Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Olsztyn, Poland
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1.5 km
39 m
Explore Olsztyn 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.
Individual Sights in OlsztynSight 1: Park Podzamcze
Castle Park – one of the largest parks in Olsztyn. It is located in the Old Town on the Łyna River, at the foot of the Castle of the Warmia Chapter.
Sight 2: Stare Miasto
The Old Town is a part of the Śródmieście administrative district in Olsztyn. The oldest part of Olsztyn, designated by location privileges in the years 1353 and 1378. Until the 19th century, the city of Olsztyn did not go beyond the area of today's Old Town.
Sight 3: Dom Burmistrza
The Mayor's House – the oldest brick residential building in Olsztyn, located on the Old Town Square at number 11, opposite the Old Town Hall. Traditionally considered to be the most important tenement house of the Market Square and the residence of the former mayors of Olsztyn. The building probably dates back to around 1500.
Sight 4: Katedra pw. Świętego Jakuba Apostoła
The Co-Cathedral Basilica of St. James the Apostle in Olsztyn – a church built in the second half of the fourteenth century.
Wikipedia: Bazylika konkatedralna św. Jakuba w Olsztynie (PL)
Sight 5: Wysoka Brama
The Upper Gate, also known as the High Gate, is a 14th-century city gate in Olsztyn, located in the north-eastern part of the Old Town complex, on the axis of the main communication route. It is the only gate left out of the three that were located in the defensive walls surrounding the city.
Sight 6: Gazeta Olsztyńska
The House of the "Olsztyn Newspaper" is a red brick building located in the Fish Market in the Old Town of Olsztyn. Before the war, its address was 2 Młyńska Street.
Sight 7: Salvator Church
The Evangelical-Augsburg Church of Christ the Saviour in Olsztyn is one of the three churches in Olsztyn's Old Town. The Evangelical church stands in the corner of the old market square at Zamkowa Street. The building was built in the years 1876-1899 in the neo-Gothic style. It was consecrated on October 15, 1877 and rebuilt at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries due to the growing parish. Despite the reconstruction, however, it soon became necessary to build another building: a garrison church.
Wikipedia: Kościół Chrystusa Zbawiciela w Olsztynie (PL), Website
Sight 8: Copernicus statue
Nicolaus Copernicus Bench – located in Olsztyn in the Old Town, at the intersection of Okopowa and Zamkowa streets, near the Evangelical-Augsburg church. It was unveiled in October 2003, as part of the celebrations of the 650th anniversary of granting Olsztyn city rights and the 530th anniversary of the birth of Nicolaus Copernicus.
Sight 9: Museum of Warmia and Masuria
The Museum of Warmia and Mazury – the largest museum in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship and one of the most important in the region. The seat of the museum is located in the Gothic castle of the Warmia Chapter.
Sight 10: Zamek Kapituły Warmińskiej
The Olsztyn Castle, officially the Castle of Warmian Cathedral Chapter in Olsztyn, is a Brick Gothic castle located in the heart of Olsztyn, in northern Poland. Built in the 14th century, it served as the seat for administrators of property of the Warmian Cathedral Chapter. The most well-known administrator caretaker was Nicolaus Copernicus, a canon of Warmian Cathedral Chapter in Frombork, who resided here between 1516 and 1521. The largest expository room is the refectory with a diamond vault built around 1520. Currently, the castle houses the Museum of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship.
Sight 11: Most kolejowy nad Łyną
The rail bridge in Olsztyn – a team of rail bridges located near the streets of Artyleryjska, Żarska and Liberation in Olsztyn, at the intersection of the railway route with Łyna.
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