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Historic sites
PoznaĆ
Brama Poznania ("BRAH-mah poz-NAH-nyah," meaning Gate of PoznaĆ) is an interactive heritage center telling the story of OstrĂłw Tumski, the river island where both PoznaĆ and the early Polish state began. Instead of display cases, it uses sâŠ
Churches & monasteries
PoznaĆ
PoznaĆ Cathedral â the Archcathedral Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul on OstrĂłw Tumski (Cathedral Island) â is the oldest cathedral in Poland and one of the birthplaces of the Polish state. The first Polish bishopric was founded here inâŠ
Castles
PoznaĆ
The Imperial Castle in PoznaĆ (Zamek Cesarski, roughly "ZAH-mek tseh-SAR-skee") is a massive neo-Romanesque palace built in 1905â1910 for Kaiser Wilhelm II â one of the youngest castles in Europe and one of the most surprising buildings inâŠ
Churches & monasteries
PoznaĆ
The PoznaĆ Fara (parish church, pronounced FAH-rah), formally the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, St. Mary Magdalene and St. Stanislaus, is one of the finest Baroque churches in Poland. It stands on GoĆÄbia Street, a two-minute walâŠ
Churches & monasteries
PoznaĆ
The Cathedral Lock is a nearly 200-year-old piece of the Prussian PoznaĆ Fortress on the River Cybina, right next to OstrĂłw Tumski, the cathedral island. This former fortified weir, now linked by a glass footbridge to the Gate of PoznaĆ heâŠ
Museums
PoznaĆ
The Enigma Cipher Center (Centrum SzyfrĂłw Enigma) in PoznaĆ is an interactive exhibition about one of the great intelligence stories of World War II: how three young Polish mathematicians, Marian Rejewski, Henryk Zygalski and Jerzy RĂłĆŒyckiâŠ
Fortifications
PoznaĆ
Above the gate of Fort VII on Polska Street in PoznaĆ hangs the sign "Konzentrationslager Posen". This is not a military attraction but a place of remembrance: in 1939â1944 the Germans ran a camp here that they themselves called the "campâŠ
Churches & monasteries
PoznaĆ
The Franciscan Church in PoznaĆ, officially the Church of St. Anthony of Padua with its Conventual Franciscan friary, stands on FranciszkaĆska Street at the foot of PrzemysĆ Hill, a two-minute walk from the Old Market Square. Behind its moâŠ
Churches & monasteries
PoznaĆ
In Krzesiny, on the south-eastern edge of PoznaĆ, stands a church that looks as if it had been shipped in from northern Norway. The steep roofs, dark weatherboarding and intricate little tower are not Scandinavian, though: the building wasâŠ
Museums
PoznaĆ
The Archaeological Museum in PoznaĆ is housed in the Renaissance GĂłrka Palace (PaĆac GĂłrkĂłw, say "PAH-wats GOOR-koof") at Wodna 27, a block south of the Old Market Square. Founded in 1857, it is one of Poland's oldest archaeological museumâŠ
Museums
PoznaĆ
In a long brick corridor of a former Prussian fortress, hidden among the trees of PoznaĆ's Citadel Park, the story of one army and one battle is told. The PoznaĆ Army Museum follows the soldiers of General Tadeusz Kutrzeba from mobilisatioâŠ
Museums
PoznaĆ
The Armored Warfare Museum in PoznaĆ (Muzeum Broni Pancernej, roughly "MOO-zeh-oom BRO-nee pan-TSER-nay") holds one of Poland's largest collections of tanks and military vehicles, displayed in modern halls in the city's Wola district. A brâŠ
Museums
PoznaĆ
The Museum of Musical Instruments in PoznaĆ (Muzeum InstrumentĂłw Muzycznych) is a branch of the National Museum housed in historic townhouses at Stary Rynek 45, on the corner of WoĆșna Street. The museum describes itself as the only instituâŠ
Museums
PoznaĆ
The National Museum in PoznaĆ is one of Poland's leading art museums, and its main building on Plac WolnoĆci houses the Gallery of Painting and Sculpture. It is the place to see Polish painting from Matejko to Malczewski, 20th-century art,âŠ
Museums
PoznaĆ
The Greater Poland Uprising Museum in PoznaĆ occupies the elegant 18th-century Guardhouse (Odwach, say "OD-vahh") in the middle of the Old Market Square, right next to the Town Hall. It tells the story of the 1918â1919 uprising that broughâŠ
Gardens
PoznaĆ
The PoznaĆ Palm House (Palmiarnia PoznaĆska, say "pahl-MYAR-nya") in Wilson Park is the largest palm house in Poland and one of the largest in Europe: more than 4,600 mÂČ under glass, about 1,100 plant species and an aquarium with some 170âŠ
Museums
PoznaĆ
Ulica ks. Posadzego on PoznaĆ's OstrĂłw Tumski runs along the crest of a stronghold rampart from the time of Mieszko I, Poland's first historical ruler: its structure begins about a metre below the cobbles and reaches almost six metres downâŠ
Museums
PoznaĆ
The Croissant Museum in PoznaĆ (Rogalowe Muzeum Poznania, roughly "ro-GAH-lo-veh moo-ZEH-oom") is a lively, hands-on show rather than a museum of display cases. Right on the Old Market Square, costumed hosts teach you how PoznaĆ's famous SâŠ
Technical monuments
PoznaĆ
Stary Browar ("STAH-ri BRO-var," the Old Brewery) in PoznaĆ is a shopping, arts and business center at PĂłĆwiejska 42, built inside the red-brick halls of the 19th-century Hugger brewery. Its "50:50" concept, half business and half art, turâŠ
Thermal baths & water parks
PoznaĆ
Termy MaltaĆskie in PoznaĆ (roughly TER-mih mahl-TAHN-skyeh, POZ-nahn) is one of Poland's largest swimming complexes: a water park, a sauna area and Olympic-standard sports pools on the north shore of Lake Malta. Some pools are fed with geâŠ
Castles
PoznaĆ
The Royal Castle in PoznaĆ (roughly "POZ-nahn") crowns PrzemysĆ Hill, a few minutes' walk from the Old Market Square in this western Polish city. It was the seat of PrzemysĆ II, crowned King of Poland in 1295, and today houses the Museum oâŠ
Churches & monasteries
PoznaĆ
The Golden Chapel in PoznaĆ (pronounced "POZ-nan"), also called the Chapel of the Polish Kings, is a dazzling Byzantine-style mausoleum inside PoznaĆ Cathedral, dedicated to Mieszko I and BolesĆaw the Brave, the first two rulers of Poland.âŠ