Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Rzeszów, Poland
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10.2 km
112 m
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: Cerkiew Przeniesienia Relikwii św. Mikołaja z Miry Licejskiej do Bari
The Church of the Transfer of the Relics of St. Nicholas from Myra Licejska to Bari is an Orthodox parish church in Rzeszów, Poland. It belongs to the Przemyśl deanery of the Przemysl-Gorlice diocese of the Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church.
Wikipedia: Cerkiew Przeniesienia Relikwii św. Mikołaja z Miry Licejskiej do Bari w Rzeszowie (PL), Website
Sight 2: Cmentarz Pobitno
The Pobitno Cemetery is a necropolis in Rzeszów, Poland, in the district of Pobitno on the right bank of the Wisłok River, in the eastern part of the city. It is located in the immediate vicinity of the northern ring road of Rzeszów and Lwowska Street, at the Pobitno Roundabout. The cemetery has the legal status of a monument.
Sight 3: Muzeum Energetyki
The Museum of Subcarpathian Energy in Rzeszów is a museum located in Rzeszów, Poland. The facility is run by PGE Obrót Sp. z o.o., and its registered office is located in the company's premises at 6 8 Marca Street.
Sight 4: Kościół pw. Świętej Trójcy
The Church of the Holy Trinity is a church in Rzeszów, Poland, located in the city centre at Targowa Street. The seat of the Greek Catholic parish of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Rzeszów.
Sight 5: 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 6: 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 7: 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 8: Museum of the History of Rzeszow
The Regional Museum in Rzeszów is a regional museum located in Rzeszów, Poland.
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: 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 11: Fundacja Aparat Caffe
Camera Caffe Foundation – a museum of cameras in Rzeszów.
Sight 12: 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 13: Kościół Św. Krzyża
The Church of the Holy Cross and the Popyarian Convent – a complex of buildings located linearly along 3 Maja Street in Rzeszów.
Sight 14: Filharmonia Podkarpacka
The Artur Malawski Subcarpathian Philharmonic is a philharmonic in Rzeszów, Poland. Its building is located at 30 Fryderyka Chopina Street, near the Old Town and the Rzeszów Castle.
Sight 15: Letni Pałac Lubomirskich
Summer Palace of Lubomirski in Rzeszów - a historic, late Baroque residence with elements of Rococo, located at Aleja Lubomirskie in Rzeszów, near the castle. Established in the 1990s in the former vineyard of Mikołaj Spytek Ligęza, as part of a larger assumption, which was aimed at creating a large garden complex around the residence at the castle.
Sight 16: Muzeum Diecezjalne w Rzeszowie
The Diocesan Museum is an ecclesiastical institution founded in 1997 by Bishop Kazimierz Górny. The museum was officially opened on 22 September 1998 on the occasion of the European Days of Cultural Heritage in Rzeszów. The collections are works of sacred art that have fallen into disuse, however, due to the age of the diocese, most of the exhibits from its area are in the museums in Przemyśl and Tarnów. For the first 17 years it was managed by Fr. Franciszek Dziedzic.
Sight 17: Nowiny – Biuro ogłoszeń
The Skrzyński Manor in Rzeszów is a historic manor house in Rzeszów, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland.
Sight 18: Kościół pw. Matki Boskiej Królowej Polski
Garrison Church of Our Lady Queen of Polish – the church is located in the centre of Rzeszów. It belongs both to the diocese of Rzeszów and to the Military Ordinariate of the Polish Army, because the church is a temple of a civil-military parish. The building is protected by law and has the status of a monument.
Wikipedia: Kościół garnizonowy pw. Matki Boskiej Królowej Polski w Rzeszowie (PL)
Sight 19: 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 20: Kościół pw. świętego Judy Tadeusza
St. Judy Tadeusza in Rzeszów - a sacred object located at ul. Wita Stwosza in Rzeszów.
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