Tripto Guide
Discover places worth seeing — from historic sites to mountain trails.
86 places
Częstochowa
The wooden St. Martin’s Church in Cieszowa, built in **1751** in the Lubliniec region, forms part of the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesian voivodeship. It is an east-facing log structure with a post-framed tower crowned by an octag…
Szczyrzyc
In Kasina Wielka in the Mszana Dolna commune, in the heart of the Beskid Wyspowy mountains, stands the wooden St. Mary Magdalene’s Church from **1678** — a stop on the Lesser Poland Wooden Architecture Trail. Its predecessor, built in the…
Katowice
On Wzgórze Beaty hill in the Tadeusz Kościuszko Park stands the oldest surviving building in Katowice — the wooden St. Michael the Archangel’s Church, probably built in **1510** in Syrynia near Wodzisław Śląski and **moved to the city in 1…
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…
Stara Wieś
About **2 km** from the Wieluń–Kłobuck road, hidden among trees, stands the wooden Holy Trinity Church in Grębień from **around 1500** — one of the oldest churches of the famous Wieluń group. Its greatest treasure is not the structure but…
Bielsk Podlaski
In the Podlasie region, in the Narew valley south of Białystok, three villages — **Trześcianka, Soce and Puchły** — form the **Land of Open Shutters**: a cultural trail of timber architecture decorated with white and coloured shutters, woo…
Kętrzyn
On Mickiewicza Street in Kętrzyn stands a two-storey villa in the spirit of English Gothic — the former seat of the Masonic lodge „Drei Thore des Tempels" („The Three Gates of the Temple"). The brotherhood had operated here since **9 Octob…
Kraków
Lesser Poland has **14 sites** on the UNESCO World Heritage List and almost all of them can be combined into a single driving loop of about **320 kilometres** starting in Kraków. The UNESCO List was created in **1978**, and its very first…
Warszawa
The Marszałkowska Housing District (MDM) is the best-known Warsaw example of socialist realism: a huge housing ensemble built in **1950–1952** along Marszałkowska Street, from Wilcza Street to Union of Lublin Square. Construction began on…
Zabrze
On Krakusa and Stalmacha streets, in the Małe Zabrze part of the city, one of the more interesting workers' colonies of Upper Silesia has survived. Zandka — the colloquial name of the complex, also called the Sand Colony (German: Sandkolon…
Nysa
A few steps from the market square of Nysa, at the start of Wrocławska Street, stands a work described as a masterpiece of Baroque blacksmithing. The **Beautiful Well** of **1686** is one of the oldest town wells in the country, commission…
gmina Węgorzewo
In a forest between Węgorzewo and Gołdap rises the only structure of its kind in Poland: a **pyramid** **15.9 m** tall on a square base of **10.4 × 10.4 m**. It was built in **1811** (according to some accounts in 1808 or even 1795) as the…
Jawor
On the market square in Jawor stands a town hall whose tower reaches back to the Middle Ages and whose present body comes from the end of the 19th century. Its current form was created after a fire in which only the tower survived. Today t…
Ruda Sułowska
Above the market square in Krotoszyn rises a slender, **octagonal tower in the Baroque style** — the most recognisable element of the local town hall. The building itself has two boundary dates: the masonry structure was erected around **1…
Siedlce
The town hall in Siedlce is colloquially called **Jacek** — after the statue of Atlas at the top of the tower, which legend says was modelled on a local blacksmith. This late-Baroque and Classicist building, laid out on a Greek cross plan,…
Jaworzyna Śląska
Within the block of buildings in the middle of the market square of Środa Śląska hides a Gothic town hall raised in the **15th century** — although its oldest element is even older. The construction began with a tower built in the **first…
Stargard
The town hall in Stargard is one of the oldest monuments of the town — its history reaches back to the medieval **Merchants House of 1250–1280**. Today the Gothic building with stepped gables once again serves representative functions, and…
Bytów
At Wolności Square in Szczecinek stands a town hall from **1852** — a storeyed building of **red brick** on a rectangular plan, an example of eclecticism with a clear predominance of **Romanesque Revival** forms. It is one of those buildin…
Nidzica
The town hall in Szczytno stands out among Polish town halls for its construction and date: it is a **reinforced-concrete** building erected in **1936–1937** to a design by the Königsberg architect **Kurt Frick**, raised **partly on the ru…
Stara Wieś
Wieluń's town hall stands on the western side of the old town, directly adjoining the Gothic **Krakowska Gate** — the only surviving city gate in Wieluń. This late Classicist building from **1842** serves as the seat of the municipal autho…
Ruda Sułowska
The white, single-storey town hall in the middle of the market square in Zduny is one of the oldest monuments of this town in Greater Poland. The present building was erected in **1684** on the site of an earlier half-timbered structure th…
Piekary Śląskie
In a small grove on the hill between Orzech and Świerklaniec stands a round stone tower that for generations has evoked associations with a medieval stronghold. In fact it is an **artificial ruin from the 19th century** — a garden structur…
Wiślica
The most representative building of Busko-Zdrój dates from **1836** and bears the name of its creator. The **Marconi Sanatorium** was designed by **Henryk Marconi**, a Warsaw architect of Italian descent, author among others of the Europej…
Wrocław
A few steps from the Wrocław market square, between Odrzańska and Kiełbaśnicza streets, stretches a narrow lane with medieval roots. Today Stare Jatki is a cobbled passage with galleries, cafés and a monument to animals, but for centuries…