Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Poznan, Poland

St. Casimir's Church in Poznań – a Baroque church and post-monastery complex located in Poznań's Śródka district; The church currently belongs to the Polish Catholic parish.

Wikipedia: Kościół św. Kazimierza w Poznaniu (PL)

Church of St. Margaret the Virgin and Martyr – a Gothic, historic church standing on the Śródecki Market Square in Poznań.

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The Jan Kochanowski Monument – a monument to the poet Jan Kochanowski located in Poznań, in Ostrów Tumski, on the square next to the building of the Lubrański Academy.

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Currently, there are several sculptural papal monuments in Poznań. Apart from them, there are also commemorative plaques, m.in. in the Cathedral.

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Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary (in summo) in Poznań – a historic Gothic church in Poznań's Ostrów Tumski district together with the remains of the early Piast palas.

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The Monument of August Hlond – a monument of Cardinal August Hlond, located in Poznań, on Ostrów Tumski, directly in front of the building of the Seminary for Polish Diaspora Abroad at Lubrańskiego Street.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Augusta Hlonda w Poznaniu (PL)

The Power Engineers' Boulder – a commemorative boulder located in Poznań in Ostrów Tumski, at 2 Panny Marii Street, in front of the administrative building of the Garbary Heat and Power Plant.

Wikipedia: Głaz Energetyków w Poznaniu (PL)

The Chapel of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Poznań – a neo-Gothic chapel on a hall plan. It is located on Ostrów Tumski in Poznań.

Wikipedia: Kaplica Zwiastowania Najświętszej Maryi Panny w Poznaniu (PL)

Old Warta Catito - a dry section of the old Warta Corridge, located in Poznań, between the bridge of St. Rocha, and the areas of the river port. The port of the port is the only fragment that still has water filling.

Wikipedia: Stare koryto Warty w Poznaniu (PL)

All Saints' Church in Poznań – located on the property at 1 Grobla Street, was erected in the years 1777–1783 according to the design and under the direction of Antoni Höhne as the Evangelical Church of the Holy Cross.

Wikipedia: Kościół Wszystkich Świętych w Poznaniu (PL)

Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Our Lady of Consolation. The Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Rosary at 18 Szewska Street in Poznań – the oldest, still existing, church of the left-bank city. The church is part of the monuments and attractions of the tourist route of the Royal-Imperial Route. Since 2018, the Lenten station church.

Wikipedia: Kościół Najświętszego Serca Jezusowego i Matki Boskiej Pocieszenia w Poznaniu (PL), Website

The Józef Ignacy Kraszewski Studio-Museum in Poznań – a biographical museum dedicated to Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, located in Poznań, at 14 Wroniecka Street. It is a branch of the Raczyński Library.

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The Church of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus in Poznań – a historic rector's church located in a former tenement house at 34 Żydowska Street in Poznań, at the corner with Kramarska Street. The temple has the status of a sanctuary of the Lord, together with the churches of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Our Lady of Consolation and Corpus Christi forms the Poznań Eucharistic Route. Since 2017, it has been a Lenten station church.

Wikipedia: Kościół Najświętszej Krwi Pana Jezusa w Poznaniu (PL), Website

The Proserpine Fountain – one of the four fountains in the Old Market Square in Poznań, located in front of the Town Hall.

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Poznań Goats is one of the tourist attractions of Poznań. The mechanical goats butt heads every day at 12:00 on the tower of the Poznań City Hall.

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The Pranger of Poznań is found near the north-east corner of the Town Hall, not far from the Prozerpina Fountain. It is an eight-sided, late-Gothic column, on the summit of which stands a statue of an executioner in a Crusader's outfit holding a raised sword. The current pranger is a copy made by Marcin Rożek in 1925. The original is in the Museum of History of Poznań in the town hall. The pranger was constructed in 1535, financed by fines extracted from workers who wore too-elaborate outfits. The pranger was used to exact punishment through flagellation or the removal of ears or fingers.

Wikipedia: Pranger of Poznań (EN)

Poznań Town Hall is a historic city hall in the city of Poznań, Poland, located at the Poznań Old Town in the centre of the Old Market Square. It used to serve as the seat of local government until 1939, and now houses a museum. The town hall was originally built in the late 13th century following the founding of the medieval city in 1253; it was rebuilt in roughly its present-day form, in mannerist style, with an ornate loggia, by Giovanni Battista di Quadro from 1550–1560. The display of mechanical fighting goats, played out daily at noon above the clock on the front wall of the building, is one of the city's main tourist attractions.

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The Wielkopolska Military Museum is a branch of the National Museum in Poznań, a military museum. It is located at 9 Old Market Square in Poznań, within the mid-market block.

Wikipedia: Wielkopolskie Muzeum Wojskowe (PL), Website

The Bamberka Well – a well in the Old Market Square in Poznań, located under the western wall of the Town Hall. The plinth was designed according to the idea of the Poznań builder Stahl, while the bronze statue is the work of the sculptor Józef Wackerle, who was posed by one of the employees of the Goldenring winery – Jadwiga Gadziemska from Piątków. The model herself never had anything to do with the Bambras, at that time she was just a winery worker.

Wikipedia: Studzienka Bamberki w Poznaniu (PL)

Town Hall – Museum of Poznań – a branch of the National Museum in Poznań, a museum on the history of the city.

Wikipedia: Muzeum Historii Miasta Poznania (PL)

The Mielżyński Palace in Poznań – a classicist building, the first to fully implement the assumptions of this style in Poznań. It occupies property number 91 at the Old Market Square. In the modest façade, attention is drawn to simple pilasters, a protruding cornice and a high attic topped with a coat of arms, which is supported by two lions.

Wikipedia: Pałac Mielżyńskich w Poznaniu (PL)

The Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary Help of Christians, also called – from the former patron, St. Catherine the Martyr – the Church of Catherine or – from the current guardians – the Church of the Salesians. It is located on the corner of Masztalarska and Wroniecka streets in Poznań. Since 2017, the Lenten station church.

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Roman Wilhelmi Square – a square in Poznań within the Old Town, at the intersection of 23 Lutego Street and Masztalarska Street. It commemorates Roman Wilhelmi, an actor and director born in Poznań, who died on 3 November 1991, a few months after the last premiere with his participation on the nearby Scena na Piętrze.

Wikipedia: Skwer Romana Wilhelmiego w Poznaniu (PL)

Monument to Roman Wilhelm in Poznań - a monument in the form of a bust commemorating Roman Wilhelm, an actor and director born in Poznań, located on the square of his name, within the Poznań Old Town. The author of the sculpture is the Poznań artist Roman Kosmala.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Romana Wilhelmiego w Poznaniu (PL)

Włodzimierz Dworzaczek Square – an area of urban greenery located in Poznań, in the Old Town, in the Stare Miasto local government estate, directly next to the medieval city walls, at the back of the fire station at Masztalarska Street, between Masztalarska, Wroniecka and Małe Garbary Streets. It is adjacent to Roman Wilhelmi Square.

Wikipedia: Skwer Włodzimierza Dworzaczka w Poznaniu (PL)

Scena na Piętrze – an impresario theatre in Poznań.

Wikipedia: Scena na Piętrze (PL), Website

Klemens Janicki Monument – a monument commemorating Klemens Janicki, located in Poznań, at the intersection of 23 February, Masztalarska and Rynek streets and Roman Wilhelmi Square.

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The Karol Marcinkowski Monument is a monument located in the centre of Poznań at the intersection of Aleja Marcinkowskiego and 23 Lutego Street.

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Dolphin fountain – a fountain located in the center of Poznań, in the central axis of Aleja Marcinkowskiego, near the intersection with 23 Lutego Street.

Wikipedia: Fontanna z delfinami w Poznaniu (PL)

The Golem Monument is a monument to the Golem, a mythological figure, an artificial man, who, according to legend, was created by the Prague rabbi Yehuda Löw ben Bezalel. It is located in the center of Poznań, on Aleje Marcinkowskiego, between the building of the Poznań 9 Post Office and the University of Arts. Unveiled in May 2010, it measures 2.5 m in height.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Golema w Poznaniu (PL)

The National Museum in Poznań, Poland, abbreviated MNP, is a state-owned cultural institution and one of the largest museums in Poland. It houses a rich collection of Polish painting from the 16th century on, and a collection of foreign painting. The museum is also home to numismatic collections and a gallery of applied arts.

Wikipedia: National Museum, Poznań (EN), Website

Heinz Mack's Stele – an 18-metre-high outdoor sculpture by Heinz Mack, located in the centre of Poznań, in the central axis of Aleja Marcinkowskiego, directly in front of the old building of the National Museum.

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The Fountain of Hygiene in Poznań – a monument with an artificial spring in the centre of Poznań in the local government housing estate of the Old Town, on Wolności Square, in front of the Raczyński Library.

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The Fountain of Freedom is a fountain located on Plac Wolności in Poznań.

Wikipedia: Fontanna Wolności w Poznaniu (PL)

The Theatre of the Eighth Day (T8D) – an alternative theatre operating in the centre of Poznań since 1964.

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The Polish Theatre in Poznań is a Polish repertory theatre founded in 1875. Is one of the oldest and best-known theatres in Poland.

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The Andersch Palace is a city palace located in Poznań at 20 Marcinkowskiego Avenue, in the very center of the city.

Wikipedia: Pałac Anderschów w Poznaniu (PL)

The Museum of Pharmacy of the Wielkopolska Regional Pharmaceutical Chamber – a pharmacy museum located on the edge of the Old Town in Poznań at 11 Marcinkowskiego Avenue.

Wikipedia: Muzeum Farmacji Wielkopolskiej Okręgowej Izby Aptekarskiej w Poznaniu (PL)

Monument to the 15. Poznań Uhlans Regiment – a monument in the form of a column, located in Poznań at the corner of Ludgardy Street and Paderewskiego Street, directly next to the buildings of the Franciscan monastery and the National Museum, on the gentle southern slope of the Przemysł Mountain.

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The Church of St. Anthony of Padua and the Conventual Franciscan monastery in Poznań, Gdańsk Province, are located at the foot of Mount Przemysł. Since 2017, the Lenten station church.

Wikipedia: Kościół św. Antoniego Padewskiego i klasztor franciszkanów konwentualnych w Poznaniu (PL), Website

Museum of Applied Arts in Poznań is a branch of the National Museum in Poznań, art museum opened in 1965 as the Museum of Arts and Crafts. Since 1991, in connection with the expansion of the collection profile and the change of the exhibition, under the current name. It is located in the Royal Castle in Poznań, built in 1249, initially as a residential tower of the PoznańPrince Przemysl I.

Wikipedia: Museum of Applied Arts, Poznań (EN), Website

Henryk Sienkiewicz Literary Museum – a biographical museum dedicated to Henryk Sienkiewicz, located in Poznań, at 84 Old Market Square. It is a branch of the Raczyński Library.

Wikipedia: Muzeum Literackie Henryka Sienkiewicza w Poznaniu (PL), Website

Mars Fountain – one of the four fountains in the Old Market Square in Poznań, stands on the north-western side of the Poznań Market Square. It was unveiled in 2005. The author of the sculpture is Rafał Nowak. Already in the 17th century, one of the four fountains standing on the Market Square stood in this place, where it supplied the inhabitants of Poznań with water until the end of the 19th century.

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Działyński Palace in Poznań, Poland is a Baroque palace built in 1773 to 1776. The building features a rich stucco-decorated interior of its "Red Hall" and a classicist façade decorated with sculptures. The palace serves as one of the locations of Kórnik Library today.

Wikipedia: Działyński Palace (EN)

The Museum of the Greater Poland Uprising 1918–1919 – a museum in Poznań, a branch of the Greater Poland Museum of Independence, located in the Guardhouse building at 3 Old Market Square. As a branch of the Wielkopolska Museum of Independence, it is entered into the list of museums kept by the minister in charge of culture and protection of national heritage, in accordance with Article 5b of the Act of 21 November 1996 on museums.

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The Neptune Fountain – one of the four fountains in the Old Market Square in Poznań, standing on its south-western side at the mouth of Paderewskiego and Szkolna Streets. The fountain was designed by Marcin Sobczak. It was unveiled in 2004.

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The statue of St. John of Nepomuk in the Old Market Square – a statue of St. John of Nepomuk located in the Old Market Square in Poznań, on the axis of Quadro Street, running through the block of buildings in the middle of the market square.

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The Apollo Fountain is one of the four fountains in the Old Market Square in Poznań, on its south-eastern side at the mouth of Świętosławska and Wodna Streets. It was set in 2002. The fountain was created by Marian Konieczny. Already in the 17th century, one of the four fountains standing on the Market Square stood in this place, where it supplied the inhabitants of Poznań with water until the end of the 19th century.

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The Museum of Musical Instruments in Poznań – a branch of the National Museum in Poznań, a museum of musical instruments, the only one of its kind and size in Poland, the third largest in Europe. It is located in the Old Market Square in Poznań, in three historic tenement houses.

Wikipedia: Muzeum Instrumentów Muzycznych w Poznaniu (PL)

The gasworks at Grobla Street in Poznań, also known as the Force, Light and Water Works, is a closed municipal gasworks in Poznań located on the former Grobla Island. The first construction works began in 1853.

Wikipedia: Gazownia przy ul. Grobla w Poznaniu (PL)