances, including a landfill. Today it is a viewpoint from where A mermaid is the symbol of Warsaw; it has showed the monster a mirror. The Basi- 16 The Jan Kiliński Monument popular jazz concerts, and theatrical plays. you can admire a stunningly beautiful pano- been the city’s coat of arms. The most fa- lisk was petrified by its own appear- 17 The Little Insurgent Statue rama of the Vistula River and the right-bank mous statue of the Warsaw Mermaid is lo- ance, and hid away; from then on, he Tourist Information part of the city. cated in the centre of the Old Town Square was no longer a threat to residents. To- and surrounded by a fountain by which you day on the façade of the other building THE NEW TOWN Route of the Old Town Cultural Basements 8 The Museum of Pharmacy can cool off on a hot day. there is a picture of the Basilisk, which The Royal Castle was the headquarters of (Muzeum Farmacji) is the symbol of the renowned Warsaw 18 The Holy Spirit’s Church of the Pauline Fathers Having over a few hundred years, basements are some of the best preserved parts of the kings and the authorities of ‘Rzeczpo- In front of the church there is a stone bear. ul. Piwna 31/33, tel. +48 22 831 71 79 restaurant of the same name. 19 The St. Jack’s Church of the Dominican the Old Town. The oldest ones date back even to the late 13th and early 14th century, spolita’ – the Republic of Poland (since the There is a legend that says the bear is a shy www.muzeumfarmacji.mhw.pl Legend about a Warsaw Mermaid Fathers i.e. the beginnings of settlements in the Warsaw Old Town. Having survived World War 16th c.). It is also the place where the Con- prince that has been magically turned into The Museum’s collection includes original According to legend, a mermaid swim- II, the basements served as the basis for renovating the Old Town. 20 The Maria Skłodowska-Curie Museum stitution of May 3rd (1791) – the first one a stone, and can only be disenchanted by equipment of a pharmaceutical laboratory ming in from the sea stopped on the 21 The New Town Square in Europe and the second one in the world a woman who truly loves him. from the 30s of the 20th c., 19th c. jars, vases, riverbank near the Old Town to rest. 22 The St. Casimir’s Church – was adopted. tiles for rolling pills, pharmaceutical tins and She found the place so admirable that 23 The Church of the Visitation During World War II the Castle was almost 5 The St. Martin’s Church cobalt cognac storing bottles. she decided to stay. Local fishermen of the Blessed Virgin Mary completely destroyed – it was later restored Built on foundations of the 14th-century (Kościół św. Marcina) living nearby noticed that something on the basis of the parts that survived. To- temple, that was destroyed during World ul. Piwna 9/11 was creating waves, tangling nets, and Nearby: 24 – 25 day it is a museum. The highlights of the War II. Temple has been a venue for royal In the 14th c. church ecumenical services releasing their fish. Although their origi- 24 The Multimedia Fountain Park Castle’s collection are the original paintings marriage ceremonies, coronations and and meetings of the Warsaw intelligentsia nal intention was to trap the offender, at the Castle Grounds of Rembrandt and the works of Bernardo funerals. The church holds the grave of are held. Nearby, there are the Augustians’ they fell in love with the mermaid upon 25 The Vistula Boulevard Bellotto called Canaletto, whose vedute of Primate Stefan Wyszyński, and in its crypts monastery buildings where in the 16th c. hearing her sing. Later, a rich merchant 26 The St. Francis Seraphic Church local councils of the Mazovia Province were trapped the siren and imprisoned her of the Franciscan Fathers held. in a wooden hut. A young fisherman 27 The Sapieha Palace heard the mermaid’s cry and with the 6 Kanonia help of his mates, released her, where- Nearby: 28 – 30 Kanonia is a small, triangle square right be- upon she declared her readiness to 28 The Warsaw Uprising Monument hind the cathedral whose name comes from 9 The UNESCO Plaque (tablica UNESCO) offer fishermen her help whenever it 29 The Krasiński Palace the old tenement houses, which in the 17th c. The UNESCO plaque is embedded in the pave- would be needed. Ever since, the mer- 30 The Supreme Court were inhabited by canons (priests). There ment of Zapiecek Street (ulica Zapiecek) to maid, armed with sword and shield, Route of the Old Town Cultural Basements Locations: ul. Brzozowa 11/13 (Heritage Interpretation Center), Rynek Starego Miasta used to be a parish cemetery here, the re- commemorate the listing of the Warsaw Old has been ready to help protect the city 28/42 (The Museum of Warsaw), Rynek Starego Miasta 2, ul. Jezuicka 4, ul. Boleść 2 mains of which is a baroque 18th c. statue Town as the UNESCO Heritage Site in 1980. and its residents. THE OLD TOWN the 18th c. Warsaw were invaluable during there are graves of Mazovia princes, War- (STARE MIASTO) the post-war reconstruction of the city. saw archbishops, the last king of Poland Every July, the yard of the Royal Castle be- Stanisław August Poniatowski, the President The Old Town was founded in the 13th c. comes the venue for the ‘Musical Gardens’ of Poland Gabriel Narutowicz and a writer as a prince’s headquarters and a fortified festival featuring filmed concerts, operas and Noble Prize winner Henryk Sienkiewicz. settlement. At present it is not only the his- and ballets. Meticulously restored Kubicki toric centre and the oldest part of the city Arcades adjacent to the Royal Gardens, in- 4 The Jesuit Church of the Gracious but also one of the cultural venues of the vite you on August weekends for a series of Mother of God Polish capital. musical and artistic events called the ‘Royal (Sanktuarium Matki Bożej Łaskawej) Art Arcades’. ul. Świętojańska 10 1 The Royal Castle (Zamek Królewski) www.laskawa.pl pl. Zamkowy 4, tel. +48 22 355 51 70 2 The King Zygmunt III Waza Column The church has in its altar a miraculous of the Mother of God. In the centre of THE OLD TOWN www.zamek-krolewski.pl (kolumna króla Zygmunta III Wazy) image of the Gracious Mother of God, the the square there is a large gunmetal bell 1 The Royal Castle It is the oldest and the tallest secular monu- patron of Warsaw. What attracts the atten- from the 17th c., which has never hung in 2 The King Zygmunt III Waza Column ment in Warsaw, erected in 1644 on the ini- tion right at the entrance are the front doors a church. It is said that going around it three 3 The Cathedral Basilica of the Martyrdom tiative of king Władysław IV in honour of his – called the angels’ doors – made by Igor times brings luck. Kanonia is also the place 10 The Old Town Market Square Warsaw Tourist of St. John the Baptist father – Zygmunt III Waza who moved the Mitoraj, who carved similar doors for the to see the oldest in Warsaw plaque with the (Rynek Starego Miasta) Information Centre 4 The Jesuit Church of the Gracious Mother he Warsaw Old Town is a special place! Although nearly 90 percent Polish capital from Kraków to Warsaw. church of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Rome. name of a street and the narrowest house in Founded at the turn of the 13th and 14th Rynek Starego Miasta 19/21/21a of God of it was destroyed during the World War II, it was restored so faith- the Old Town – it is only one window wide c., it is one of the most picturesque places 5 The St. Martin’s Church fully that UNESCO listed it (in 1980) as one of the World Heritage 3 The Cathedral Basilica of the if you look at it from the square, but it is in the city. It used to be the main square of Legend about a Basilisk 6 Kanonia T Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist much wider if you look at it from the Vistula Warsaw and the venue for formal events, A legend says that in the basements of 7 The Gnojna Mountain Sites. (Bazylika Archikatedralna River. This was a clever idea of the house fairs, as well as executions. It has remained the buildings located along one side of 8 The Museum of Pharmacy What contributes to the atmosphere of the pw. Męczeństwa św. Jana Chrzciciela) owner, who in this way avoided paying unchanged in form since the foundation of Dekert, at the corner of Krzywe Koło, 9 The UNESCO Plaque ul. Świętojańska 8, www.katedra.mkw.pl a high land tax, as the land tax depended on the city. In the centre of the square there is there lives a Basilisk. It guarded the 10 The Old Town Square Warsaw Old Town is its cosy cafes and res- the width of the facade. the statue of the Warsaw Mermaid that has treasures once stored there, and every 11 The Warsaw Mermaid Statue taurants, and artists who exhibit their pic- for ages been the coat of arms of the city. man who tried to reach them was 12 The Museum of Warsaw tures and sculptures in the open air. In the 7 The Gnojna Mountain (Gnojna Góra) killed by the gaze of the Basilisk, which 13 The Adam Mickiewicz Museum of Literature From the Middle Ages until the second half 11 The Warsaw Mermaid Statue turns men to stone. He was defeated 14 The Stone Steps summer, the Old and the New Town become of the 18th c. the Gnojna Mountain was (Pomnik Syrenki warszawskiej) in the end by a wandering tailor who 15 The Barbican and the curtain walls venues for musical performances, including a landfill. Today it is a viewpoint from where A mermaid is the symbol of Warsaw; it has showed the monster a mirror. The Basi- 16 The Jan Kiliński Monument popular jazz concerts, and theatrical plays. you can admire a stunningly beautiful pano- been the city’s coat of arms. The most fa- lisk was petrified by its own appear- 17 The Little Insurgent Statue rama of the Vistula River and the right-bank mous statue of the Warsaw Mermaid is lo- ance, and hid away; from then on, he Tourist Information part of the city. cated in the centre of the Old Town Square was no longer a threat to residents. To- and surrounded by a fountain by which you day on the façade of the other building THE NEW TOWN Route of the Old Town Cultural Basements 8 The Museum of Pharmacy can cool off on a hot day. there is a picture of the Basilisk, which The Royal Castle was the headquarters of (Muzeum Farmacji) is the symbol of the renowned Warsaw 18 The Holy Spirit’s Church of the Pauline Fathers Having over a few hundred years, basements are some of the best preserved parts of the kings and the authorities of ‘Rzeczpo- In front of the church there is a stone bear. ul. Piwna 31/33, tel. +48 22 831 71 79 restaurant of the same name. 19 The St. Jack’s Church of the Dominican the Old Town. The oldest ones date back even to the late 13th and early 14th century, spolita’ – the Republic of Poland (since the There is a legend that says the bear is a shy www.muzeumfarmacji.mhw.pl Legend about a Warsaw Mermaid Fathers i.e. the beginnings of settlements in the Warsaw Old Town. Having survived World War 16th c.). It is also the place where the Con- prince that has been magically turned into The Museum’s collection includes original According to legend, a mermaid swim- II, the basements served as the basis for renovating the Old Town. 20 The Maria Skłodowska-Curie Museum stitution of May 3rd (1791) – the first one a stone, and can only be disenchanted by equipment of a pharmaceutical laboratory ming in from the sea stopped on the 21 The New Town Square in Europe and the second one in the world a woman who truly loves him. from the 30s of the 20th c., 19th c. jars, vases, riverbank near the Old Town to rest. 22 The St. Casimir’s Church – was adopted. tiles for rolling pills, pharmaceutical tins and She found the place so admirable that 23 The Church of the Visitation During World War II the Castle was almost 5 The St. Martin’s Church cobalt cognac storing bottles. she decided to stay. Local fishermen of the Blessed Virgin Mary completely destroyed – it was later restored Built on foundations of the 14th-century (Kościół św. Marcina) living nearby noticed that something on the basis of the parts that survived. To- temple, that was destroyed during World ul. Piwna 9/11 was creating waves, tangling nets, and Nearby: 24 – 25 day it is a museum. The highlights of the War II. Temple has been a venue for royal In the 14th c. church ecumenical services releasing their fish. Although their origi- 24 The Multimedia Fountain Park Castle’s collection are the original paintings marriage ceremonies, coronations and and meetings of the Warsaw intelligentsia nal intention was to trap the offender, at the Castle Grounds of Rembrandt and the works of Bernardo funerals. The church holds the grave of are held. Nearby, there are the Augustians’ they fell in love with the mermaid upon 25 The Vistula Boulevard Bellotto called Canaletto, whose vedute of Primate Stefan Wyszyński, and in its crypts monastery buildings where in the 16th c. hearing her sing. Later, a rich merchant 26 The St. Francis Seraphic Church local councils of the Mazovia Province were trapped the siren and imprisoned her of the Franciscan Fathers held. in a wooden hut. A young fisherman 27 The Sapieha Palace heard the mermaid’s cry and with the 6 Kanonia help of his mates, released her, where- Nearby: 28 – 30 Kanonia is a small, triangle square right be- upon she declared her readiness to 28 The Warsaw Uprising Monument hind the cathedral whose name comes from 9 The UNESCO Plaque (tablica UNESCO) offer fishermen her help whenever it 29 The Krasiński Palace the old tenement houses, which in the 17th c. The UNESCO plaque is embedded in the pave- would be needed. Ever since, the mer- 30 The Supreme Court were inhabited by canons (priests). There ment of Zapiecek Street (ulica Zapiecek) to maid, armed with sword and shield, Route of the Old Town Cultural Basements Locations: ul. Brzozowa 11/13 (Heritage Interpretation Center), Rynek Starego Miasta used to be a parish cemetery here, the re- commemorate the listing of the Warsaw Old has been ready to help protect the city 28/42 (The Museum of Warsaw), Rynek Starego Miasta 2, ul. Jezuicka 4, ul. Boleść 2 mains of which is a baroque 18th c. statue Town as the UNESCO Heritage Site in 1980. and its residents. THE OLD TOWN the 18th c. Warsaw were invaluable during there are graves of Mazovia princes, War- (STARE MIASTO) the post-war reconstruction of the city. saw archbishops, the last king of Poland Every July, the yard of the Royal Castle be- Stanisław August Poniatowski, the President The Old Town was founded in the 13th c. comes the venue for the ‘Musical Gardens’ of Poland Gabriel Narutowicz and a writer as a prince’s headquarters and a fortified festival featuring filmed concerts, operas and Noble Prize winner Henryk Sienkiewicz. settlement. At present it is not only the his- and ballets. Meticulously restored Kubicki toric centre and the oldest part of the city Arcades adjacent to the Royal Gardens, in- 4 The Jesuit Church of the Gracious but also one of the cultural venues of the vite you on August weekends for a series of Mother of God Polish capital. musical and artistic events called the ‘Royal (Sanktuarium Matki Bożej Łaskawej) Art Arcades’. ul. Świętojańska 10 1 The Royal Castle (Zamek Królewski) www.laskawa.pl pl. Zamkowy 4, tel. +48 22 355 51 70 2 The King Zygmunt III Waza Column The church has in its altar a miraculous of the Mother of God. In the centre of THE OLD TOWN www.zamek-krolewski.pl (kolumna króla Zygmunta III Wazy) image of the Gracious Mother of God, the the square there is a large gunmetal bell 1 The Royal Castle It is the oldest and the tallest secular monu- patron of Warsaw. What attracts the atten- from the 17th c., which has never hung in 2 The King Zygmunt III Waza Column ment in Warsaw, erected in 1644 on the ini- tion right at the entrance are the front doors a church. It is said that going around it three 3 The Cathedral Basilica of the Martyrdom tiative of king Władysław IV in honour of his – called the angels’ doors – made by Igor times brings luck. Kanonia is also the place 10 The Old Town Market Square Warsaw Tourist of St. John the Baptist father – Zygmunt III Waza who moved the Mitoraj, who carved similar doors for the to see the oldest in Warsaw plaque with the (Rynek Starego Miasta) Information Centre 4 The Jesuit Church of the Gracious Mother he Warsaw Old Town is a special place! Although nearly 90 percent Polish capital from Kraków to Warsaw. church of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Rome. name of a street and the narrowest house in Founded at the turn of the 13th and 14th Rynek Starego Miasta 19/21/21a of God of it was destroyed during the World War II, it was restored so faith- the Old Town – it is only one window wide c., it is one of the most picturesque places 5 The St. Martin’s Church fully that UNESCO listed it (in 1980) as one of the World Heritage 3 The Cathedral Basilica of the if you look at it from the square, but it is in the city. It used to be the main square of Legend about a Basilisk 6 Kanonia T Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist much wider if you look at it from the Vistula Warsaw and the venue for formal events, A legend says that in the basements of 7 The Gnojna Mountain Sites. (Bazylika Archikatedralna River. This was a clever idea of the house fairs, as well as executions. It has remained the buildings located along one side of 8 The Museum of Pharmacy What contributes to the atmosphere of the pw. Męczeństwa św. Jana Chrzciciela) owner, who in this way avoided paying unchanged in form since the foundation of Dekert, at the corner of Krzywe Koło, 9 The UNESCO Plaque ul. Świętojańska 8, www.katedra.mkw.pl a high land tax, as the land tax depended on the city. In the centre of the square there is there lives a Basilisk. It guarded the 10 The Old Town Square Warsaw Old Town is its cosy cafes and res- the width of the facade. the statue of the Warsaw Mermaid that has treasures once stored there, and every 11 The Warsaw Mermaid Statue taurants, and artists who exhibit their pic- for ages been the coat of arms of the city. man who tried to reach them was 12 The Museum of Warsaw tures and sculptures in the open air. In the 7 The Gnojna Mountain (Gnojna Góra) killed by the gaze of the Basilisk, which 13 The Adam Mickiewicz Museum of Literature From the Middle Ages until the second half 11 The Warsaw Mermaid Statue turns men to stone. He was defeated 14 The Stone Steps summer, the Old and the New Town become of the 18th c. the Gnojna Mountain was (Pomnik Syrenki warszawskiej) in the end by a wandering tailor who 15 The Barbican and the curtain walls venues for musical performances, including a landfill. Today it is a viewpoint from where A mermaid is the symbol of Warsaw; it has showed the monster a mirror. The Basi- 16 The Jan Kiliński Monument popular jazz concerts, and theatrical plays. you can admire a stunningly beautiful pano- been the city’s coat of arms. The most fa- lisk was petrified by its own appear- 17 The Little Insurgent Statue rama of the Vistula River and the right-bank mous statue of the Warsaw Mermaid is lo- ance, and hid away; from then on, he Tourist Information part of the city. cated in the centre of the Old Town Square was no longer a threat to residents. To- and surrounded by a fountain by which you day on the façade of the other building THE NEW TOWN Route of the Old Town Cultural Basements 8 The Museum of Pharmacy can cool off on a hot day. there is a picture of the Basilisk, which The Royal Castle was the headquarters of (Muzeum Farmacji) is the symbol of the renowned Warsaw 18 The Holy Spirit’s Church of the Pauline Fathers Having over a few hundred years, basements are some of the best preserved parts of the kings and the authorities of ‘Rzeczpo- In front of the church there is a stone bear. ul. Piwna 31/33, tel. +48 22 831 71 79 restaurant of the same name. 19 The St. Jack’s Church of the Dominican the Old Town. The oldest ones date back even to the late 13th and early 14th century, spolita’ – the Republic of Poland (since the There is a legend that says the bear is a shy www.muzeumfarmacji.mhw.pl Legend about a Warsaw Mermaid Fathers i.e. the beginnings of settlements in the Warsaw Old Town. Having survived World War 16th c.). It is also the place where the Con- prince that has been magically turned into The Museum’s collection includes original According to legend, a mermaid swim- II, the basements served as the basis for renovating the Old Town. 20 The Maria Skłodowska-Curie Museum stitution of May 3rd (1791) – the first one a stone, and can only be disenchanted by equipment of a pharmaceutical laboratory ming in from the sea stopped on the 21 The New Town Square in Europe and the second one in the world a woman who truly loves him. from the 30s of the 20th c., 19th c. jars, vases, riverbank near the Old Town to rest. 22 The St. Casimir’s Church – was adopted. tiles for rolling pills, pharmaceutical tins and She found the place so admirable that 23 The Church of the Visitation During World War II the Castle was almost 5 The St. Martin’s Church cobalt cognac storing bottles. she decided to stay. Local fishermen of the Blessed Virgin Mary completely destroyed – it was later restored Built on foundations of the 14th-century (Kościół św. Marcina) living nearby noticed that something on the basis of the parts that survived. To- temple, that was destroyed during World ul. Piwna 9/11 was creating waves, tangling nets, and Nearby: 24 – 25 day it is a museum. The highlights of the War II. Temple has been a venue for royal In the 14th c. church ecumenical services releasing their fish. Although their origi- 24 The Multimedia Fountain Park Castle’s collection are the original paintings marriage ceremonies, coronations and and meetings of the Warsaw intelligentsia nal intention was to trap the offender, at the Castle Grounds of Rembrandt and the works of Bernardo funerals. The church holds the grave of are held. Nearby, there are the Augustians’ they fell in love with the mermaid upon 25 The Vistula Boulevard Bellotto called Canaletto, whose vedute of Primate Stefan Wyszyński, and in its crypts monastery buildings where in the 16th c. hearing her sing. Later, a rich merchant 26 The St. Francis Seraphic Church local councils of the Mazovia Province were trapped the siren and imprisoned her of the Franciscan Fathers held. in a wooden hut. A young fisherman 27 The Sapieha Palace heard the mermaid’s cry and with the 6 Kanonia help of his mates, released her, where- Nearby: 28 – 30 Kanonia is a small, triangle square right be- upon she declared her readiness to 28 The Warsaw Uprising Monument hind the cathedral whose name comes from 9 The UNESCO Plaque (tablica UNESCO) offer fishermen her help whenever it 29 The Krasiński Palace the old tenement houses, which in the 17th c. The UNESCO plaque is embedded in the pave- would be needed. Ever since, the mer- 30 The Supreme Court were inhabited by canons (priests). There ment of Zapiecek Street (ulica Zapiecek) to maid, armed with sword and shield, Route of the Old Town Cultural Basements Locations: ul. Brzozowa 11/13 (Heritage Interpretation Center), Rynek Starego Miasta used to be a parish cemetery here, the re- commemorate the listing of the Warsaw Old has been ready to help protect the city 28/42 (The Museum of Warsaw), Rynek Starego Miasta 2, ul. Jezuicka 4, ul. Boleść 2 mains of which is a baroque 18th c. statue Town as the UNESCO Heritage Site in 1980. and its residents. THE OLD TOWN the 18th c. Warsaw were invaluable during there are graves of Mazovia princes, War- (STARE MIASTO) the post-war reconstruction of the city. saw archbishops, the last king of Poland Every July, the yard of the Royal Castle be- Stanisław August Poniatowski, the President The Old Town was founded in the 13th c. comes the venue for the ‘Musical Gardens’ of Poland Gabriel Narutowicz and a writer as a prince’s headquarters and a fortified festival featuring filmed concerts, operas and Noble Prize winner Henryk Sienkiewicz. settlement. At present it is not only the his- and ballets. Meticulously restored Kubicki toric centre and the oldest part of the city Arcades adjacent to the Royal Gardens, in- 4 The Jesuit Church of the Gracious but also one of the cultural venues of the vite you on August weekends for a series of Mother of God Polish capital. musical and artistic events called the ‘Royal (Sanktuarium Matki Bożej Łaskawej) Art Arcades’. ul. Świętojańska 10 1 The Royal Castle (Zamek Królewski) www.laskawa.pl pl. Zamkowy 4, tel. +48 22 355 51 70 2 The King Zygmunt III Waza Column The church has in its altar a miraculous of the Mother of God. In the centre of THE OLD TOWN www.zamek-krolewski.pl (kolumna króla Zygmunta III Wazy) image of the Gracious Mother of God, the the square there is a large gunmetal bell 1 The Royal Castle It is the oldest and the tallest secular monu- patron of Warsaw. What attracts the atten- from the 17th c., which has never hung in 2 The King Zygmunt III Waza Column ment in Warsaw, erected in 1644 on the ini- tion right at the entrance are the front doors a church. It is said that going around it three 3 The Cathedral Basilica of the Martyrdom tiative of king Władysław IV in honour of his – called the angels’ doors – made by Igor times brings luck. Kanonia is also the place 10 The Old Town Market Square Warsaw Tourist of St. John the Baptist father – Zygmunt III Waza who moved the Mitoraj, who carved similar doors for the to see the oldest in Warsaw plaque with the (Rynek Starego Miasta) Information Centre 4 The Jesuit Church of the Gracious Mother he Warsaw Old Town is a special place! Although nearly 90 percent Polish capital from Kraków to Warsaw. church of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Rome. name of a street and the narrowest house in Founded at the turn of the 13th and 14th Rynek Starego Miasta 19/21/21a of God of it was destroyed during the World War II, it was restored so faith- the Old Town – it is only one window wide c., it is one of the most picturesque places 5 The St. Martin’s Church fully that UNESCO listed it (in 1980) as one of the World Heritage 3 The Cathedral Basilica of the if you look at it from the square, but it is in the city. It used to be the main square of Legend about a Basilisk 6 Kanonia T Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist much wider if you look at it from the Vistula Warsaw and the venue for formal events, A legend says that in the basements of 7 The Gnojna Mountain Sites. (Bazylika Archikatedralna River. This was a clever idea of the house fairs, as well as executions. It has remained the buildings located along one side of 8 The Museum of Pharmacy What contributes to the atmosphere of the pw. Męczeństwa św. Jana Chrzciciela) owner, who in this way avoided paying unchanged in form since the foundation of Dekert, at the corner of Krzywe Koło, 9 The UNESCO Plaque ul. Świętojańska 8, www.katedra.mkw.pl a high land tax, as the land tax depended on the city. In the centre of the square there is there lives a Basilisk. It guarded the 10 The Old Town Square Warsaw Old Town is its cosy cafes and res- the width of the facade. the statue of the Warsaw Mermaid that has treasures once stored there, and every 11 The Warsaw Mermaid Statue taurants, and artists who exhibit their pic- for ages been the coat of arms of the city. man who tried to reach them was 12 The Museum of Warsaw tures and sculptures in the open air. In the 7 The Gnojna Mountain (Gnojna Góra) killed by the gaze of the Basilisk, which 13 The Adam Mickiewicz Museum of Literature From the Middle Ages until the second half 11 The Warsaw Mermaid Statue turns men to stone. He was defeated 14 The Stone Steps summer, the Old and the New Town become of the 18th c. the Gnojna Mountain was (Pomnik Syrenki warszawskiej) in the end by a wandering tailor who 15 The Barbican and the curtain walls venues for musical performances, including a landfill. Today it is a viewpoint from where A mermaid is the symbol of Warsaw; it has showed the monster a mirror. The Basi- 16 The Jan Kiliński Monument popular jazz concerts, and theatrical plays. you can admire a stunningly beautiful pano- been the city’s coat of arms. The most fa- lisk was petrified by its own appear- 17 The Little Insurgent Statue rama of the Vistula River and the right-bank mous statue of the Warsaw Mermaid is lo- ance, and hid away; from then on, he Tourist Information part of the city. cated in the centre of the Old Town Square was no longer a threat to residents. To- and surrounded by a fountain by which you day on the façade of the other building THE NEW TOWN Route of the Old Town Cultural Basements 8 The Museum of Pharmacy can cool off on a hot day. there is a picture of the Basilisk, which The Royal Castle was the headquarters of (Muzeum Farmacji) is the symbol of the renowned Warsaw 18 The Holy Spirit’s Church of the Pauline Fathers Having over a few hundred years, basements are some of the best preserved parts of the kings and the authorities of ‘Rzeczpo- In front of the church there is a stone bear. ul. Piwna 31/33, tel. +48 22 831 71 79 restaurant of the same name. 19 The St. Jack’s Church of the Dominican the Old Town. The oldest ones date back even to the late 13th and early 14th century, spolita’ – the Republic of Poland (since the There is a legend that says the bear is a shy www.muzeumfarmacji.mhw.pl Legend about a Warsaw Mermaid Fathers i.e. the beginnings of settlements in the Warsaw Old Town. Having survived World War 16th c.). It is also the place where the Con- prince that has been magically turned into The Museum’s collection includes original According to legend, a mermaid swim- II, the basements served as the basis for renovating the Old Town. 20 The Maria Skłodowska-Curie Museum stitution of May 3rd (1791) – the first one a stone, and can only be disenchanted by equipment of a pharmaceutical laboratory ming in from the sea stopped on the 21 The New Town Square in Europe and the second one in the world a woman who truly loves him. from the 30s of the 20th c., 19th c. jars, vases, riverbank near the Old Town to rest. 22 The St. Casimir’s Church – was adopted. tiles for rolling pills, pharmaceutical tins and She found the place so admirable that 23 The Church of the Visitation During World War II the Castle was almost 5 The St. Martin’s Church cobalt cognac storing bottles. she decided to stay. Local fishermen of the Blessed Virgin Mary completely destroyed – it was later restored Built on foundations of the 14th-century (Kościół św. Marcina) living nearby noticed that something on the basis of the parts that survived. To- temple, that was destroyed during World ul. Piwna 9/11 was creating waves, tangling nets, and Nearby: 24 – 25 day it is a museum. The highlights of the War II. Temple has been a venue for royal In the 14th c. church ecumenical services releasing their fish. Although their origi- 24 The Multimedia Fountain Park Castle’s collection are the original paintings marriage ceremonies, coronations and and meetings of the Warsaw intelligentsia nal intention was to trap the offender, at the Castle Grounds of Rembrandt and the works of Bernardo funerals. The church holds the grave of are held. Nearby, there are the Augustians’ they fell in love with the mermaid upon 25 The Vistula Boulevard Bellotto called Canaletto, whose vedute of Primate Stefan Wyszyński, and in its crypts monastery buildings where in the 16th c. hearing her sing. Later, a rich merchant 26 The St. Francis Seraphic Church local councils of the Mazovia Province were trapped the siren and imprisoned her of the Franciscan Fathers held. in a wooden hut. A young fisherman 27 The Sapieha Palace heard the mermaid’s cry and with the 6 Kanonia help of his mates, released her, where- Nearby: 28 – 30 Kanonia is a small, triangle square right be- upon she declared her readiness to 28 The Warsaw Uprising Monument hind the cathedral whose name comes from 9 The UNESCO Plaque (tablica UNESCO) offer fishermen her help whenever it 29 The Krasiński Palace the old tenement houses, which in the 17th c. The UNESCO plaque is embedded in the pave- would be needed. Ever since, the mer- 30 The Supreme Court were inhabited by canons (priests). There ment of Zapiecek Street (ulica Zapiecek) to maid, armed with sword and shield, Route of the Old Town Cultural Basements Locations: ul. Brzozowa 11/13 (Heritage Interpretation Center), Rynek Starego Miasta used to be a parish cemetery here, the re- commemorate the listing of the Warsaw Old has been ready to help protect the city 28/42 (The Museum of Warsaw), Rynek Starego Miasta 2, ul. Jezuicka 4, ul. Boleść 2 mains of which is a baroque 18th c. statue Town as the UNESCO Heritage Site in 1980. and its residents. 12 The Museum of Warsaw 15 The Barbican and the curtain walls bag in which the Polish Women’s Alliance of Next to the church there is a viewpoint from 26 The St. Francis Seraphic Church the uprising there was one of the manholes (Muzeum Warszawy) (Barbakan i mury obronne) America gave Skłodowska the money for the which you can admire the panorama of the (Kościół św. Franciszka Serafickiego) into the sewers through which people evac- Rynek Starego Miasta 28/42 foundation of the Polish Radium Institute. Vistula River and the right-bank Warsaw. ul. Zakroczymska 1 uated to other parts of the city. tel. +48 22 635 16 25 The nearby stairs will lead you to the Mul- It was built at the turn of the 17th and 18th www.muzeumwarszawy.pl 21 The New Town Square timedia Fountain Park (Multimedialny Park centuries. Next to the church there is a mon- 29 The Krasiński Palace (Pałac Krasińskich) Warsaw The Museum is housed in several old tene- (Rynek Nowego Miasta) Fontann). astery. In 1944 the church was bombed but pl. Krasińskich 3/5 Tourist ment houses rebuilt after the war and it Created in the 15th c., it was first a rectangle fortunately it did not burn and many ele- One of the most beautiful Polish palaces. Information consists of three courtyards. The exposition nearly twice as big as the Old Town Square. Nearby: 24 – 25 ments of its baroque interior survived. Built in the 17th c., it used to be the seat [email protected] presents the history of the Polish capital from In the centre there was the Town Hall, de- the dawn to the contemporary times. At pre- molished in 1818. At the New Town Square 24 The Multimedia Fountain Park sent, the Museum is closed for renovation there is a 19th c. well made from cast iron (Multimedialny Park Fontann) but its cinema is open and you can watch and adorned with the coat of arms of the skwer I Dywizji Pancernej there a documentary on Warsaw in 1939- New Town Square – a virgin with a unicorn. Located in a charming place, in the vicin- 1945 there (the film is in English; other lan- The remains of Warsaw’s curtain walls ity of the Old Town and the Vistula River, official tourist website of Warsaw guage versions – available on request – in- erected in the 16th c. by Jean Baptiste from 22 The St. Casimir’s Church the park is the place where during multi- www.warsawtour.pl clude: Polish, Spanish, French and German). Venice. (Kościół św. Kazimierza) media shows 367 fountain nozzles eject THE NEW TOWN Rynek Nowego Miasta 2 at the same time as much as nearly 30 13 The Adam Mickiewicz Museum 16 The Jan Kiliński Monument (NOWE MIASTO) Originally, the church used to be a magnate’s thousand litres of water per minute. The of Literature (Pomnik Jana Kilińskiego) residence but it was purchased by Queen Ma- streams of water are lit with the colourful (Muzeum Literatury im. Adama Mickiewicza) This part of Warsaw was founded at the end ria Kazimiera Sobieska, known also by the di- lights of almost 300 flooded lamps. Every Rynek Starego Miasta 20 of the 14th c. and until the 18th c. was a sepa- minutive Marysieńka (Marie Casimire Louise now and then, stunning laser animations tel. +48 22 831 40 61 rate town, with its own administration, town de La Grange d’Arquien, consort to King John are displayed on the mist made from the Publisher: www.muzeumliteratury.com.pl hall and church. Most of the baroque and clas- III Sobieski) and turned into a church. sprayed water. Warsaw Tourist Office (Stołeczne Biuro Turystyki) The museum is named after one of the sicistic tenement houses surrounding the New During the Warsaw Uprising of 1944 the The multimedia shows called ‘Water – Light Photos: greatest Polish poets of the Romantic Period. Town Square were reconstructed after the war. church housed an insurgents’ hospital and – Sound’ are held from May to September on H. Czarnocki, W. Hansen, J. Jastrzębski, P. Miller, In the museum you can find a collection of At present, in the charming streets there are a shelter for civilians. As a result of bom- Fridays and Saturdays. On the other days of 27 The Sapieha Palace (Pałac Sapiehów) of the Supreme Court and now it is one of T. Nowak, Z. Panów pzstudio.pl, P. Wierzbowski, objects related to the life and work of Adam many restaurants and cafes. church housed an insurgents’ hospital. bardments hundreds of people died under the week you can see presentations without ul. Zakroczymska 6 the seats of the National Library, whose col- E. Miszczyk (cover) Mickiewicz (the so-called ‘mickiewicziana’) It was bombed burying approximately the church’s rubble. lasers and sound. Built in the 18th c., reconstructed to serve lection includes the manuscripts from the as well as the manuscripts and memorabilia 18 The Holy Spirit’s Church 1,000 people under the rubble. as Sapieha barracks at the beginning of Załuski Library and the Polish Library in Rap- Map design: „Moyo – Teresa Witkowska, www.moyo.pl” of other Polish writers and works of art and (Kościół Św. Ducha) the 19th c. During the interwar period the perswil, as well as some other old prints that iconography depicting the literary eras – ul. Długa 3 20 The Maria Skłodowska-Curie Museum Palace was turned into an army hospital. At miraculously survived the horrors of war. Edition V, Warsaw 2014 Free copy from the oldest to the most modern. (Muzeum Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie) present the Palace houses a school and edu- At the back of the Palace there is the ul. Freta 16, tel. +48 22 831 80 92 cation centre for hearing-impaired children. Krasiński Garden – a stunningly beautiful, 14 The Stone Steps (Kamienne Schodki) www.muzeum-msc.pl baroque municipal park and a popular place The Stone Steps are very picturesque 15th c. Located in the 18th c. bourgeois building Nearby: 28 – 30 for walks. steps. Napoleon Bonaparte walked on them – a shoemaker and the hero who was the where the scientist was born. It is the only during one of his stays in Warsaw. leader of the people of Warsaw during the biographical museum of Maria Skłodowska- 28 The Warsaw Uprising Monument 30 The Supreme Court (Sąd Najwyższy) Kościuszko Uprising (18th c.). Curie in the world. The most touching ele- (Pomnik Powstania Warszawskiego) pl. Krasińskich 2/4/6 ments of the exhibition are authentic per- pl. Krasińskich www.sn.pl 17 The Little Insurgent Monument sonal possessions such as clothes, looking at The monument commemorates the Warsaw This edifice was built at the end of the 20th c. (Pomnik Małego Powstańca) which we can see how tiny she was, a spec- Uprising of 1944 and those who gave their Its numerous adornments include caryat- WarsawPass – free admission to Warsaw TOP attractions. ul. Podwale corner ul. Wąski Dunaj tacle case, an inkstand, the elephant figu- 23 The Church of the Visitation of the 25 The Vistula Boulevard lives for their motherland, fighting against ids symbolising the three virtues of faith, Can be bought in Warsaw Tourist Information points, – a statue of a little boy wearing a helmet rine the scientist got from President of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Bulwar Wiślany) the Nazi occupiers in an unequal struggle hope and love, and columns with maxims selected museums and online. Details: www.warsawpass.com (Kościół Nawiedzenia Najświętszej Marii Panny) The card is valid also in The Royal Castle. too large for him; the statue commemorates United States Herbert Hoover, the leather www.ztm.waw.pl that lasted 63 days. of Roman law inscribed on them in Latin the heroic children who took part in Warsaw ul. Przyrynek 2 www.wislawarszawska.pl The Monument consists of two parts. The and in Polish. The edifice itself has a sym- Uprising. One of the oldest Warsaw churches, built at A place for walks, a bike path, a beach and first one depicts insurgents running from bolic shape of a gate to commemorate the The church was built at the beginning of the beginning of the 15th c. It is said to have a haven for a ferry, a water tram and a ship under a pylon (one of the pillars supporting fact that during the World War II there was 18th c. For nearly 300 years, every August, been built on the site of a pagan temple. It going to the town of Serock. a bridge), the other – insurgents getting out here one of the gates leading to the Jewish Facebook.com/Warsaw a pilgrimage starts from outside the church used to be a place of prayer for fishermen. of sewers. At the Krasiński Square, during ghetto. Warsaw Twitter@ewarsaw to the Marian shrine in Częstochowa. In addi- tion to that, right next to the church there is Instagram.com/fall_in_love_with_warsaw the smallest house in Warsaw, which houses The Old Town a newsagent. The New Town 19 The St. Jack’s Church (Kościół św. Jacka) ul. Freta 10, www.freta.dominikanie.pl Built together with the monastery in the 17th c., during the Warsaw Uprising the 12 The Museum of Warsaw 15 The Barbican and the curtain walls bag in which the Polish Women’s Alliance of Next to the church there is a viewpoint from 26 The St. Francis Seraphic Church the uprising there was one of the manholes (Muzeum Warszawy) (Barbakan i mury obronne) America gave Skłodowska the money for the which you can admire the panorama of the (Kościół św. Franciszka Serafickiego) into the sewers through which people evac- Rynek Starego Miasta 28/42 foundation of the Polish Radium Institute. Vistula River and the right-bank Warsaw. ul. Zakroczymska 1 uated to other parts of the city. tel. +48 22 635 16 25 The nearby stairs will lead you to the Mul- It was built at the turn of the 17th and 18th www.muzeumwarszawy.pl 21 The New Town Square timedia Fountain Park (Multimedialny Park centuries. Next to the church there is a mon- 29 The Krasiński Palace (Pałac Krasińskich) Warsaw The Museum is housed in several old tene- (Rynek Nowego Miasta) Fontann). astery. In 1944 the church was bombed but pl. Krasińskich 3/5 Tourist ment houses rebuilt after the war and it Created in the 15th c., it was first a rectangle fortunately it did not burn and many ele- One of the most beautiful Polish palaces. Information consists of three courtyards. The exposition nearly twice as big as the Old Town Square. Nearby: 24 – 25 ments of its baroque interior survived. Built in the 17th c., it used to be the seat [email protected] presents the history of the Polish capital from In the centre there was the Town Hall, de- the dawn to the contemporary times. At pre- molished in 1818. At the New Town Square 24 The Multimedia Fountain Park sent, the Museum is closed for renovation there is a 19th c. well made from cast iron (Multimedialny Park Fontann) but its cinema is open and you can watch and adorned with the coat of arms of the skwer I Dywizji Pancernej there a documentary on Warsaw in 1939- New Town Square – a virgin with a unicorn. Located in a charming place, in the vicin- 1945 there (the film is in English; other lan- The remains of Warsaw’s curtain walls ity of the Old Town and the Vistula River, official tourist website of Warsaw guage versions – available on request – in- erected in the 16th c. by Jean Baptiste from 22 The St. Casimir’s Church the park is the place where during multi- www.warsawtour.pl clude: Polish, Spanish, French and German). Venice. (Kościół św. Kazimierza) media shows 367 fountain nozzles eject THE NEW TOWN Rynek Nowego Miasta 2 at the same time as much as nearly 30 13 The Adam Mickiewicz Museum 16 The Jan Kiliński Monument (NOWE MIASTO) Originally, the church used to be a magnate’s thousand litres of water per minute. The of Literature (Pomnik Jana Kilińskiego) residence but it was purchased by Queen Ma- streams of water are lit with the colourful (Muzeum Literatury im. Adama Mickiewicza) This part of Warsaw was founded at the end ria Kazimiera Sobieska, known also by the di- lights of almost 300 flooded lamps. Every Rynek Starego Miasta 20 of the 14th c. and until the 18th c. was a sepa- minutive Marysieńka (Marie Casimire Louise now and then, stunning laser animations tel. +48 22 831 40 61 rate town, with its own administration, town de La Grange d’Arquien, consort to King John are displayed on the mist made from the Publisher: www.muzeumliteratury.com.pl hall and church. Most of the baroque and clas- III Sobieski) and turned into a church. sprayed water. Warsaw Tourist Office (Stołeczne Biuro Turystyki) The museum is named after one of the sicistic tenement houses surrounding the New During the Warsaw Uprising of 1944 the The multimedia shows called ‘Water – Light Photos: greatest Polish poets of the Romantic Period. Town Square were reconstructed after the war. church housed an insurgents’ hospital and – Sound’ are held from May to September on H. Czarnocki, W. Hansen, J. Jastrzębski, P. Miller, In the museum you can find a collection of At present, in the charming streets there are a shelter for civilians. As a result of bom- Fridays and Saturdays. On the other days of 27 The Sapieha Palace (Pałac Sapiehów) of the Supreme Court and now it is one of T. Nowak, Z. Panów pzstudio.pl, P. Wierzbowski, objects related to the life and work of Adam many restaurants and cafes. church housed an insurgents’ hospital. bardments hundreds of people died under the week you can see presentations without ul. Zakroczymska 6 the seats of the National Library, whose col- E. Miszczyk (cover) Mickiewicz (the so-called ‘mickiewicziana’) It was bombed burying approximately the church’s rubble. lasers and sound. Built in the 18th c., reconstructed to serve lection includes the manuscripts from the as well as the manuscripts and memorabilia 18 The Holy Spirit’s Church 1,000 people under the rubble. as Sapieha barracks at the beginning of Załuski Library and the Polish Library in Rap- Map design: „Moyo – Teresa Witkowska, www.moyo.pl” of other Polish writers and works of art and (Kościół Św. Ducha) the 19th c. During the interwar period the perswil, as well as some other old prints that iconography depicting the literary eras – ul. Długa 3 20 The Maria Skłodowska-Curie Museum Palace was turned into an army hospital. At miraculously survived the horrors of war. Edition V, Warsaw 2014 Free copy from the oldest to the most modern. (Muzeum Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie) present the Palace houses a school and edu- At the back of the Palace there is the ul. Freta 16, tel. +48 22 831 80 92 cation centre for hearing-impaired children. Krasiński Garden – a stunningly beautiful, 14 The Stone Steps (Kamienne Schodki) www.muzeum-msc.pl baroque municipal park and a popular place The Stone Steps are very picturesque 15th c. Located in the 18th c. bourgeois building Nearby: 28 – 30 for walks. steps. Napoleon Bonaparte walked on them – a shoemaker and the hero who was the where the scientist was born. It is the only during one of his stays in Warsaw. leader of the people of Warsaw during the biographical museum of Maria Skłodowska- 28 The Warsaw Uprising Monument 30 The Supreme Court (Sąd Najwyższy) Kościuszko Uprising (18th c.). Curie in the world. The most touching ele- (Pomnik Powstania Warszawskiego) pl. Krasińskich 2/4/6 ments of the exhibition are authentic per- pl. Krasińskich www.sn.pl 17 The Little Insurgent Monument sonal possessions such as clothes, looking at The monument commemorates the Warsaw This edifice was built at the end of the 20th c. (Pomnik Małego Powstańca) which we can see how tiny she was, a spec- Uprising of 1944 and those who gave their Its numerous adornments include caryat- WarsawPass – free admission to Warsaw TOP attractions. ul. Podwale corner ul. Wąski Dunaj tacle case, an inkstand, the elephant figu- 23 The Church of the Visitation of the 25 The Vistula Boulevard lives for their motherland, fighting against ids symbolising the three virtues of faith, Can be bought in Warsaw Tourist Information points, – a statue of a little boy wearing a helmet rine the scientist got from President of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Bulwar Wiślany) the Nazi occupiers in an unequal struggle hope and love, and columns with maxims selected museums and online. Details: www.warsawpass.com (Kościół Nawiedzenia Najświętszej Marii Panny) The card is valid also in The Royal Castle. too large for him; the statue commemorates United States Herbert Hoover, the leather www.ztm.waw.pl that lasted 63 days. of Roman law inscribed on them in Latin the heroic children who took part in Warsaw ul. Przyrynek 2 www.wislawarszawska.pl The Monument consists of two parts. The and in Polish. The edifice itself has a sym- Uprising. One of the oldest Warsaw churches, built at A place for walks, a bike path, a beach and first one depicts insurgents running from bolic shape of a gate to commemorate the The church was built at the beginning of the beginning of the 15th c. It is said to have a haven for a ferry, a water tram and a ship under a pylon (one of the pillars supporting fact that during the World War II there was 18th c. For nearly 300 years, every August, been built on the site of a pagan temple. It going to the town of Serock. a bridge), the other – insurgents getting out here one of the gates leading to the Jewish Facebook.com/Warsaw a pilgrimage starts from outside the church used to be a place of prayer for fishermen. of sewers. At the Krasiński Square, during ghetto. Warsaw Twitter@ewarsaw to the Marian shrine in Częstochowa. In addi- tion to that, right next to the church there is Instagram.com/fall_in_love_with_warsaw the smallest house in Warsaw, which houses The Old Town a newsagent. The New Town 19 The St. Jack’s Church (Kościół św. Jacka) ul. Freta 10, www.freta.dominikanie.pl Built together with the monastery in the 17th c., during the Warsaw Uprising the 12 The Museum of Warsaw 15 The Barbican and the curtain walls bag in which the Polish Women’s Alliance of Next to the church there is a viewpoint from 26 The St. Francis Seraphic Church the uprising there was one of the manholes (Muzeum Warszawy) (Barbakan i mury obronne) America gave Skłodowska the money for the which you can admire the panorama of the (Kościół św. Franciszka Serafickiego) into the sewers through which people evac- Rynek Starego Miasta 28/42 foundation of the Polish Radium Institute. Vistula River and the right-bank Warsaw. ul. Zakroczymska 1 uated to other parts of the city. tel. +48 22 635 16 25 The nearby stairs will lead you to the Mul- It was built at the turn of the 17th and 18th www.muzeumwarszawy.pl 21 The New Town Square timedia Fountain Park (Multimedialny Park centuries. Next to the church there is a mon- 29 The Krasiński Palace (Pałac Krasińskich) Warsaw The Museum is housed in several old tene- (Rynek Nowego Miasta) Fontann). astery. In 1944 the church was bombed but pl. Krasińskich 3/5 Tourist ment houses rebuilt after the war and it Created in the 15th c., it was first a rectangle fortunately it did not burn and many ele- One of the most beautiful Polish palaces. Information consists of three courtyards. The exposition nearly twice as big as the Old Town Square. Nearby: 24 – 25 ments of its baroque interior survived. Built in the 17th c., it used to be the seat [email protected] presents the history of the Polish capital from In the centre there was the Town Hall, de- the dawn to the contemporary times. At pre- molished in 1818. At the New Town Square 24 The Multimedia Fountain Park sent, the Museum is closed for renovation there is a 19th c. well made from cast iron (Multimedialny Park Fontann) but its cinema is open and you can watch and adorned with the coat of arms of the skwer I Dywizji Pancernej there a documentary on Warsaw in 1939- New Town Square – a virgin with a unicorn. Located in a charming place, in the vicin- 1945 there (the film is in English; other lan- The remains of Warsaw’s curtain walls ity of the Old Town and the Vistula River, official tourist website of Warsaw guage versions – available on request – in- erected in the 16th c. by Jean Baptiste from 22 The St. Casimir’s Church the park is the place where during multi- www.warsawtour.pl clude: Polish, Spanish, French and German). Venice. (Kościół św. Kazimierza) media shows 367 fountain nozzles eject THE NEW TOWN Rynek Nowego Miasta 2 at the same time as much as nearly 30 13 The Adam Mickiewicz Museum 16 The Jan Kiliński Monument (NOWE MIASTO) Originally, the church used to be a magnate’s thousand litres of water per minute. The of Literature (Pomnik Jana Kilińskiego) residence but it was purchased by Queen Ma- streams of water are lit with the colourful (Muzeum Literatury im. Adama Mickiewicza) This part of Warsaw was founded at the end ria Kazimiera Sobieska, known also by the di- lights of almost 300 flooded lamps. Every Rynek Starego Miasta 20 of the 14th c. and until the 18th c. was a sepa- minutive Marysieńka (Marie Casimire Louise now and then, stunning laser animations tel. +48 22 831 40 61 rate town, with its own administration, town de La Grange d’Arquien, consort to King John are displayed on the mist made from the Publisher: www.muzeumliteratury.com.pl hall and church. Most of the baroque and clas- III Sobieski) and turned into a church. sprayed water. Warsaw Tourist Office (Stołeczne Biuro Turystyki) The museum is named after one of the sicistic tenement houses surrounding the New During the Warsaw Uprising of 1944 the The multimedia shows called ‘Water – Light Photos: greatest Polish poets of the Romantic Period. Town Square were reconstructed after the war. church housed an insurgents’ hospital and – Sound’ are held from May to September on H. Czarnocki, W. Hansen, J. Jastrzębski, P. Miller, In the museum you can find a collection of At present, in the charming streets there are a shelter for civilians. As a result of bom- Fridays and Saturdays. On the other days of 27 The Sapieha Palace (Pałac Sapiehów) of the Supreme Court and now it is one of T. Nowak, Z. Panów pzstudio.pl, P. Wierzbowski, objects related to the life and work of Adam many restaurants and cafes. church housed an insurgents’ hospital. bardments hundreds of people died under the week you can see presentations without ul. Zakroczymska 6 the seats of the National Library, whose col- E. Miszczyk (cover) Mickiewicz (the so-called ‘mickiewicziana’) It was bombed burying approximately the church’s rubble. lasers and sound. Built in the 18th c., reconstructed to serve lection includes the manuscripts from the as well as the manuscripts and memorabilia 18 The Holy Spirit’s Church 1,000 people under the rubble. as Sapieha barracks at the beginning of Załuski Library and the Polish Library in Rap- Map design: „Moyo – Teresa Witkowska, www.moyo.pl” of other Polish writers and works of art and (Kościół Św. Ducha) the 19th c. During the interwar period the perswil, as well as some other old prints that iconography depicting the literary eras – ul. Długa 3 20 The Maria Skłodowska-Curie Museum Palace was turned into an army hospital. At miraculously survived the horrors of war. Edition V, Warsaw 2014 Free copy from the oldest to the most modern. (Muzeum Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie) present the Palace houses a school and edu- At the back of the Palace there is the ul. Freta 16, tel. +48 22 831 80 92 cation centre for hearing-impaired children. Krasiński Garden – a stunningly beautiful, 14 The Stone Steps (Kamienne Schodki) www.muzeum-msc.pl baroque municipal park and a popular place The Stone Steps are very picturesque 15th c. Located in the 18th c. bourgeois building Nearby: 28 – 30 for walks. steps. Napoleon Bonaparte walked on them – a shoemaker and the hero who was the where the scientist was born. It is the only during one of his stays in Warsaw. leader of the people of Warsaw during the biographical museum of Maria Skłodowska- 28 The Warsaw Uprising Monument 30 The Supreme Court (Sąd Najwyższy) Kościuszko Uprising (18th c.). Curie in the world. The most touching ele- (Pomnik Powstania Warszawskiego) pl. Krasińskich 2/4/6 ments of the exhibition are authentic per- pl. Krasińskich www.sn.pl 17 The Little Insurgent Monument sonal possessions such as clothes, looking at The monument commemorates the Warsaw This edifice was built at the end of the 20th c. (Pomnik Małego Powstańca) which we can see how tiny she was, a spec- Uprising of 1944 and those who gave their Its numerous adornments include caryat- WarsawPass – free admission to Warsaw TOP attractions. ul. Podwale corner ul. Wąski Dunaj tacle case, an inkstand, the elephant figu- 23 The Church of the Visitation of the 25 The Vistula Boulevard lives for their motherland, fighting against ids symbolising the three virtues of faith, Can be bought in Warsaw Tourist Information points, – a statue of a little boy wearing a helmet rine the scientist got from President of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Bulwar Wiślany) the Nazi occupiers in an unequal struggle hope and love, and columns with maxims selected museums and online. Details: www.warsawpass.com (Kościół Nawiedzenia Najświętszej Marii Panny) The card is valid also in The Royal Castle. too large for him; the statue commemorates United States Herbert Hoover, the leather www.ztm.waw.pl that lasted 63 days. of Roman law inscribed on them in Latin the heroic children who took part in Warsaw ul. Przyrynek 2 www.wislawarszawska.pl The Monument consists of two parts. The and in Polish. The edifice itself has a sym- Uprising. One of the oldest Warsaw churches, built at A place for walks, a bike path, a beach and first one depicts insurgents running from bolic shape of a gate to commemorate the The church was built at the beginning of the beginning of the 15th c. It is said to have a haven for a ferry, a water tram and a ship under a pylon (one of the pillars supporting fact that during the World War II there was 18th c. For nearly 300 years, every August, been built on the site of a pagan temple. It going to the town of Serock. a bridge), the other – insurgents getting out here one of the gates leading to the Jewish Facebook.com/Warsaw a pilgrimage starts from outside the church used to be a place of prayer for fishermen. of sewers. At the Krasiński Square, during ghetto. Warsaw Twitter@ewarsaw to the Marian shrine in Częstochowa. In addi- tion to that, right next to the church there is Instagram.com/fall_in_love_with_warsaw the smallest house in Warsaw, which houses The Old Town a newsagent. The New Town 19 The St. Jack’s Church (Kościół św. Jacka) ul. Freta 10, www.freta.dominikanie.pl Built together with the monastery in the 17th c., during the Warsaw Uprising the 12 The Museum of Warsaw 15 The Barbican and the curtain walls bag in which the Polish Women’s Alliance of Next to the church there is a viewpoint from 26 The St. Francis Seraphic Church the uprising there was one of the manholes (Muzeum Warszawy) (Barbakan i mury obronne) America gave Skłodowska the money for the which you can admire the panorama of the (Kościół św. Franciszka Serafickiego) into the sewers through which people evac- Rynek Starego Miasta 28/42 foundation of the Polish Radium Institute. Vistula River and the right-bank Warsaw. ul. Zakroczymska 1 uated to other parts of the city. tel. +48 22 635 16 25 The nearby stairs will lead you to the Mul- It was built at the turn of the 17th and 18th www.muzeumwarszawy.pl 21 The New Town Square timedia Fountain Park (Multimedialny Park centuries. Next to the church there is a mon- 29 The Krasiński Palace (Pałac Krasińskich) Warsaw The Museum is housed in several old tene- (Rynek Nowego Miasta) Fontann). astery. In 1944 the church was bombed but pl. Krasińskich 3/5 Tourist ment houses rebuilt after the war and it Created in the 15th c., it was first a rectangle fortunately it did not burn and many ele- One of the most beautiful Polish palaces. Information consists of three courtyards. The exposition nearly twice as big as the Old Town Square. Nearby: 24 – 25 ments of its baroque interior survived. Built in the 17th c., it used to be the seat [email protected] presents the history of the Polish capital from In the centre there was the Town Hall, de- the dawn to the contemporary times. At pre- molished in 1818. At the New Town Square 24 The Multimedia Fountain Park sent, the Museum is closed for renovation there is a 19th c. well made from cast iron (Multimedialny Park Fontann) but its cinema is open and you can watch and adorned with the coat of arms of the skwer I Dywizji Pancernej there a documentary on Warsaw in 1939- New Town Square – a virgin with a unicorn. Located in a charming place, in the vicin- 1945 there (the film is in English; other lan- The remains of Warsaw’s curtain walls ity of the Old Town and the Vistula River, official tourist website of Warsaw guage versions – available on request – in- erected in the 16th c. by Jean Baptiste from 22 The St. Casimir’s Church the park is the place where during multi- www.warsawtour.pl clude: Polish, Spanish, French and German). Venice. (Kościół św. Kazimierza) media shows 367 fountain nozzles eject THE NEW TOWN Rynek Nowego Miasta 2 at the same time as much as nearly 30 13 The Adam Mickiewicz Museum 16 The Jan Kiliński Monument (NOWE MIASTO) Originally, the church used to be a magnate’s thousand litres of water per minute. The of Literature (Pomnik Jana Kilińskiego) residence but it was purchased by Queen Ma- streams of water are lit with the colourful (Muzeum Literatury im. Adama Mickiewicza) This part of Warsaw was founded at the end ria Kazimiera Sobieska, known also by the di- lights of almost 300 flooded lamps. Every Rynek Starego Miasta 20 of the 14th c. and until the 18th c. was a sepa- minutive Marysieńka (Marie Casimire Louise now and then, stunning laser animations tel. +48 22 831 40 61 rate town, with its own administration, town de La Grange d’Arquien, consort to King John are displayed on the mist made from the Publisher: www.muzeumliteratury.com.pl hall and church. Most of the baroque and clas- III Sobieski) and turned into a church. sprayed water. Warsaw Tourist Office (Stołeczne Biuro Turystyki) The museum is named after one of the sicistic tenement houses surrounding the New During the Warsaw Uprising of 1944 the The multimedia shows called ‘Water – Light Photos: greatest Polish poets of the Romantic Period. Town Square were reconstructed after the war. church housed an insurgents’ hospital and – Sound’ are held from May to September on H. Czarnocki, W. Hansen, J. Jastrzębski, P. Miller, In the museum you can find a collection of At present, in the charming streets there are a shelter for civilians. As a result of bom- Fridays and Saturdays. On the other days of 27 The Sapieha Palace (Pałac Sapiehów) of the Supreme Court and now it is one of T. Nowak, Z. Panów pzstudio.pl, P. Wierzbowski, objects related to the life and work of Adam many restaurants and cafes. church housed an insurgents’ hospital. bardments hundreds of people died under the week you can see presentations without ul. Zakroczymska 6 the seats of the National Library, whose col- E. Miszczyk (cover) Mickiewicz (the so-called ‘mickiewicziana’) It was bombed burying approximately the church’s rubble. lasers and sound. Built in the 18th c., reconstructed to serve lection includes the manuscripts from the as well as the manuscripts and memorabilia 18 The Holy Spirit’s Church 1,000 people under the rubble. as Sapieha barracks at the beginning of Załuski Library and the Polish Library in Rap- Map design: „Moyo – Teresa Witkowska, www.moyo.pl” of other Polish writers and works of art and (Kościół Św. Ducha) the 19th c. During the interwar period the perswil, as well as some other old prints that iconography depicting the literary eras – ul. Długa 3 20 The Maria Skłodowska-Curie Museum Palace was turned into an army hospital. At miraculously survived the horrors of war. Edition V, Warsaw 2014 Free copy from the oldest to the most modern. (Muzeum Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie) present the Palace houses a school and edu- At the back of the Palace there is the ul. Freta 16, tel. +48 22 831 80 92 cation centre for hearing-impaired children. Krasiński Garden – a stunningly beautiful, 14 The Stone Steps (Kamienne Schodki) www.muzeum-msc.pl baroque municipal park and a popular place The Stone Steps are very picturesque 15th c. Located in the 18th c. bourgeois building Nearby: 28 – 30 for walks. steps. Napoleon Bonaparte walked on them – a shoemaker and the hero who was the where the scientist was born. It is the only during one of his stays in Warsaw. leader of the people of Warsaw during the biographical museum of Maria Skłodowska- 28 The Warsaw Uprising Monument 30 The Supreme Court (Sąd Najwyższy) Kościuszko Uprising (18th c.). Curie in the world. The most touching ele- (Pomnik Powstania Warszawskiego) pl. Krasińskich 2/4/6 ments of the exhibition are authentic per- pl. Krasińskich www.sn.pl 17 The Little Insurgent Monument sonal possessions such as clothes, looking at The monument commemorates the Warsaw This edifice was built at the end of the 20th c. (Pomnik Małego Powstańca) which we can see how tiny she was, a spec- Uprising of 1944 and those who gave their Its numerous adornments include caryat- WarsawPass – free admission to Warsaw TOP attractions. ul. Podwale corner ul. Wąski Dunaj tacle case, an inkstand, the elephant figu- 23 The Church of the Visitation of the 25 The Vistula Boulevard lives for their motherland, fighting against ids symbolising the three virtues of faith, Can be bought in Warsaw Tourist Information points, – a statue of a little boy wearing a helmet rine the scientist got from President of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Bulwar Wiślany) the Nazi occupiers in an unequal struggle hope and love, and columns with maxims selected museums and online. Details: www.warsawpass.com (Kościół Nawiedzenia Najświętszej Marii Panny) The card is valid also in The Royal Castle. too large for him; the statue commemorates United States Herbert Hoover, the leather www.ztm.waw.pl that lasted 63 days. of Roman law inscribed on them in Latin the heroic children who took part in Warsaw ul. Przyrynek 2 www.wislawarszawska.pl The Monument consists of two parts. The and in Polish. The edifice itself has a sym- Uprising. One of the oldest Warsaw churches, built at A place for walks, a bike path, a beach and first one depicts insurgents running from bolic shape of a gate to commemorate the The church was built at the beginning of the beginning of the 15th c. It is said to have a haven for a ferry, a water tram and a ship under a pylon (one of the pillars supporting fact that during the World War II there was 18th c. For nearly 300 years, every August, been built on the site of a pagan temple. It going to the town of Serock. a bridge), the other – insurgents getting out here one of the gates leading to the Jewish Facebook.com/Warsaw a pilgrimage starts from outside the church used to be a place of prayer for fishermen. of sewers. At the Krasiński Square, during ghetto. Warsaw Twitter@ewarsaw to the Marian shrine in Częstochowa. In addi- tion to that, right next to the church there is Instagram.com/fall_in_love_with_warsaw the smallest house in Warsaw, which houses The Old Town a newsagent. The New Town 19 The St. Jack’s Church (Kościół św. Jacka) ul. Freta 10, www.freta.dominikanie.pl Built together with the monastery in the 17th c., during the Warsaw Uprising the 12 The Museum of Warsaw 15 The Barbican and the curtain walls bag in which the Polish Women’s Alliance of Next to the church there is a viewpoint from 26 The St. Francis Seraphic Church the uprising there was one of the manholes (Muzeum Warszawy) (Barbakan i mury obronne) America gave Skłodowska the money for the which you can admire the panorama of the (Kościół św. Franciszka Serafickiego) into the sewers through which people evac- Rynek Starego Miasta 28/42 foundation of the Polish Radium Institute. Vistula River and the right-bank Warsaw. ul. Zakroczymska 1 uated to other parts of the city. tel. +48 22 635 16 25 The nearby stairs will lead you to the Mul- It was built at the turn of the 17th and 18th www.muzeumwarszawy.pl 21 The New Town Square timedia Fountain Park (Multimedialny Park centuries. Next to the church there is a mon- 29 The Krasiński Palace (Pałac Krasińskich) Warsaw The Museum is housed in several old tene- (Rynek Nowego Miasta) Fontann). astery. In 1944 the church was bombed but pl. Krasińskich 3/5 Tourist ment houses rebuilt after the war and it Created in the 15th c., it was first a rectangle fortunately it did not burn and many ele- One of the most beautiful Polish palaces. Information consists of three courtyards. The exposition nearly twice as big as the Old Town Square. Nearby: 24 – 25 ments of its baroque interior survived. Built in the 17th c., it used to be the seat [email protected] presents the history of the Polish capital from In the centre there was the Town Hall, de- the dawn to the contemporary times. At pre- molished in 1818. At the New Town Square 24 The Multimedia Fountain Park sent, the Museum is closed for renovation there is a 19th c. well made from cast iron (Multimedialny Park Fontann) but its cinema is open and you can watch and adorned with the coat of arms of the skwer I Dywizji Pancernej there a documentary on Warsaw in 1939- New Town Square – a virgin with a unicorn. Located in a charming place, in the vicin- 1945 there (the film is in English; other lan- The remains of Warsaw’s curtain walls ity of the Old Town and the Vistula River, official tourist website of Warsaw guage versions – available on request – in- erected in the 16th c. by Jean Baptiste from 22 The St. Casimir’s Church the park is the place where during multi- www.warsawtour.pl clude: Polish, Spanish, French and German). Venice. (Kościół św. Kazimierza) media shows 367 fountain nozzles eject THE NEW TOWN Rynek Nowego Miasta 2 at the same time as much as nearly 30 13 The Adam Mickiewicz Museum 16 The Jan Kiliński Monument (NOWE MIASTO) Originally, the church used to be a magnate’s thousand litres of water per minute. The of Literature (Pomnik Jana Kilińskiego) residence but it was purchased by Queen Ma- streams of water are lit with the colourful (Muzeum Literatury im. Adama Mickiewicza) This part of Warsaw was founded at the end ria Kazimiera Sobieska, known also by the di- lights of almost 300 flooded lamps. Every Rynek Starego Miasta 20 of the 14th c. and until the 18th c. was a sepa- minutive Marysieńka (Marie Casimire Louise now and then, stunning laser animations tel. +48 22 831 40 61 rate town, with its own administration, town de La Grange d’Arquien, consort to King John are displayed on the mist made from the Publisher: www.muzeumliteratury.com.pl hall and church. Most of the baroque and clas- III Sobieski) and turned into a church. sprayed water. Warsaw Tourist Office (Stołeczne Biuro Turystyki) The museum is named after one of the sicistic tenement houses surrounding the New During the Warsaw Uprising of 1944 the The multimedia shows called ‘Water – Light Photos: greatest Polish poets of the Romantic Period. Town Square were reconstructed after the war. church housed an insurgents’ hospital and – Sound’ are held from May to September on H. Czarnocki, W. Hansen, J. Jastrzębski, P. Miller, In the museum you can find a collection of At present, in the charming streets there are a shelter for civilians. As a result of bom- Fridays and Saturdays. On the other days of 27 The Sapieha Palace (Pałac Sapiehów) of the Supreme Court and now it is one of T. Nowak, Z. Panów pzstudio.pl, P. Wierzbowski, objects related to the life and work of Adam many restaurants and cafes. church housed an insurgents’ hospital. bardments hundreds of people died under the week you can see presentations without ul. Zakroczymska 6 the seats of the National Library, whose col- E. Miszczyk (cover) Mickiewicz (the so-called ‘mickiewicziana’) It was bombed burying approximately the church’s rubble. lasers and sound. Built in the 18th c., reconstructed to serve lection includes the manuscripts from the as well as the manuscripts and memorabilia 18 The Holy Spirit’s Church 1,000 people under the rubble. as Sapieha barracks at the beginning of Załuski Library and the Polish Library in Rap- Map design: „Moyo – Teresa Witkowska, www.moyo.pl” of other Polish writers and works of art and (Kościół Św. Ducha) the 19th c. During the interwar period the perswil, as well as some other old prints that iconography depicting the literary eras – ul. Długa 3 20 The Maria Skłodowska-Curie Museum Palace was turned into an army hospital. At miraculously survived the horrors of war. Edition V, Warsaw 2014 Free copy from the oldest to the most modern. (Muzeum Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie) present the Palace houses a school and edu- At the back of the Palace there is the ul. Freta 16, tel. +48 22 831 80 92 cation centre for hearing-impaired children. Krasiński Garden – a stunningly beautiful, 14 The Stone Steps (Kamienne Schodki) www.muzeum-msc.pl baroque municipal park and a popular place The Stone Steps are very picturesque 15th c. Located in the 18th c. bourgeois building Nearby: 28 – 30 for walks. steps. Napoleon Bonaparte walked on them – a shoemaker and the hero who was the where the scientist was born. It is the only during one of his stays in Warsaw. leader of the people of Warsaw during the biographical museum of Maria Skłodowska- 28 The Warsaw Uprising Monument 30 The Supreme Court (Sąd Najwyższy) Kościuszko Uprising (18th c.). Curie in the world. The most touching ele- (Pomnik Powstania Warszawskiego) pl. Krasińskich 2/4/6 ments of the exhibition are authentic per- pl. Krasińskich www.sn.pl 17 The Little Insurgent Monument sonal possessions such as clothes, looking at The monument commemorates the Warsaw This edifice was built at the end of the 20th c. (Pomnik Małego Powstańca) which we can see how tiny she was, a spec- Uprising of 1944 and those who gave their Its numerous adornments include caryat- WarsawPass – free admission to Warsaw TOP attractions. ul. Podwale corner ul. Wąski Dunaj tacle case, an inkstand, the elephant figu- 23 The Church of the Visitation of the 25 The Vistula Boulevard lives for their motherland, fighting against ids symbolising the three virtues of faith, Can be bought in Warsaw Tourist Information points, – a statue of a little boy wearing a helmet rine the scientist got from President of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Bulwar Wiślany) the Nazi occupiers in an unequal struggle hope and love, and columns with maxims selected museums and online. Details: www.warsawpass.com (Kościół Nawiedzenia Najświętszej Marii Panny) The card is valid also in The Royal Castle. too large for him; the statue commemorates United States Herbert Hoover, the leather www.ztm.waw.pl that lasted 63 days. of Roman law inscribed on them in Latin the heroic children who took part in Warsaw ul. Przyrynek 2 www.wislawarszawska.pl The Monument consists of two parts. The and in Polish. The edifice itself has a sym- Uprising. One of the oldest Warsaw churches, built at A place for walks, a bike path, a beach and first one depicts insurgents running from bolic shape of a gate to commemorate the The church was built at the beginning of the beginning of the 15th c. It is said to have a haven for a ferry, a water tram and a ship under a pylon (one of the pillars supporting fact that during the World War II there was 18th c. For nearly 300 years, every August, been built on the site of a pagan temple. It going to the town of Serock. a bridge), the other – insurgents getting out here one of the gates leading to the Jewish Facebook.com/Warsaw a pilgrimage starts from outside the church used to be a place of prayer for fishermen. of sewers. At the Krasiński Square, during ghetto. Warsaw Twitter@ewarsaw to the Marian shrine in Częstochowa. In addi- tion to that, right next to the church there is Instagram.com/fall_in_love_with_warsaw the smallest house in Warsaw, which houses The Old Town a newsagent. The New Town 19 The St. Jack’s Church (Kościół św. Jacka) ul. Freta 10, www.freta.dominikanie.pl Built together with the monastery in the 17th c., during the Warsaw Uprising the