Tripto Guide
Discover places worth seeing — from historic sites to mountain trails.
68 places
gmina Łubowo
The Fountain of Lech, Czech and Rus stands on the Market Square in Pobiedziska, between Poznań and Gniezno on the Piast Trail. It is a free outdoor attraction and a useful landmark during a short walk through the centre. The sculpture conn…
Strzelno
Golgotha in Licheń Stary is a stone-and-concrete structure beside the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Licheń. It is about **25 m high** and takes the form of a winding path through a maze of passages, grottos, chapels, figures and reliefs. A cros…
gmina Łubowo
Gród Pobiedziska is a family history park on the Piast Trail, on Fabryczna Street in Pobiedziska between Poznań and Gniezno. The timber stronghold evokes the beginnings of the Polish state, while its main attraction is a collection of full…
gmina Łubowo
The Giecz Stronghold, now the Early Piast Archaeological Reserve, lies on the Piast Trail. It was an important centre of the state of the first Piasts. The reserve includes stronghold remains, an archaeological exhibition, an 18th-century…
Poznań
Lake Malta is an artificial reservoir in the Cybina valley and one of Poznań’s best-known recreation areas. Created in 1952 by damming the river, it covers about 64 hectares and has a 2,190-metre regatta course. Sport, walking routes, a na…
gmina Przygodzice
In the Zawodzie district, beside a former arm of the Prosna river, stands the **Kalisz Stronghold of the Piasts** — an archaeological reserve opened in **2007** on the site of an early-medieval fortress whose beginnings reach back to the *…
Ruda Sułowska
**The Evangelical Church in Zduny** is a Baroque-Classical landmark built between 1789 and 1792. The former Protestant church is distinguished by its spacious, clear form and an interior with two-level galleries supported by Ionic columns.…
gmina Przygodzice
**The Church of Our Lady of Ostra Brama in Antonin** is a Romanesque Revival burial chapel of the Radziwiłł family, built in 1835–1838 opposite their hunting palace. The small brick church, with its octagonal tower, forms an important part…
gmina Przygodzice
**Na Pólku Church near Bralin**, dedicated to the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is a wooden indulgence shrine about 2 km south-east of Bralin’s centre. Built in 1711, it stands alone among fields and country lanes, creating one of t…
gmina Przygodzice
**The wooden Church of St Andrew the Apostle in Golina** is the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Consolation and one of the more intriguing wooden monuments of Wielkopolska. The small village lies about 5 km south of Jarocin, making the church an…
Strzelno
**St Dorothy’s Church in Licheń Stary** is a Neo-Gothic church in the oldest part of the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Licheń. From 1858 to 2006 it was the sanctuary’s main church and kept the miraculous image of Our Lady of Licheń for almost 1…
gmina Przygodzice
**St Florian’s Church in Jedlec** is a valuable example of late-Baroque wooden architecture in Greater Poland. The present church was built in 1745–1753 by Mikołaj Chlebowski and his wife Anna, using a half-timbered structure, popularly ca…
Poznań
**St James the Apostle Church in Murowana Goślina** stands beside the market square and is one of the town’s most important monuments. Its medieval roots are visible in the Gothic nave, while the present appearance also reflects a Baroque…
Ruda Sułowska
**St John the Baptist Church in Zduny** is one of the most interesting Baroque monuments in southern Greater Poland. It stands on slightly raised ground north-west of the market square, surrounded by a wall and a former churchyard. ## Buil…
Ruda Sułowska
On the Small Market Square of Krotoszyn stands the late Baroque church of Sts. Peter and Paul — a former Trinitarian church built in 1767–1774. The foundress was the hetman's wife Ludwika née Mniszek-Potocka, and the design came from Karol…
gmina Przygodzice
St. Thecla’s Church stands right at the market square of Dobrzyca in the Pleszew county — a wooden church that twice had to start over after fires. The present building was raised in **1778**, and its history reaches back to the **14th cen…
gmina Przygodzice
By national road 11 running from Poznań to Bytom, not far from the palace in Witaszyce, stands the so-called Small Church — the church of the Holy Trinity. The history of the local church goes back to **1389**, when it bore the dedication…
Ruda Sułowska
The parish of St Lawrence in Koźmin Wielkopolski was erected in **1318**, and the present brick church was built in **1462** thanks to Hińcza of Rogów, then owner of the Koźmin estate. This three-aisled basilica is counted among the more i…
gmina Łubowo
In Giecz, next to one of the principal strongholds of the state of the first Piasts, stands the single-nave Romanesque church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Nicholas — a temple on the former settlement grounds, built…
Strzelno
Along the road from Kruszwica to Sompolno, not far from the Ślesin market square, stands one of the few triumphal arches in Poland. Locals call it **Napoleon's Gate**: it was erected in **1811** in honour of the Emperor of the French, who…
Poznań
On the edge of Luboń near Poznań, at **2 Niezłomnych Street**, stands the Martyrology Museum in Żabikowo, commemorating the victims of the German camp that operated in **1943–1945** on the site of a former brickyard. Its official name was…
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Poznań
The main Gallery of Painting and Sculpture of the National Museum in Poznań is located at 9 Marcinkowskiego Avenue, in an eclectic building completed in 1904 and a newer wing. It is a place to see a broad sweep of art from the Middle Ages…
gmina Przygodzice
In Witaszyce near Jarocin, an 18th-century manor house neighbouring a neo-baroque palace from **1899** houses the largest private Star Wars collection in Poland. Assembled by the owner of the palace, it numbers around **1,000 exhibits** —…
Poznań
The Botanical Garden of Adam Mickiewicz University occupies the Ogrody district of Poznań at Dąbrowskiego Street 165. Its seed was the School Botanical Garden of **1922–1925**, initiated by Professor Rudolf Boettner; it was solemnly opened…