Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #5 in Toruń, Poland

Jordanki in Toruń – an area in the center of Toruń, located in Chełmińskie Przedmieście, in the quarter between Solidarności Avenue, Wały gen. Sikorskiego Street, Jana Pawła II Avenue and Czerwona Droga Street. The name of this area developed in the mid-twentieth century. This area is dominated by a park created in the 50s of the twentieth century. The name refers to the Jordan gardens, established at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Wikipedia: Jordanki w Toruniu (PL)

Lucjan Broniewicz Square in Toruń – a square located in front of the Collegium Minus of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. Its patron is Lucjan Broniewicz, popularizer of astronomy, creator and director of the Planetarium in Toruń. The square includes, among m.in, the Cosmopolis fountain, the monument of the asteroid (12999) Toruń and the Oak of Astronomy.

Wikipedia: Skwer im. Lucjana Broniewicza w Toruniu (PL)

The Józef Piłsudski Monument in Toruń is a statue commemorating the first Marshal of Polish Józef Piłsudski, located in the western part of Rapacki Square in Toruń. The ceremonial unveiling of the monument took place on August 15, 2000.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Józefa Piłsudskiego w Toruniu (PL)

The Pomeranian Voivodes Park in Toruń – a park located at Aleksandra Fredry Street in the center of Toruń. It was revitalized in 2017.

Wikipedia: Park Wojewodów Pomorskich w Toruniu (PL)

Church of the Holy Spirit in Toruń – a historic Catholic temple under the jurisdiction of the Jesuit Order in Toruń. Until 1945, the building served as an Evangelical-Union church, after which it passed into the hands of the Jesuit order. It is located at the Old Town Square 14.

Wikipedia: Kościół św. Ducha w Toruniu (PL), Website

The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Blessed Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski in Toruń – originally Franciscan, in the years 1557–1724 in the hands of Protestants, in the years 1724–1821 Bernardines, from 1830 parish.

Wikipedia: Kościół Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Marii Panny w Toruniu (PL), Url

The Church of Saints James and Philip in Toruń – the former parish church of the New Town of Toruń, located at the eastern corner of the New Town Square.

Wikipedia: Kościół św. Jakuba w Toruniu (PL)

St. Catherine's Church in Toruń (garrison) – a historic Catholic church under the jurisdiction of the military parish in Toruń.

Wikipedia: Kościół św. Katarzyny w Toruniu (PL)

The Monument to Railwaymen – Victims of Fascism – a monument located in the southern part of 18 Stycznia Square in Toruń, near the building of the Toruń Miasto railway station. The author of the monument is Michał Rosa. The monument was created on the initiative of Alojzy Liegmann – a railwayman and former Nazi prisoner imprisoned in 1939 in Fort VII in Toruń. The monument was ceremoniously unveiled on May 8, 1976. The monument consists of four granite blocks and an obelisk located on a low pedestal. The obelisk is crowned with a bronze winged wheel. On one of the blocks there is a commemorative plaque with the inscription: Glory to the railwaymen – victims of fascism. The monument was renovated during the construction of the interchange at the Toruń Miasto railway station.

Wikipedia: Pomnik kolejarzy – ofiar faszyzmu (PL)

Glazja Park – a park on Jakubskie Przedmieście in Toruń. It covers an area of 5.5 ha. The park is located in the area from the roundabout at the Toruń Peace Plan to the intersection of Waryńskiego Street and Antczaka Street.

Wikipedia: Park Glazja (PL)