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Rzeszów Regional Museum
Housed in a one-time Piarist monastery, complete with frescoed vaulting from the 17th century, the Rzeszów Regional Museum contains Polish paintings from the 18th to the 20th centuries and European art from the 16th to the 19th centuries.
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Castle Square
A natural spot from which to start exploring the Old Town is triangular Castle Square. Attracting snap-happy tourists by the hundreds each day is the squares centrepiece, the Sigismund III Vasa Column (Kolumna Zygmunta III Wazy; M0560).
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Caponier 8813
The scary-looking cement bunker was built by the Russians in 1939 to fortify their then-border with Nazi Germany. It saw intense fighting in 1941, after the Germans attacked their former allies and later overran Przemyśl (and much of Eastern Europe).
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White House
No relation to its Washington namesake, this pavilion was erected in 1774 as a temporary residence until Łazienki Parks palace was finished. It’s incredibly small for a royal home and has managed to retain most of its original 18th-century interior.
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Opatów Gate
The main entrance to the Old Town, and the only surviving gate of the four originally built, is 14th-century Opatów Gate. You can climb to the viewing platform at the top for a pleasant (though by no means bird’s-eye) view of surrounding terrain.
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Nuns of the Holy Sacrament
Even by Polish standards, the New Town has a lot of churches; this church, which dominates New Town Sq, is one of the most interesting. It’s the work of prominent architect Tylman van Gameren and has a fine Baroque exterior and clean white interior.
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MS2 Museum of Art
A worthy adjunct to the citys main art museum (MS1), this campus focuses on experimental and avant-garde works from the 20th and 21st centuries. The setting, an abandoned weaving mill on the edge of the Manufaktura mall, is a treat. Theres a good in-house cafe.
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Church of St Mary
The proud two-towered silhouette of this church dominates the town from its northern end. It dates from the 1610s, but the facade was thoroughly remodelled 150 years later in the so-called Vilnius baroque style. Its pastel interior has harmonious rococo decoration.
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Church of the Holy Name of Jesus
The Baroque-Rococo Church university church, arguably the city’s most beautiful, was built in the 1690s on the site of the former Piast castle. Its spectacular interior is crammed with ornate fittings and adorned with fine illusionist frescoes of the life of Jesus.
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Wójtowska Townhouse
Krosnos spacious Rynek has retained some of its Renaissance appearance, notably in the houses fronted by wide arcaded passageways that line the southern and northeastern parts of the square. The best example is this handsome townhouse. Not open to the public.
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Franciscan Church of St Mary Magdalene
This beautifully evocative church, with its enormous pillars dwarfing the three Baroque statues at the front, was built between 1754 and 1778 in late-Baroque and classical style. The church has a beautiful Rococo interior with a vaulted and frescoed nave.
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Rynek Wielki
The Great Market Sq is the heart of Zamośćs attractive Old Town. This impressive Italianate Renaissance square (exactly 100m by 100m) is dominated by the lofty, pink town hall and surrounded by colourful arcaded burghers houses, many adorned with elegant designs.
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Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków
Opened in 2011, MOCAK (as it’s known for short) is a major museum of modern art, and the first such building in Poland to be constructed from scratch. As it’s right next to Schindler’s Factory, the two attractions could be combined for an absorbing day out.
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Maritime Museum
Closed at the time of research, the National Museum’s Maritime Museum is set to move into a purpose-built complex which will also house a library and culture centre. The project is still at the planning stage and it’s not clear when the new centre will open.
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Royal Castle and Regional Museum
The Royal Castle was built in the 14th century on the site of a previous wooden stronghold and was gradually extended during the next three centuries. It now accommodates the regional museum, which contains modest ethnographic, archaeological and art collections.
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Bread Gate
This gate was built around 1450 while the city was still under the Teutonic order, as shown by the original city coat of arms consisting of two crosses. The crown was added by King Kazimierz Jagiellończyk in 1457, when Gdańsk was incorporated into the kingdom.
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Statue of Copernicus
The square at the Old Town Hall is also furnished with a number of interesting items of statuary. A few steps from the town hall entrance is a Statue of Copernicus, one of the oldest monuments dedicated to the stargazer and a regular feature in holiday snaps.
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Church of St Bartholomew
The small, shingled Church of St Bartholomew dates from the mid-15th century, which makes it Poland’s oldest surviving three-nave timber church. It was one of only two churches available to workers in Nowa Huta, until the Arka Pana church was built in 1977.
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Nowa Huta Museum
Two blocks north of Plac Centralny, the Nowa Huta Museum is more like a glorified tourist office, but there is a small, well-curated exhibit space. Rotating exhibits incorporate multimedia to explore the neighbourhood’s history and contemporary development.
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Talmudic House
Standing opposite the synagogue, this structure houses a wing of the Tykocin Museum (tickets are valid for both buildings). The permanent exhibition is a reconstructed old-fashioned pharmacy, but the real treats are the rotating photo and art exhibitions.
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