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Explore Wroclaw Poland – Your Ultimate Travel Guide With 11 Great Sights!
The capital of Lower Silesia has a huge Old Town built on several islands connected by over 100 bridges. Apart from its unique location, Wroclaw amazes with its volume of Gothic, Baroque, and Art Nouveau architecture. Several musical and theater festivals, as well as its busy nightlife, attract many visitors from Poland and abroad. Wroclaw’s complicated…
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Discover Marshal Street Warsaw: 10 Great Things To Do And See
The monumental Zacheta building near Marshal Street was constructed between 1899 and 1903, on behalf of the Society for the Promotion of Fine Art. Usually, it’s called Zacheta. The Neo-Renaissance design was by Stefan Szyller, the leading architect of Warsaw’s Revival period. His design included an imposing central staircase, a glass-roofed inner courtyard, and plans for…
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Discover Lazienki Park Warsaw – 9 Great Tips – Ultimate Warsaw Travel Guide
Lazienki Park Warsaw The area around Lazienki Park in Warsaw includes parks, palaces, and other historic buildings, museums, and government departments. Extending south from Three Crosses (Trzech Krzyzy) Square, the main thoroughfare is Ujazdowskie Avenue, along which the former residences of Polish aristocrats and the city’s wealthy merchant families are. Besides several government departments, the…
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Discover Warsaw’s Historic Solidarity Avenue – 8 Great Tips – Warsaw Guide
From the end of the 18th century to the mid-19th, Warsaw Solidarity Avenue and Plac Teatralny were Warsaw’s commercial centers. The area’s grand Neo-Classical buildings, with their impressive colonnades, date from the 1820s. These include the Grand Theater (Teatr Wielki), one of the largest buildings in Europe. The area also features several large parks. The Krasinski…
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Ultimate Poznan Poland Travel Guide – Discover 6 Amazing Must Visit Sights
Poznan (Poznań) is a city in the western part of Poland. The city, on the shores of the River Warta, has around 550,000 inhabitants. This makes Poznan the 5th largest city in the country. In the area around Poznan, another 1.1 million people live. It’s best known for its Renaissance old town, destroyed during World…
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Discover Wonderful Torun Poland Travel Guide – 5 Amazing Travel Tips
Torun (Toruń) is a city in northern Poland, on the Vistula River. Torun is one of the oldest cities in Poland. The medieval old town of is the birthplace of the famous Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. In 1997 the medieval part of the city became a World Heritage Site. The Old Town of Torun became…
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Former Jewish Ghetto Warsaw Travel Guide – Explore Pure History
Before World War II, the northwest part of the city center of Warsaw comprised a Jewish district known as Nalewki. Warsaw’s Jewish population was then about 450,000, the largest after New York. In 1940 the Nazis turned Nalewki into the Jewish Ghetto in Warsaw. By 1942 they transported over 300,000 people to death camps. A…
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Discover The Wonderful Royal Route Warsaw – 12 Must-See Places
A good point to start a Warsaw city trip is the beginning of the so-called Royal Route Warsaw (Trakt Krowlewski). This is the second monument devoted to Warsaw’s mermaid (Pomnik Syreny), a mythical half-woman half-fish, believed to protect the city. The mermaid has appeared in Warsaw’s crest since the 14th century. Erected in 1939, Ludwika…