Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Szczecin, Poland
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4.3 km
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Experience Szczecin in Poland in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.
Activities in SzczecinIndividual Sights in SzczecinSight 1: Kościół pw. Świętego Wojciecha
St. Adalbert's Church in Szczecin – a neo-Gothic hall church built in the years 1906–1909 according to the design of architect Jürgen Kröger. It currently serves as the Roman Catholic garrison church of the Szczecin-Kamień diocese. It is built of brick, with a massive, asymmetrically set tower 65.5 m high in the façade. The style of the building is eclectic – mostly neo-Gothic, but there are also neo-Romanesque motifs, especially in the decoration. The building is 35 m long, 23 m wide, and 17 m high.
Sight 2: Kornel Ujejski
Kornel Ujejski Monument – located in Szczecin on the square between the Port Gate and Zwycięstwa Square.
Sight 3: Kościół pw. Najświętszego Serca Pana Jezusa
The Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Szczecin – a modernist church with a reinforced concrete structure, with elements of neo-baroque and neo-romanesque. It is located at Zwycięstwa Square in Szczecin.
Wikipedia: Kościół Najświętszego Serca Pana Jezusa w Szczecinie (PL)
Sight 4: Zespół Państwowych Szkół Muzycznych im. Feliksa Nowowiejskiego
The Classicist Palace – located in the corner of Orła Biały Square in Szczecin, at the intersection of Staromłyńska and Łaziebna Streets.
Sight 5: Pałac pod Globusem
The "Pod Globusem" Palace is a palace in Szczecin, located at Orła Biały Square.
Sight 6: Pałac Joński
The Ionian Palace – a palace in Szczecin located at 3 Orła Biały Square, in the classicist style. The name comes from the characteristic pilasters in the Ionic order.
Sight 7: Fontanna Orła Białego
The White Eagle Fountain in Szczecin – located on the White Eagle Square. The design of the oldest surviving Baroque fountain was made by the Berlin architect Johann Friedrich Grael. It was built in the years 1729–1732 by the sculptor Johann Konrad Koch and the stonemason Angerer.
Sight 8: Posąg Flory
The Statue of Flora in Szczecin is a baroque monument to Flora, a goddess of flowers and spring, located at White Eagle Square in Szczecin. The statue was made of sandstone around 1730 by German sculptor Johann Georg Glume to a design by Johann Konrad Koch. The sculpture group consists of Flora holding a basket of flowers, along with a putto on either side: one climbing on a horn of plenty; one sitting by another basket of flowers. It was destroyed during the Second World War and restored in 1953.
Sight 9: Archikatedra pw. Świętego Jakuba Apostoła
The St. James the Apostle Archcathedral Basilica is a Gothic cathedral located in Szczecin, Poland and seat of the Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień. Built in the 12th-14th centuries, it is the second tallest church in Poland, the largest church in the region of Western Pomerania, and one of the most distinctive landmarks of the Szczecin Old Town.
Sight 10: Zbór Kościoła Adwentystów Dnia Siódmego
The church of the Adventist Church of the Seventh Day in Szczecin - the Adventist Congregation in Szczecin belongs to the West Pomeranian Diocese of the western Diocese of Adventist Church of the Seventh day in the Republic of Poland.
Wikipedia: Zbór Kościoła Adwentystów Dnia Siódmego w Szczecinie (PL), Website
Sight 11: Stajnia książęca
Prince's Stable – a historic building from around 1600. Originally, the first floor housed the Obrok warehouse. The lower part served as a stable and riding school. The building is located at 3 Rycerska Street, right next to the Pomeranian Dukes' Castle in Szczecin.
Sight 12: kamienica Loitzów
The Loitz House – one of the most famous and valuable monuments of Szczecin from the late Gothic era, one of the few examples of old bourgeois architecture in the city.
Sight 13: Old City Town Hall
The Old Town Hall in Szczecin is the present day town hall in the old town district. It was built for the municipal government in the 15th century. Today it is used as a history museum.
Sight 14: Baszta Panieńska
The Maiden Tower also known as the Seven Coats Tower – the building is located near the Oder River at the foot of the Pomeranian Dukes' Castle at 47 Panieńska Street in Szczecin. It was entered into the register of monuments under No. 8 of 11 June 1954.
Sight 15: Herkules walczący z centaurem
Hercules Fighting a Centaur or Lapita's Fight with a Centaur is a sculpture by Ludwig Manzel, located on the terrace in front of the Main Building of the National Museum on Wały Chrobrego in Szczecin.
Sight 16: Muzeum Narodowe w Szczecinie
The Szczecin National Museum is a national museum in Szczecin, Poland, established on 1 August 1945. The museum features ancient and modern art, archaeological, historical, numismatic, nautical and ethnographic collections and is divided into six branches, five located in Szczecin and one in Gryfice.
Sight 17: Morskie Centrum Nauki im. prof. Jerzego Stelmacha
The Professor Jerzy Stelmach Maritime Science Centre in Szczecin is a science centre located at 1 Nad Duńczycą Street in Szczecin, Poland, whose aim is education. The mission of the Science Centre in Szczecin is to support the discovery of the world with the use of scientific tools, to stimulate active action and to build the identity and brand of the region based on its relationship with the sea.
Wikipedia: Morskie Centrum Nauki im. prof. Jerzego Stelmacha w Szczecinie (PL), Website
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