Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Krakow, Poland

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Number of sights 5 sights
Distance 1.3 km
Ascend 19 m
Descend 38 m

Explore Krakow in Poland with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in KrakowIndividual Sights in Krakow

Sight 1: Pomnik Ofiar Faszyzmu

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Monument to the victims of fascism in Krakow, monument to the victims of the concentration camp in Płaszów - a monument located on the edge of the former German Nazi Plaszów concentration camp in Krakow, commemorating people murdered by the Nazis in this camp. It was established in 1964 according to the design of architect Witold Cęckiewicz. Ryszard Szczypiński made a sculpture from Pińczowski limestone on a reinforced concrete structure.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Ofiar Faszyzmu w Krakowie (PL)

52 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 2: Szaniec FS-22

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FS-22 sconce is a rampart in Kraków, Poland, which is part of the fortifications of the Kraków Fortress built by the Austrians. It was built between 1855 and 1856. At that time, the area on which it was located belonged to the village of Wola Duchacka, now it belongs to District XI of Podgórze Duchackie.

Wikipedia: Szaniec FS-22 (PL)

347 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 3: Hujowa Górka

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Hujowa Górka is a place near the site of Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp, where in April 1944 the Germans exhumed and incinerated the bodies of around ten thousand previously killed Jews, to hide the evidence of the crime before retreating from the area. The place took its name from the surname of Unterscharführer Albert Hujar who committed and directed the executions. It is also a mockery of Hujar's surname, which is pronounced similarly to a vulgar Polish language expression for "penis", hence the name is Polish for "Prick Hill", because it could be seen from almost any part of the camp. Before World War II, an old Austrian fortification of the 19th century, dismantled in the 1930s, had been located on a hill. After destroying the fort, a large hexagonal pit remained here, with a circumference of up to 50 meters and a depth of up to 5 meters.

Wikipedia: Hujowa Górka (EN)

459 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 4: Czerwony Dom

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The Villa of the Commandant of the Plaszow Concentration Camp, the so-called Red House, or as it was originally called before the war, the Villa Under the Rock – a historic building located in Krakow in District XIII Podgórze at 22 Heltmana Street.

Wikipedia: Willa komendanta obozu Plaszow (PL)

489 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 5: Kościół pw. Świętej Kingi

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The Church of St. Kinga is a Roman Catholic parish church located in Krakow, in District XIII at 37 Siemomysła Street.

Wikipedia: Kościół św. Kingi w Krakowie (PL), Website

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