Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Rzeszów, Poland
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Explore Rzeszów 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 RzeszówSight 1: Kościół Chrystusa Króla w Rzeszowie
The Church of Christ the King is located at Józef Jałowy Street in the city centre.
Wikipedia: Kościół Chrystusa Króla w Rzeszowie (PL), Website
Sight 2: Pomnik Łukasza Cieplińskiego
The Monument to the Cursed Soldiers in Rzeszów is a monument dedicated to Polish activists of the anti-communist underground, located in Rzeszów, Poland. The monument was designed and executed by Karol Badyna.
Sight 3: Wojewódzka i Miejska Biblioteka Publiczna
The Provincial and Municipal Public Library in Rzeszów is a public library located in Rzeszów, Poland. It serves as a municipal and district public library for the city of Rzeszów, a county public library for the Rzeszów district and a provincial public library for the Podkarpackie province.
Wikipedia: Wojewódzka i Miejska Biblioteka Publiczna w Rzeszowie (PL), Website
Sight 4: Pomnik Czynu Rewolucyjnego
The Monument to the Revolutionary Deed or the Monument to the Revolutionary Struggles is a two-façade monument with sculptural decoration that has stood since 1974 in the central communication point of Rzeszów, at the intersection of Łukasz Ciepliński Avenue and Józef Piłsudski Avenue. It marks approximately the border of the city centre from the north-west – at the entrance to the city from the direction of Kraków and Warsaw. It is one of the few monuments from the period of the Polish People's Republic preserved in their original location.
Sight 5: Kościół pw. Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Marii Panny
The basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Rzeszów is also a parish church at the same call and the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Rzeszów. The temple is located in the very center of the city in Śródmieście on the edge of the Rzeszów old town. The religious house of oo adheres to him directly. Bernardine. The entire assumption protected by law has the status of a monument.
Wikipedia: Bazylika Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny w Rzeszowie (PL)
Sight 6: Teatr im. Wandy Siemaszkowej
The Wanda Siemaszkowa Theatre in Rzeszów is one of the most important institutions of its kind in the region.
Wikipedia: Teatr im. Wandy Siemaszkowej w Rzeszowie (PL), Website
Sight 7: Kościół świętych Wojciecha i Stanisława (Kościół farny)
The Church of St. Adalbert and St. Stanislaus in Rzeszów is a parish church in Rzeszów, Poland. It is located in the center of the Old Town, on Farny Square, at the intersection of 3 Maja and Kościuszki Streets.
Wikipedia: Kościół św. Wojciecha i św. Stanisława w Rzeszowie (PL)
Sight 8: Dom Polonii
The Polonia House is a tenement house located in the northern frontage of the Market Square in Rzeszów. In front of the tenement house, there is a characteristic lintel, which significantly differs from the slab of the square. Underneath it there are the oldest preserved traces of brick architecture in Rzeszów, namely, cellars, dating back to the 15th century. The tenement house gained its current shape after the reconstructions carried out at the beginning of the 20th century and after the war. Three neighbouring tenement houses were demolished, creating the so-called "Ram's hole", which is now being developed. The interior of the tenement house was decorated with polychromes. In the staircase there is a fragment of a hunt from the 19th century. The illusory rustication was shown below. The building is owned by the Polish Community, there are shops on the ground floor and a hotel on the upper floors.
Sight 9: Rzeszów Cellars
The Underground Tourist Route "Rzeszów Cellars" in Rzeszów – a complex of former municipal cellars, located in Rzeszów, under the Old Town Market Square, connected into a tourist route. The entrance to the underground is located at the Rzeszów Town Hall, while the exit is at 12 Market Square. Currently, the route is managed by the Municipal Board of Residential Buildings in Rzeszów. The length of the route is 396 meters.
Wikipedia: Podziemna Trasa Turystyczna w Rzeszowie (PL), Website
Sight 10: Rzeszów City Hall
The Town Hall in Rzeszów – a historic building with neo-Gothic and neo-Renaissance stylistic features, located on the Market Square in Rzeszów. The seat of the Rzeszów City Hall.
Sight 11: Museum of the History of Rzeszow
The Regional Museum in Rzeszów is a regional museum located in Rzeszów, Poland.
Sight 12: The Museum of Bedtime Cartoons
The Museum of Bedtime Cartoons in Rzeszów is located in the city center, near the Rzeszów Market Square. The museum was established by a resolution of the City Council on 29 January 2008. It presents exhibits from Wojciech Jama's collection. The collection of the "Museum of Bedtime Stories" was handed over to the city by a notarial deed on January 24, 2008. The Museum of Bedtime Cartoons was officially opened on March 22, 2009.
Sight 13: Tablica pamiątkowa w miejscu kirkutu;XVI-wieczny Cmentarz Żydowski
The old Jewish cemetery in Rzeszów was established in the 17th century and was located on the site of the present square on the Ghetto Victims Square. Currently, it is crossed by Sobieskiego Street. The site is commemorated with a basalt boulder and a granite plaque with an appropriate inscription in Hebrew and Polish: "In this place there is a 16th-century Jewish cemetery destroyed during World War II by the Nazi occupier. In the summer of 1942, Jews were gathered here before being deported to death camps." The cemetery was destroyed in 1942. A dozen or so tombstones have survived from the cemetery.
Sight 14: Archiwum Państwowe w Rzeszowie
The Old Town Synagogue in Rzeszów is a synagogue located in Rzeszów, Poland, at 4 Bożnicza Street. It is one of the oldest surviving synagogues in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship. It used to be called the Old School and the Small School, due to its smaller size in relation to the New Town Synagogue.
Sight 15: Biuro Wystaw Artystycznych
The New Town Synagogue in Rzeszów is a synagogue located at 17 Jana Sobieskiego Street in Rzeszów, Poland. It is currently one of the oldest surviving synagogues in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship.
Sight 16: Plac Wolności
Liberty Square, formerly the New Town Square, New Market Square – is located in the center of Rzeszów, on the route of Piłsudski Avenue. It is a historic square of the city, created as a result of the construction of the so-called New Town shopping estate. The historic New Town was located north-east of the market square in Rzeszów and the centre of the city at that time.
Sight 17: Monument of Gratitude to Red Army
The Monument of Gratitude to the Red Army in Rzeszów is a monument located on the Ghetto Victims Square in Rzeszów, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland.
Wikipedia: Pomnik Wdzięczności Armii Czerwonej w Rzeszowie (PL)
Sight 18: Fundacja Aparat Caffe
Camera Caffe Foundation – a museum of cameras in Rzeszów.
Sight 19: Museum of Technology and the Military
Museum of Technology and Militaria in Rzeszów – a museum based in Rzeszów.
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