28 Sights in Białystok, Poland (with Map and Images)

Branicki Palace is a historical edifice in Białystok, Poland. It was developed on the site of an earlier building in the first half of the 18th century by Jan Klemens Branicki, a wealthy Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth hetman, into a residence suitable for a man whose ambition was to become king of Poland. The palace complex with gardens, pavilions, sculptures, outbuildings and other structures and the city with churches, city hall and monastery, all built almost at the same time according to French models was the reason why the city was known in the 18th century as Versailles de la Pologne and subsequently Versailles de la Podlachie.

Wikipedia: Branicki Palace, Białystok (EN), Heritage Website

The Historical Museum in Białystok is part of the Podlasie Museum. The institution has a rich collection of archives and iconography, illustrating the past of Białystok and Podlasie, as well as a number of monuments of bourgeois culture, especially in the field of applied craftsmanship. There is also a Numismatic Cabinet with a collection of 20,000 coins, medals and securities. The museum is in possession of the only collection of memorabilia related to the Tatar settlement on the Polish-Lithuanian-Belarusian border.

Wikipedia: Muzeum Historyczne w Białymstoku (PL), Website, Website

The Museum of Alfons Karny Sculpture is a biographical museum of Alfons Karny, located in the historic wooden villa of General von Driesen in Białystok, Poland. It collects the works of the sculptor, documents the artist's artistic activity, organizes exhibitions of contemporary art in the field of painting, sculpture, graphics, photography and conducts educational activities with particular emphasis on the needs of people with visual and hearing impairments and intellectual disabilities.

Wikipedia: Muzeum Rzeźby Alfonsa Karnego (PL)

Army Museum in Białystok is a military museum located in Bialystok the capital of Podlaskie Voivodeship in north-eastern Poland. It is the largest of its kind in that region. First opened in 1968, since 1976 it has been operating as an independent museum unit with a macro-regional range. It is currently a self-governing cultural institution of the city of Białystok. As part of the Army Museum, until the end of 2016, there was a Branch, the Siberia Memorial Museum.

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St. Roch Roman Catholic Church in Białystok, Poland was built between 1927 and 1946 in a modernistic style, designed by renowned Polish architect, professor Oskar Sosnowski. Its official name is Church-Monument of Poland's Regained Independence and it stands on the Saint Roch hill on Lipowa Street in Bialystok, in the spot where a Roman Catholic cemetery, founded in 1839, once stood. The cemetery was profaned by the Russians during the January Uprising.

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Old Park Prince Józef Poniatowski - Białystok Naturalistic Park with modernist elements. Established in the years 1895–1897 in the place of the former mill pond on the White River, which was part of the composition of palace gardens with an area of 4.76 ha in Bialystok, was created according to the design of Walerian Kronenberg in cooperation with Teodor Chrząński.

Wikipedia: Park Stary im. Księcia Józefa Poniatowskiego (PL)

A monument commemorating the young Ludwik Zamenhof - a monument in Bialystok located at Ludwika Zamenhofa Street. He presents young Ludwik Zamenhof, a creator of Esperanto, born in Bialystok, from the period in which he lived in the city. One of the two monuments of the Linguist doctor, located in this city.

Wikipedia: Pomnik młodego Ludwika Zamenhofa (PL)

Park Konstytucji 3 Maja - a modernist park in Bialystok created at the turn of the 1920s and 1930s according to the design of J. B. Rybołowicz. After World War II, the park was called "Park Zwierzyniec". The new name of the Park of the Constitution of May 3 was given in 2009. The park area is 16. 2 ha.

Wikipedia: Park Konstytucji 3 Maja w Białymstoku (PL)

Hasbach Palace - residence of the Białystok manufacturer Ewald Hasbach, the owner of a nearby weaving mill, dressed up after World War I to the dicta factory. The palace is located in the Dojlidy district, at the intersection of the streets; Father Stanisław Suchowolc, Fabric and Hunting Dojlidy.

Wikipedia: Pałac Hasbacha w Białymstoku (PL)

Bialymstoku Zoo is a zoo located in Constitution Park on May 3 and covers an area of 3 hectares. It was opened in the '60s. The 20th century. For many years, the keeper of the zoo has been an urban greening company. The current manager is an animal shelter in Bialstock.

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The Great Explosion - the artistic installation of the Polish, Wrocław architect and glass artist Tomasz Urbanowicz creating architectural glass compositions, is located in the central place of the campus of the University of Bialystok at ul. Ciołkowskiego 1.

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Church Immaculate Heart of Mary and Our Lady of Ostrobramska in Bialystok - one of the Białystok Roman Catholic parish churches. It belongs to the Białystok deanery - Dojlidy. It is located at Księdza Stanisława Suchowolca Street, in the Dojlidy district.

Wikipedia: Kościół Niepokalanego Serca Maryi i Matki Bożej Ostrobramskiej w Białymstoku (PL), Website

Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Białystok – Roman Catholic church at 25 Romualda Traugutta Street in Białystok, the seat of the parish. The church was erected in the nineteenth century as an Orthodox church of the Dormition of the Mother of God.

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The Monument to World War II Orthodox victims in Białystok is a privately funded memorial commemorating the memory of 5,000 Orthodox Christians from the Białystok region who perished in World War II and during the postwar repressions in Stalinist Poland.

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Podlaska Opera and Orchestra in Białystok is a cultural institution in Białystok, capital of Podlaskie Voivodeship of Poland. It is the largest artistic institution in north-eastern Poland and the most modern cultural center in this part of Europe.

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The Great Synagogue was a synagogue located in Białystok, Poland, which was built between 1909-1913 and designed by Szlojme Rabinowicz. The synagogue was burnt down by Germans on June 27, 1941, with an estimated number of 2,000 Jews inside.

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The Orthodox Church of St. John the Theologian is an Orthodox parish church in Bialystok, Poland. It belongs to the deanery of Białystok of the diocese of Białystok-Gdańsk of the Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church. Temporary temple.

Wikipedia: Cerkiew św. Apostoła Jana Teologa w Białymstoku (PL), Website

Monument to the soldiers of the 42nd Infantry Regiment - a monument located in Bialystok in the Park of the 3rd of May Constitution, commemorating the fact that Poland regained independence and soldiers of the 42nd Infantry Regiment.

Wikipedia: Pomnik żołnierzy 42 PP w Białymstoku (PL)

Basilica Saint. Rocha in Bialystok - a Roman Catholic church founded as a monument to regaining independence, located on the Hill of St. Rocha in Bialystok, at the site of the chapel of St. Rocha and the Catholic cemetery from 1839.

Wikipedia: Kościół św. Rocha w Białymstoku (PL), Heritage Website

Holy Spirit Orthodox Church-the Orthodox Diocese of Biavistock. It belongs to Dekanatu Bialystok in the Biavistok-Gdansk parish of the Polish Orthodox Church. It is located in the high slope area of 13 Factory Street in Antoniuk.

Wikipedia: Cerkiew Świętego Ducha w Białymstoku (PL), Website

The Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos Church is an Orthodox parish church in Bialystok, Poland. It belongs to the deanery of Białystok of the diocese of Białystok-Gdańsk of the Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church.

Wikipedia: Cerkiew Zaśnięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny w Białymstoku (PL), Website

The Church of the Divine Wisdom (Hagia Sophia) is an Orthodox parish church in Białystok, Poland. It belongs to the deanery of Białystok of the diocese of Białystok-Gdańsk of the Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church.

Wikipedia: Cerkiew Mądrości Bożej w Białymstoku (PL), Website

Central Park - City Park in Bialystok with an area of 3.27 ha located in the city center, located within the following streets: Kiev, Sosnowa, K. Kalinowski, J. Mariański and the Student Independent Association Square.

Wikipedia: Park Centralny w Białymstoku (PL)

Church of the Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Stanislaus the Martyr Bishop – Roman Catholic church in Białystok, in the Starosielce housing estate, originally an Orthodox church of Saints Cyril and Methodius.

Wikipedia: Kościół Imienia Najświętszej Maryi Panny i św. Stanisława Biskupa Męczennika w Białymstoku (PL)

Bialystok Puppet Theatre , founded in 1953, is one of the oldest puppet theaters in Poland. Its repertoire consists mainly of puppetry-based adaptations of international literature, as well as children's entertainment.

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Sanctuary of Blessed Bolesława Lament in Bialystok – the temple in Bialystok is one of nine sanctuaries belonging to the Archdiocese of Białystok. The sanctuary was erected on May 11, 1991 by Bishop Edward Kisiel.

Wikipedia: Sanktuarium bł. Bolesławy Lament w Białymstoku (PL), Website

The Church of St. Andrew Bobola is a Roman Catholic parish church located in Białystok, Poland, in the Starosielce district at 49a St. Andrew Bobola Street. It belongs to the deanery of Białystok - Starosielce.

Wikipedia: Kościół św. Andrzeja Boboli w Białymstoku (PL), Website

Branicki Park – a baroque palace park in Białystok with an area of approx. 10.0 ha, located within Legionowa and Akademicka streets. It is an extension of the green areas of the city - Planty Park.

Wikipedia: Park Branickich w Białymstoku (PL), Website