Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #4 in Tarnów, Poland

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Number of sights 17 sights
Distance 4.4 km
Ascend 74 m
Descend 74 m

Experience Tarnów in Poland in a whole new way with our free 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.

Individual Sights in Tarnów

Sight 1: Planty im. Józefa Jakubowskiego

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Józef Jakubowski Planty Park – a city park, a surface natural monument in Tarnów. Planty Park is part of the urban complex of the surroundings of the Tarnów railway station, entered in the register of monuments.

Wikipedia: Planty im. Józefa Jakubowskiego w Tarnowie (PL)

278 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 2: Kościół pw. Świętej Rodziny w Tarnowie

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Kościół pw. Świętej Rodziny w Tarnowie Zygmunt Put Zetpe0202 / CC BY-SA 4.0

Church of the Holy Family – a Roman Catholic parish church and conventual church of missionary priests, built in the years 1904–1906, located in Tarnów at 41 Krakowska Street.

Wikipedia: Kościół Świętej Rodziny w Tarnowie (PL)

979 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 3: Pomnik Ofiar Wojny i Faszyzmu

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The Monument to the Victims of War and Fascism – a monument located in front of the Old Cemetery at Narutowicza Street in Tarnów. It was unveiled on 19 June 1966 on the 26th anniversary of the first transport of prisoners to the KL Auschwitz concentration camp in Oświęcim.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Ofiar Wojny i Faszyzmu w Tarnowie (PL)

132 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: Kościół pw. Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny

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Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Assumption – a historic wooden Gothic church, standing at the intersection of Narutowicza and Świętej Panny Marii streets in Tarnów, on the Wątok stream.

Wikipedia: Kościół Najświętszej Marii Panny Wniebowziętej w Tarnowie (PL)

594 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 5: Pałac Sanguszków

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The Sanguszko Palace in Tarnów is a palace located at Jan Sobieski Square in Tarnów. It was erected at the end of the eighteenth century; its current form was given to it in the first half of the twentieth century. Over the centuries, it has served various functions, including residential and office, m.in. it housed the seats of offices, m.in. Austrian and Polish county offices and the provincial office of the Tarnów Voivodeship. During the Galician robbery, victims of the massacre were offered in front of the building, and the then starost of Tarnów paid a "reward" to the peasants in exchange for remaining faithful to the Austrian emperor. From its administrative function, it was called the county office building.

Wikipedia: Pałac Sanguszków w Tarnowie (PL)

473 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 6: Ławeczka Poetów

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The Poets' Bench in Tarnów – a monumental bench, unveiled on December 3, 2004 at Wałowa Street in Tarnów.

Wikipedia: Ławeczka Poetów w Tarnowie (PL)

216 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: Pomnik Adama Mickiewicza

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The monument of Adam Mickiewicz in Tarnów is located on Kazimierz Wielki Square at Katedralna Street.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Adama Mickiewicza w Tarnowie (PL)

106 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 8: Muzeum Ziemi Tarnowskiej

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The Museum of the Tarnów Region – a multi-branch museum located in Tarnów and the districts of Tarnów, Brzeg, Bochnia and Dąbrowa.

Wikipedia: Muzeum Ziemi Tarnowskiej w Tarnowie (PL), Website

122 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 9: Scholasteria w Tarnowie

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Scholasteria in Tarnów – a historic building located at 5 Cathedral Square in Tarnów. It was built in the second half of the 16th century, and in its history it served m.in residential functions, including as a residence for the rector of the parish school, the prelate chancellor and the director of the Austrian gymnasium. Nowadays, it is used by the Diocesan Museum in Tarnów.

Wikipedia: Scholasteria w Tarnowie (PL)

8 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 10: Akademiola w Tarnowie

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Akademiola in Tarnów is a historic building located at 5 Cathedral Square in Tarnów. It was likely created by merging two other structures: the parish school building and the infirmary for collegiate vicars, built around the mid-16th century. Over its history, it was used, among other purposes, as the seat of educational institutions. Today, it is utilized by the Tarnów Diocesan Museum.

Wikipedia: Akademiola (Tarnów) (EN)

6 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 11: Muzeum Diecezjalne w Tarnowie

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The Diocesan Museum in Tarnów is a diocesan museum in Poland founded on October 25, 1888 by the then rector of the Tarnów seminary, Father Józef Bąba. It is the oldest institution of this type in Poland.

Wikipedia: Muzeum Diecezjalne w Tarnowie (PL)

5 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 12: Dom Mikołajowski w Tarnowie

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Mikołajowski House in Tarnów – a historic Gothic-Renaissance building located at the Cathedral Square in Tarnów. It was built in the 16th century, for centuries it served various functions, it was used, m.in by the clergy, it housed the headquarters of schools, the District Health Center and the Museum of Hygiene. Since the conservation carried out at the turn of the 40s and 50s of the twentieth century, it has housed the exhibition rooms of the Diocesan Museum in Tarnów. It is considered to be the oldest tenement house in the city.

Wikipedia: Dom Mikołajowski w Tarnowie (PL)

28 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 13: Katedra pw. Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi Panny w Tarnowie

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Katedra pw. Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi Panny w TarnowieLestath (Jan Mehlich) / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Cathedral Basilica of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary also called Tarnów Cathedral is a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church and is located in the city of Tarnów in the European country of Poland.

Wikipedia: Tarnów Cathedral (EN)

212 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 14: Bima Starej Synagogi

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The Old Synagogue in Tarnów – a non-existent synagogue on Żydowska Street, whose surviving relics (bimah) are located in Tarnów.

Wikipedia: Stara Synagoga w Tarnowie (PL)

245 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 15: Pomnik I Transportu Więźniów do KL Auschwitz

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The Monument to the First Transport of Prisoners to Auschwitz in Tarnów is a monument on the Auschwitz Prisoners' Square in Tarnów, between Bóżnic and Dębowa Streets, located in front of the mikveh in the former Jewish district and the ghetto created by the Germans during World War II.

Wikipedia: Pomnik I Transportu Więźniów do KL Auschwitz w Tarnowie (PL)

429 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 16: Kościół Podwyższenia Krzyża Świętego w Tarnowie

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The Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross – a historic, baroque conventual church of the Bernardines, located in Tarnów at 13 Bernardyńska Street.

Wikipedia: Kościół Podwyższenia Krzyża Świętego w Tarnowie (PL)

551 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 17: Młyn Szancera

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Szancer's Mill – a destroyed complex of industrial buildings from the nineteenth century, located at Kołłątaja Street in Tarnów. It included a grain mill, a groats mill, a granary and an industrial laboratory. These were buildings with a wooden and brick structure. It is one of the few objects of industrial architecture of a historic nature in the city, it is located on the tourist trail in the footsteps of Tarnów Jews.

Wikipedia: Młyn Szancera (PL)

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