Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Poznan, Poland

Wilson Park in Poznań – a historic park in Poznań, in Łazarz, in the area of the auxiliary unit Osiedle Św. Łazarz, until 1925 functioning as the Botanical Garden.

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The Concrete Hall is a building located within the boundaries of Wilson Park in Łazarz in Poznań. Former exhibition pavilion of the East German Exhibition of Industry, Crafts and Agriculture organized in 1911 in the city of Poznań. The hall was entered into the register of monuments under the number A 320 on September 17, 1991.

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The Poznań Palm House – a didactic and exhibition botanical institution located in Poznań's Wilson Park. On an area of 4600 m², about 1100 species of plants are presented in 12 pavilions, and 170 species of fish and about 50 species of aquatic plants are presented in the aquarium. The Poznań Palm House is the largest in the country and one of the largest in Europe.

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The Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Poznań – a historic temple located in Poznań's Grunwald district at 7 Stolarska Street. Since 2017, the Lenten station church.

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The Representative Hall - the exhibition hall of the Poznań International Fair located at Bukowska Street at the corner of Roosevelta Street, at the inner St. Mark's Square.

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Railway Caponier – an independent fortification structure that is part of the Poznań Fortress. It was built in 1872 in order to cover the railway lines leading towards Toruń and Stargard with fire. It is located under the exit road running from the Berlin Gate towards the first railway station at Gajowa Street.

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The Summer Station in Poznań – a historic building in Poznań, originally built in 1902, in its current shape in 1913. A private luxury railway station erected especially for Kaiser Wilhelm II for visits to Poznań by the German ruling family. The establishment of the imperial station in Poznań was related to its transformation into a city-residence of the German head of state and raising the city to the rank of one of the imperial capitals of the Reich. It is one of the buildings of the Poznań Główny station, and the platform belonging to it is currently marked as 9.

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The Area of Ephemeral Paintings – a street sculpture (installation) by Professor Jan Berdyszak, located in Poznań at the south-eastern part of the Kaponiera Roundabout.

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The Felderhoff Fountain is a fountain located in Poznań within Maciejewski Park, in the vicinity of the intersection of Niepodległości Avenue and Święty Marcin Street, currently part of the Forum Academicum.

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Peacock – an outdoor sculpture that is the optical keystone of Karol Marcinkowski Park in Poznań from the side of Aleja Niepodległości. It stands between the street and the park pond, on a vast lawn.

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Tadeusz Szeligowski Poznań Philharmonic is a regional cultural institution founded in 1947 on the initiative of Tadeusz Szeligowski as the State Philharmonic in Poznań; one of the two philharmonics in the Greater Poland Voivodeship.

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The German Covered Bond Bank – a historic building in Poznań, located directly next to the Theatre Bridge, over the railway tracks to the north. It is part of the buildings of the Imperial District.

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Adam Mickiewicz Park – a historic city park in Poznań, located in the Imperial District in the city center. One of the most impressive parks in the city, which is the nucleus of the Imperial District, located between Fredry, Wieniawskiego, Święty Marcin and Aleja Niepodległości streets.

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Poznań Uprising Museum – June 1956 – a historical museum, located in Poznań, in the Imperial Castle, on the side of Święty Marcin Street, a branch of the Wielkopolska Museum of Independence.

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The Castle Garden of the Victims of Katyn and Siberia - a former private residential garden, located in the Imperial District in the center of Poznań, at the northern façade of the Imperial Castle. It was founded together with the castle for Kaiser Wilhelm II in the fork of Aleja Niepodległości and Fredry Street. The Rose Garden was an integral part of it. The Castle Garden used to be closed and separated from the street by wrought iron fences.

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The Fountain of Lions is a fountain located in Poznań, in the Rose Courtyard of the Imperial Castle.

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The Church of the Holy Saviour is a historic temple at 11 Fredry Street in the Imperial District in Poznań.

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Piotr Majchrzak's Boulder – a memorial boulder commemorating the memory of a technical school student – Piotr Majchrzak, murdered by the ZOMO in 1982, located in Poznań, directly next to the Church of the Holy Saviour at 11 Fredry Street in the city center.

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The Children of June of '56 is a bronze statue in Poznań, Poland. It is placed at 3 Młyńska Street, within the Old Town neighbourhood. It is a sculpture of two small children wearing military uniforms, and is dedicated to the children who participated in the fights of the 1956 Poznań protests. It was unveiled at its current location on 23 June 1996.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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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.

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

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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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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.

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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.

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The tenement house of the Jewish community board in Poznań – a tenement house located in the northern part of the Old Town in Poznań, at the corner of 10 Stawna Street and 10 Szewska Street, housing the authorities of the Poznań kehilla in the interwar period and since 2003.

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The Church of St. Adalbert or the Church of St. Wojciech in Poznań, Poland, was constructed in the 15th century. It was the one of only two Polish churches under the Nazis (1939–1944). The church has a 16th-century wooden belfry.

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