23 Sights in Tarnów, Poland (with Map and Images)
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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Tarnów, Poland! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Tarnów. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.
Sightseeing Tours in Tarnów1. Pałac Sanguszków
The Sanguszko Palace in Tarnów is a palace located at Jan Sobieski Square in Tarnów. It was erected at the end of the eighteenth century; its current form was given to it in the first half of the twentieth century. Over the centuries, it has served various functions, including residential and office, m.in. it housed the seats of offices, m.in. Austrian and Polish county offices and the provincial office of the Tarnów Voivodeship. During the Galician robbery, victims of the massacre were offered in front of the building, and the then starost of Tarnów paid a "reward" to the peasants in exchange for remaining faithful to the Austrian emperor. From its administrative function, it was called the county office building.
2. Park Strzelecki
Strzelecki Park – one of the city parks in Tarnów. There is a Mausoleum of General Józef Bem. The old trees in the park are a natural monument. A nature and educational path has been marked out in the park with stops at the most interesting plant species.
3. Dom Mikołajowski w Tarnowie
Mikołajowski House in Tarnów – a historic Gothic-Renaissance building located at the Cathedral Square in Tarnów. It was built in the 16th century, for centuries it served various functions, it was used, m.in by the clergy, it housed the headquarters of schools, the District Health Center and the Museum of Hygiene. Since the conservation carried out at the turn of the 40s and 50s of the twentieth century, it has housed the exhibition rooms of the Diocesan Museum in Tarnów. It is considered to be the oldest tenement house in the city.
4. Muzeum Diecezjalne w Tarnowie
The Diocesan Museum in Tarnów is a diocesan museum in Poland founded on October 25, 1888 by the then rector of the Tarnów seminary, Father Józef Bąba. It is the oldest institution of this type in Poland.
5. Pomnik harcmistrza Wincentego Muchy
Mościce is industrial district of Tarnów, Poland. In the 1920s, there was located the National Factory of Nitric Compounds. Currently, the enterprise operates as Grupa Azoty S.A. and its Capital Group focuses the largest plants of great chemical synthesis in the country that are located in Tarnów, Police, Kędzierzyn-Koźle and Puławy, at the same time, it is the leading producer of mineral fertilisers, construction plasticisers as well as OXO alcohols and plasticisers in Poland and Europe.
6. Kościół pw. Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny
Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Assumption – a historic wooden Gothic church, standing at the intersection of Narutowicza and Świętej Panny Marii streets in Tarnów, on the Wątok stream.
Wikipedia: Kościół Najświętszej Marii Panny Wniebowziętej w Tarnowie (PL)
7. Kościół pw. Świętej Trójcy
The Church of the Holy Trinity – a church located in Tarnów at Tuchowska Street, was erected in the years 1595–1597 in the then village of Terlikówka near Tarnów on the initiative of Father Łukasz Godzinka, senior vicar of the Tarnów collegiate church. The church was consecrated in 1597 by the bishop of Kraków, Cardinal Jerzy Radziwiłł.
8. Pałac Sanguszków
The Sanguszko Palace – surrounded by a park, the former residence of the Sanguszko family, the last owners of Tarnów, located in the Tarnów district of Gumniska. In addition to the palace and the park, the following buildings were entered into the register of monuments: an outbuilding, a granary and two administrative buildings. The seat of the Complex of Economic and Horticultural Schools in Tarnów.
9. Scholasteria w Tarnowie
Scholasteria in Tarnów – a historic building located at 5 Cathedral Square in Tarnów. It was built in the second half of the 16th century, and in its history it served m.in residential functions, including as a residence for the rector of the parish school, the prelate chancellor and the director of the Austrian gymnasium. Nowadays, it is used by the Diocesan Museum in Tarnów.
10. Młyn Szancera
Szancer's Mill – a destroyed complex of industrial buildings from the nineteenth century, located at Kołłątaja Street in Tarnów. It included a grain mill, a groats mill, a granary and an industrial laboratory. These were buildings with a wooden and brick structure. It is one of the few objects of industrial architecture of a historic nature in the city, it is located on the tourist trail in the footsteps of Tarnów Jews.
11. Cmentarz wojenny nr 201 – Tarnów
War Cemetery No. 201 – Tarnów – a closed Austrian war cemetery from the period of World War I, built by the War Graves Department of the C. and K. Military Commanders in Krakow and located in its district VI Tarnów.
12. Planty im. Józefa Jakubowskiego
Józef Jakubowski Planty Park – a city park, a surface natural monument in Tarnów. Planty Park is part of the urban complex of the surroundings of the Tarnów railway station, entered in the register of monuments.
13. Pomnik Ofiar Wojny i Faszyzmu
The Monument to the Victims of War and Fascism – a monument located in front of the Old Cemetery at Narutowicza Street in Tarnów. It was unveiled on 19 June 1966 on the 26th anniversary of the first transport of prisoners to the KL Auschwitz concentration camp in Oświęcim.
14. Kościół pw. Matki Bożej Nieustąjacej Pomocy
The Church of the Holy Cross and Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Tarnów is a parish church in Tarnów, in the district of Krzyż. It was built in the years 1968–1971 and consecrated on June 29, 1975.
Wikipedia: Kościół Świętego Krzyża i Matki Bożej Nieustającej Pomocy w Tarnowie (PL)
15. Cmentarz wojenny nr 199 – Zbylitowska Góra
War Cemetery no. 199 – Zbylitowska Góra – a closed Austrian war cemetery from the period of World War I, built by the War Graves Department of the C. and K. Military Commanders in Krakow in its district VI Tarnów.
16. Pomnik Eugeniusza Kwiatkowskiego
Monument to Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski – a bust placed at the entrance to the building of the management of the Nitrogen Plant, located in the Tarnów district of Mościce. The work of Professor Stanisław Szwechowicz. In the years 1931–1935, Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski was the director of the State Factory of Nitric Compounds in Mościce.
17. Sanktuarium Matki Bożej Fatimskiej w Tarnowie
The Church of St. Joseph and Our Lady of Fatima – a Roman Catholic parish church belonging to the Tarnów Północ deanery of the diocese of Tarnów. It is located in the Grabówka housing estate in Tarnów.
Wikipedia: Kościół Świętego Józefa i Matki Bożej Fatimskiej w Tarnowie (PL)
18. Cmentarz wojenny nr 203 – Tarnów-Krzyż
War Cemetery No. 203 – Tarnów-Krzyż – an Austrian war cemetery from the period of World War I, built by the War Graves Department of the C. and K. Military Commanders in Kraków in its district VI Tarnów.
19. Katedra pw. Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi Panny w Tarnowie
The Cathedral Basilica of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary also called Tarnów Cathedral is a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church and is located in the city of Tarnów in the European country of Poland.
20. Kościół pw. Niepokalanego Serca Najświętszej Maryi Panny w Klikowej
The Church of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary – a Roman Catholic parish church belonging to the Tarnów South deanery of the diocese of Tarnów. It is located in the Tarnów district of Klików.
Wikipedia: Kościół Niepokalanego Serca Najświętszej Maryi Panny w Tarnowie (PL)
21. Kościół pw. Najświętszej Maryi Panny Królowej Polski
The Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary Queen of Polish – a Roman Catholic parish church belonging to the Tarnów West deanery of the diocese of Tarnów. It is located in the Tarnów district of Mościce, at 5 Zbylitowska Street.
Wikipedia: Kościół Najświętszej Maryi Panny Królowej Polski w Tarnowie (PL)
22. Akademiola w Tarnowie
Akademiola in Tarnów is a historic building located at 5 Cathedral Square in Tarnów. It was likely created by merging two other structures: the parish school building and the infirmary for collegiate vicars, built around the mid-16th century. Over its history, it was used, among other purposes, as the seat of educational institutions. Today, it is utilized by the Tarnów Diocesan Museum.
23. Pomnik I Transportu Więźniów do KL Auschwitz
The Monument to the First Transport of Prisoners to Auschwitz in Tarnów is a monument on the Auschwitz Prisoners' Square in Tarnów, between Bóżnic and Dębowa Streets, located in front of the mikveh in the former Jewish district and the ghetto created by the Germans during World War II.
Wikipedia: Pomnik I Transportu Więźniów do KL Auschwitz w Tarnowie (PL)
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