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Gasworks in Poznań | Municipal gasworks in Poznan on the Island Grobla. The first construction works started in 1853. Its designer, commissioned by Mayor Eugene Naumann was a British architect John Moore. Starting apparatus for gas production from coal was on 14 of November 1856, and supplied 414 lanterns connected to t... | ||
Fara Church in Poznań | Fara Church in Poznań (full-name in polish: Kolegiata Matki Boskiej Nieustającej Pomocy i św. Marii Magdaleny w Poznaniu) - a Baroque parish church located on a cross of streets Gołębia and Świętosławska. On June 29, 2010 under special permission granted by Pope Benedict XVI, the church raised to th... | ||
Stary Browar | Shopping, Arts and Business Center "Stary Browar" (Old Brewery in english) is a commercial centre and art site, built in November 2003, located in the center of Poznan at Półwiejska Street. The center is a combination of retail space and an art gallery. The shopping center is adjacent to a Class ... | ||
Poznań Town Hall | Poznań Town Hall or Ratusz is a building in the city of Poznań in western Poland, located in the Old Market Square (Stary Rynek) in the centre of the Old Town neighbourhood. It served as the city's administrative building until 1939, and now houses a museum. The town hall was originally built in the... | ||
Toruń Old Town Square | Toruń Old Town Square - the focal point of the Old Town and the main square of Torun. Its shape is similar to a square (105 to 109 m). Old Town Square was laid out between 1252 and 1259. Assuming a two-phase formation of the Old Town, it should be noted that the current market is the second center o... | ||
The Star House in Torun | The Star Residence is a house located in Old Town Square in the polish city of Torun. The Star Residence is the best example of Baroque patrician house in Toruń together with the Dambski Palace. Its main features are its facades richly carved and decorated with vegetable ornamentation in stucco. Ma... | ||
Old Town Hall in Toruń | Old Town Hall - the main secular building of the Old Town of Toruń. Built in Gothic style in stages during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, rebuilt in the seventeenth century and again after the devastation of the eighteenth century. It is one of the finest examples of medieval bourgeois arc... | ||
Ostrów Tumski, Poznań | Ostrów Tumski (meaning "Cathedral Island") is an island between two branches of the river Warta in the city of Poznań in western Poland. Poznań Cathedral and other ecclesiastical buildings occupy the central part of the island. Ostrów Tumski is part of the city's former Nowe Miasto ("New Town") dist... | ||
Wilson Park in Poznan | Wilson Park in Poznan is one of the most beautiful parks in the city. Has an area of 7.2 ha, and its origins date back to 1834, when it was purchased by the "Society for Beautifying the City". They created a plantation of trees which were later on planted in various places in Poznań. In 1902 the ... | ||
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Poland - cities with tourist attractions
- Greater Poland
- Poznań (62) Dziekanowice (2) Rogalin (2) Śmiełów (1) Zielonka (1) Welna (1) Kobylniki (1) Pobiedziska (1) Promno (1) Kórnik (1)
- Masovian
- Warsaw (23) Guzów (1)
- Lesser Poland
- Cracow (22) Zakopane (13) Krynica-Zdrój (5) Kraków (4) Bukowina Tatrzańska (3) Krzeszowice (1) Niedzica (1) Wieliczka (1) Paszkówka (1)
- Lower Silesian
- Wrocław (17) Karpacz (7) Szklarska Poręba (4) Świeradów-Zdrój (3) Duszniki-Zdrój (2) Wojanów (1) Mirów (1) Kudowa-Zdrój (1) Pławniowice (1) Podgórzyn (1) Karłów (1) Wałbrzych (1) Piechowice (1)
- Kuyavian-Pomeranian
- Toruń (16) Poddębice (1) Jabłonowo Pomorskie (1)
- Łódź
- Łódź (16)
- Pomeranian
- Gdańsk (14) Sopot (5) Szymbark (1)
- Silesian
- Szczyrk (4) Częstachowa (1) Oświęcim (1) Podzamcze (1)
- Świętokrzyskie
- Sandomierz (4)
- West Pomeranian
- Kołobrzeg (2) Szczecin (2)
- Warmian-Masurian
- Galiny (1) Malbork (1) Sorkwity (1)
- Podlaskie
- Białystok (1) Supraśl (1)
- Opolskie
- Kamień Śląski (1) Moszna (1)
The oldest constructions
- Malbork Castle (1278 - ?, ?)
- Collegiate Church of the Holy Cross and St. Bartholomew in Wroclaw (? - ?, 1288)
- Książ (1288 - 1292, ?)
- Church of St. James in Toruń (1309 - ?, ?)
- Niedzica Castle (1320 - 1326, ?)
The highest points
- Puszcza Zielonka Landscape Park (143 m.)
- Zakopane-Gubałówka transmitter (102 m.)
- Mound of Freedom in Poznań (100 m.)
- Poznań Town Hall (90 m.)
- St. Mary's Basilica, Kraków (80 m.)
The longest objects
- Toruń Old Town Square (109 m.)
- Oliwa Cathedral (107 m.)
- Toruń New Town Square (95 m.)
- Old Town Market Square in Warsaw (90 m.)
- Archcathedral Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul, Poznań (72 m.)