Poland - tourist attractions (page 5)

	Juliusz Słowacki Theatre	Juliusz Słowacki Theatre in Kraków, (Teatr im. Juliusza Słowackiego w Krakowie), erected in 1893, was modeled after some of the best European Baroque theatres, and named after Polish poet Juliusz Słowacki in 1909. Designed by Jan Zawiejski, the theatre was erected on Holy Ghost Square (Plac Św. Duc...
	The Crane in Gdańsk	The Crane over the Motlawa River is the most characteristic and unmistaken symbol of Gdańsk. Back in the Middle Ages it was the largest port crane in Europe handling cargo and putting up ship masts. It also served as an uncommon city gate. The reconstructed driving mechanism inside, still in wor...
	Monument to the Fallen Shipyard Workers of 1970	The Monument to the fallen Shipyard Workers 1970 (Pomnik Poległych Stoczniowców 1970) was unveiled on 16 December 1980 near the entrance to what was then the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland. It commemorates the 42 or more people killed during the Coastal cities events in December 1970. It was crea...
	Japanese Garden in Wroclaw	Japanese Garden in Wroclaw is located in the Park Szczytnicki. Japanese Garden was founded in the years 1909 - 1912 in connection with the Centennial Exhibition in 1913, at the initiative of Count Fritz von Hochberg of Iłowa and designed by a Japanese gardener Mankichi'ego Arai. Unfortunately, after...
	Wrocław Palace	The Wrocław Palace in Wrocław, Poland, formerly the Palace of Prussian kings, currently the Wrocław City Museum. Initially a baroque palace of Heinrich Gottfried Spaetgen, it was built in 1717 in the Vienna style. In 1750, after Prussia took control over the Silesia in the First Silesian War, it was...
	Łazienki Park	Łazienki Park (Park Łazienkowski or Łazienki Królewskie, literally Baths Park or Royal Baths) is the largest park in Warsaw, Poland, occupying 76 hectares of the city center. The park-and-palace complex lies in Warsaw's Downtown ( Śródmieście ), on Ujazdów Avenue ( Aleje Ujazdowskie ) on the " Royal...
	Grand Theatre in Warsaw	The Grand Theatre in Warsaw (Teatr Wielki w Warszawie), the Grand Theatre—National Opera (Teatr Wielki—Opera Narodowa) is a theatre complex and opera company located on historic Theatre Square in Warsaw, Poland. The theatre was inaugurated on February 24, 1833, with a production of Rossini's The Bar...
	Presidential Palace in Warsaw	The Presidential Palace (Pałac Prezydencki; also known as Pałac Koniecpolskich, Lubomirskich, Radziwiłłów, and Pałac Namiestnikowski) in Warsaw, Poland, is the elegant classicist latest version of a building that has stood on the Krakowskie Przedmieście site since 1643. Over the years, it has been r...
	Main Market Square, Kraków	The Main Market Square in Kraków is the most important market square of the Old Town in Kraków, Poland and a principal urban space located at the center of the city. It dates back to the 13th century, and – at roughly 40,000 m² (430,000 ft²) – it is the largest medieval town square in Europe. Rynek ...
	Przemysław Hill Poznań	Przemysław Hill (formerly Castle Hill, unoficially Mountain Przemyslaw) is a slightly elevated part of the Old Town Square in Poznan, located on west of the Old Market. The Mount of Przemysl is considered the area between the streets: 23 Lutego, Ludgardy, National Museum and alleys Marcinkowskiego....