20 Sights in Kielce, Poland (with Map and Images)

Tomasz Zieliński's Palace – a historic building in the center of Kielce, located right next to the Palace of the Cracow Bishops at Zamkowa Street. The interior of the palace consists of several rooms, m.in. the Concert Hall, the Club Hall, the Portrait Room, a café, a library, two towers, and an orangery. Around the palace there is a garden, where there is a well with a roof, a memorial pole, and in the summer there is a café under umbrellas. The whole is surrounded by a wall of different heights with embrasures. On the wall there is a small tower called the "Gossip Girl".

Wikipedia: Pałac Tomasza Zielińskiego w Kielcach (PL)

Homo Homini is the first monument in Europe to commemorate the victims of the September 11 attacks in the United States. It is located in Kielce in Poland. The monument was designed by Adam Myjak and was unveiled on September 11, 2006, on the fifth anniversary of the attacks. During the opening ceremony, George W. Bush's letter to citizens of Kielce was read out, and students from Kielce schools lit up grave candles. Each grave candle was inscribed with information, giving a single victim's name and occupation.

Wikipedia: Homo Homini (monument) (EN)

The Stefan Żeromski Theatre in Kielce is a theatre located in one of the historic tenement houses on Sienkiewicza Street. The current name has been in use since 1946. Several premieres take place here every year. In addition to its repertoire, the theatre also presents performances by invited ensembles. Each season ends with a plebiscite for the "Wild Rose", during which the audience awards the best actors and the most popular performances.

Wikipedia: Teatr im. Stefana Żeromskiego w Kielcach (PL), Website

The Urwista Cave in Kadzielnia is a cave in the Świętokrzyskie Mountains. It has two entrance openings in the south-western wall of the Geologists' Rock, in the area of the closed Kadzielnia quarries in Kielce, near the Geologists' Chimney cave, at altitudes of 268 and 270 m above sea level. The length of the cave is 18 meters and its denivelation is 3 meters. In the past, it was a single cave system with the Geologists' Chimney.

Wikipedia: Jaskinia Urwista na Kadzielni (PL)

Chimney of geologists - a cave in the Świętokrzyskie Mountains. It has two entrance holes located in the southern wall of the rocks of geologists, in the closed quarry of Kadzielnia in Kielce, near the cave of a rascal at the crach and cave behind the pillar, at heights 259 and 269 m a.s.l. The length of the cave is 11 meters and its denial is 10 meters. In the past, it was one cave system with a clutch cave in Kadzielnia.

Wikipedia: Komin Geologów (PL)

The Palace of the Kraków Bishops in Kielce, was built in the 17th century as a summer residence of bishops of Kraków in Kielce, Poland. The architecture of the palace constitutes a unique mélange of Polish and Italian traditions and reflects political ambitions of its founder. Currently the palace houses a branch of the National Museum with an important gallery of Polish paintings.

Wikipedia: Kraków Bishops Palace (EN)

The Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mother of the Church in Kielce – a Catholic church in the north-eastern part of Kielce, erected in the years 1983 - 1992, on the initiative and under the direction of the then parish priest Fr. Stefan Borowiec, with the generosity of parishioners and inhabitants of France, Alsace, Lorraine, and in particular the community of "Blandy" near Paris.

Wikipedia: Kościół Najświętszej Maryi Panny Matki Kościoła w Kielcach (PL), Url

Cave behind Pillar – a cave in the Świętokrzyskie Mountains. It has two entrance holes located in the southwest wall of the Geologists Rock, in the closed quarries of Kadzielnia in Kielce, near the cave of the Chiminas of Geologists and the Jeleniowska Cave, at altitudes of 267 and 275 m above sea level. The length of the cave is 11.5 meters, and its denivelation is 8 meters.

Wikipedia: Jaskinia za Filarem (PL)

The Cave of Explorers is a cave in the Świętokrzyskie Mountains. The entrances to it are located in Kielce, on the site of the closed Kadzielnia quarries. The cave system was created by combining three caves: the Cave of Explorers, the Powder Magazine and the Rift in Kadzielnia. Its total length is 392 meters and its denivelation is 23 meters.

Wikipedia: Jaskinia Odkrywców (PL)

The Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary simplified to Kielce Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic church that has the status of cathedral and basilica located in the city of Kielce in Poland. It is located in the "Castle Hill" in the heart of the city, next to the Palace of the Bishops of Kraków, also a famous landmark.

Wikipedia: Kielce Cathedral (EN), Website

Eastern Cave in Kadzielnia - Cave in the Świętokrzyskie Mountains. It has three entrance holes located in the central part of the eastern wall of the closed quarry of Kadzielnia in Kielce, near the cave near Łódź, at an altitude of 269 m a.s.l. The length of the cave is 80 meters, and its denial 10.5 meters.

Wikipedia: Jaskinia Wschodnia na Kadzielni (PL)

The Jeleniowska Cave is a cave in the Świętokrzyskie Mountains. It has two entrance openings in the western part of the Geologists' Rock, in the area of the closed Kadzielnia quarries in Kielce, at an altitude of 269 m above sea level. The length of the cave is 80 meters and its denivelation is 10.5 meters.

Wikipedia: Jaskinia Jeleniowska (PL)

Zawaliskowa Cave is a cave in the Świętokrzyskie Mountains. It has two entrance openings in the north-eastern wall of the Geologists' Rock, in the area of the closed Kadzielnia quarries in Kielce, at an altitude of 245 m above sea level. The length of the cave is 30 meters and its denivelation is 6 meters.

Wikipedia: Jaskinia Zawaliskowa (Kadzielnia) (PL)

The Kielce Village Museum in Kielce is a Polish ethnographic museum located in Kielce, Poland. The aim of the museum is to collect, protect and make available monuments of folk culture from the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, with particular emphasis on folk architecture and popularization of folk culture.

Wikipedia: Muzeum Wsi Kieleckiej w Kielcach (PL), Website

The Windy Cave is a cave in the Świętokrzyskie Mountains. It has two entrance openings located in the central part of the closed Wietrznia quarry in Kielce, at an altitude of 271 m above sea level. The length of the cave is 60 meters and its denivelation is 10 meters.

Wikipedia: Jaskinia na Wietrzni (PL)

The Church of the Holy Cross in Kielce is a church in the Diocese of Kielce, built in the neo-Gothic style in the years 1903–1913 and then finished in the following years. The parish church of the Holy Cross parish in Kielce.

Wikipedia: Kościół Świętego Krzyża w Kielcach (PL), Website 2

National Museum in Kielce is a museum located in the Palace of the Kraków Bishops, Kielce, Poland. Its collections include valuable exhibits in the field of painting, handicraft, folk art, archeology, and natural sciences.

Wikipedia: National Museum in Kielce (EN), Website

The Church of the Transfiguration in Kielce - Białogon is a Roman Catholic parish church located in Kielce, in the Białogon district. It belongs to the Kielce-West deanery. It is located at Fabryczna Street.

Wikipedia: Kościół Przemienienia Pańskiego w Kielcach - Białogonie (PL)

The Museum of Toys and Play in Kielce was established in 1979 as the Museum of Toy Making. It has a huge collection of toys both historical and contemporary. It is located in Kielce at 2 Wolności Square.

Wikipedia: Muzeum Zabawek i Zabawy w Kielcach (PL)

The Independence Monument in Kielce is a monument located on Independence Square in Kielce, near the railway station. It commemorates the first battles of the Riflemen against the Russians in August 1914.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Niepodległości w Kielcach (PL)