Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #4 in Katowice, Poland

Council of Europe Square in Katowice is a city square located in Katowice, in the Paderewskiego-Muchowiec district. To the east of the square there is the I. Paderewski housing estate. It is located at the junction of Graniczna, Powstańców, Księdza Konstantego Damrota and Przemysłowa Streets. From the north, there are outlets of short St. Hyacinth and Prosta streets.

Wikipedia: Plac Rady Europy w Katowicach (PL)

The Catholic cemetery at Francuska Street in Katowice – a necropolis founded in 1870 in connection with the construction of the church of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is one of the oldest and most historically valuable necropolises in Katowice. It borders on the Evangelical cemetery located on the same street.

Wikipedia: Cmentarz przy ul. Francuskiej w Katowicach (PL), Heritage Website

Monument to Marshal Józef Piłsudski – unveiled in 1993, a monument to Józef Piłsudski located on Bolesław Chrobry Square, in front of the pediment of the building of the Silesian Voivodeship Office in Katowice. The monument was placed with its back to the building of the former Provincial Council of Trade Unions.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Józefa Piłsudskiego w Katowicach (PL)

Obelisk of the Silesian Eagles – a monument located in the centre of Katowice commemorating the place where the building of the Silesian Museum was erected before World War II.

Wikipedia: Obelisk Orłów Śląskich w Katowicach (PL)

The Monument of Wojciech Korfanty in Katowice – a monument commemorating Wojciech Korfanty located on the square of the Silesian Parliament, between the Silesian Voivodeship Office and the Faculty of Philology of the University of Silesia in Katowice, unveiled on 19 June 1999.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Wojciecha Korfantego w Katowicach (PL)

Stanisław Ligoń's bench is located in Katowice in front of the building where the Katowice Polish Radio station has been operating since August 1937. The bench-monument was unveiled on 19 October 2012 during the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the radio station in the building at 29 Juliusza Ligonia Street.

Wikipedia: Ławeczka Stanisława Ligonia w Katowicach (PL)

The Monument to Stanisław Moniuszko in Katowice is a monument in Katowice's Śródmieście district, located on Karol Miarka Square.

Wikipedia: Pomnik_Stanisława_Moniuszki_w_Katowicach (PL)

The garrison church of St. Casimir the Prince in Katowice – a historic garrison church of the Polish Army in Katowice, located at the corner of M. Kopernika and M. Skłodowska-Curie streets, in the Śródmieście district.

Wikipedia: Kościół św. Kazimierza Królewicza w Katowicach (PL), Heritage Website

Drapacz Chmur is a historical building in Katowice, Silesia, Poland. It was the second skyscraper built in post-World War I Poland. Finished in 1934 after five years of construction, it made pioneering Polish use of steel frame construction. Today, Drapacz Chmur is considered the most spectacular and beautiful example of functionalism in Poland.

Wikipedia: Drapacz Chmur (EN), Heritage Website

The Professor Aleksander Kamiński Youth Palace in Katowice is an out-of-school education institution of the city of Katowice. Pedagogical supervision over the Youth Palace is exercised by the Silesian Superintendent of Education in Katowice.

Wikipedia: Pałac Młodzieży w Katowicach (PL), Heritage Website

The Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Katowice is a Roman Catholic church in Katowice, located at 34 Mikołowska Street in the Śródmieście district. It was erected in the years 1898–1902 in the neo-Gothic style according to the design of Joseph Ebers. In the years 1922–1925 he served as the pro-cathedral of the Apostolic Administration in Upper Silesia, and in the years 1925–1957 of the diocese of Katowice.

Wikipedia: Kościół Świętych Apostołów Piotra i Pawła w Katowicach (PL), Heritage Website

Cardinal August Hlond Square in Katowice – a square located in the Śródmieście district of Katowice, in the city center. It is located between the following streets: Mikołowska, Henryka Jordana, Głowackiego and J. Poniatowskiego.

Wikipedia: Plac Augusta Hlonda w Katowicach (PL)

The Jewish cemetery in Katowice is a cemetery located at 16 Kozielska Street, in the Śródmieście district.

Wikipedia: Cmentarz żydowski w Katowicach (PL), Heritage Website

The Museum of the History of Computers and Computer Science – a private museum dedicated to the history of computers and computer science, established in Katowice on December 12, 2012.

Wikipedia: Muzeum_Historii_Komputerów_i_Informatyki (PL), Website

Tenement house at 3 Maja 6-8 Street in Katowice – a historic residential and commercial tenement house, located at 3 Maja 6 and 8 Street in Katowice, in the Śródmieście district. It is also called "Haus Kochmann" or "Kochmann's House", and its current name comes from the bas-relief on the coat of arms, depicting a shoe. The tenement house in its current shape was completed in 1907 in the Art Nouveau style with neo-Gothic and modernist elements, and its characteristic element is the decoration of the façade referring to oak. It is entered in the register of monuments.

Wikipedia: Kamienica przy ulicy 3 Maja 6-8 w Katowicach (PL), Heritage Website

"Pedant" Department Store – a department store in Katowice, located at 11 3 Maja Street, in the Śródmieście district.

Wikipedia: Dom Towarowy „Pedant” (PL)

Silesian Theatre dedicated to Stanisław Wyspiański is the largest theatre in Silesia. It is located on the market square in Katowice.

Wikipedia: Silesian Theatre (EN), Website, Heritage Website

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Katowice is a Mormon community operating in Katowice, Poland, belonging to the Katowice district of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Wikipedia: Gmina Kościoła Jezusa Chrystusa Świętych w Dniach Ostatnich w Katowicach (PL), Website

The statue of St. John in Katowice – a statue, most probably depicting St. John the Evangelist, located in the Katowice district of Śródmieście, at the entrance of St. John Street to the Market Square.

Wikipedia: Figura św. Jana w Katowicach (PL)

The Silesian Puppet and Actor Theatre "Ateneum" in Katowice is one of the oldest puppet groups in Poland. It has existed since 1945.

Wikipedia: Teatr Ateneum w Katowicach (PL), Website

Katowice historic railway station was the main railway station of Katowice, in the Silesia region of what is now Poland. Built in 1859 and reconstructed and expanded several times, it was judged obsolete after World War II, and in 1972 decommissioned and replaced by the newly built Katowice railway station. Three years later it was declared a National Monument. It is partially ruined and owned by a private developer who plans to renovate the station buildings and develop the complex into a multifunctional center.

Wikipedia: Katowice historic railway station (EN), Heritage Website

Educational House – Silesian Library – a building in Katowice, located in the city center at 12 Francuska Street. One of the examples of modernist architecture in Upper Silesia. Its designers were architects Stanisław Tabeński and Józef Rybicki. The building was designed in 1928 in the functionalist style, and it was completed in 1934.

Wikipedia: Dom Oświatowy – Biblioteka Śląska (PL), Heritage Website

The Museum of the History of Katowice – a local government cultural institution, whose tasks include documenting the past of Katowice and disseminating the historical, artistic and aesthetic values of the city as part of the Upper Silesian, Polish and European heritage.

Wikipedia: Muzeum Historii Katowic (PL), Website

The Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music is a school of music of university level in Katowice, in Poland. It is named for Karol Szymanowski.

Wikipedia: Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music (EN)

The Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Katowice, also known as St. Mary's Church, is a Roman Catholic church in Katowice, located at Rev. E. Szramek Square in the Śródmieście district, closing the eastern end of Mariacka Street.

Wikipedia: Kościół Mariacki w Katowicach (PL), Website, Heritage Website

The Islamic Cultural Centre in Katowice is a religious institution run by the Silesian Branch of the Muslim League in Poland, founded in 2007. It is based in Katowice at 50a Warszawska Street, in the Śródmieście district.

Wikipedia: Centrum Kultury Islamu w Katowicach (PL), Website

Church of the Resurrection in Katowice is a neo-Roman Evangelical-Augsburg church in the Śródmieście district, Katowice, Poland. It was built in the years 1856–1858 and was the first masonry church in Katowice.

Wikipedia: Church of the Resurrection, Katowice (EN), Website, Heritage Website