Lazienki Palace

Address: ul. Agrykoli 1. Tel: +48 (22) 5060101

Lazienki Palace (Polish: Palac Lazienkowski) also called Palace on the Water (Polish: Palac na Wodzie) or Palace on the Isle (Polish: Palac na Wyspie) is a Neoclassical palace in Lazienki Park in Warsaw. It was a barracks until the 1960s. Originally a bathhouse for powerful aristocrat Stanislaw Herakliusz Lubomirski, built on an islet in the middle of a lake by Tylman van Gameren...

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Palace of Culture and Science

Address: Pl. Defilad 1.Tel: +48 (22) 6567741.

The Palace of Culture and Science (Polish: Palac Kultury i Nauki, also abbreviated PKiN) in Warsaw is the tallest building in Poland, the seventh tallest building in the European Union, and the world's 187th tallest building at 237 metres (778 ft). The building was originally known as the Joseph Stalin Palace of Culture and Science (Palac Kultury i Nauki imienia Jozefa Stalina), but in the wake of destalinization the dedication was revoked...

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Royal Castle

Address: plac Zamkowy 4.Tel: +48 (22) 3555170.

The Royal Castle (Polish: Zamek Krolewski) in Warsaw is the royal palace and official residence of the Polish monarchs, located at the Plac Zamkowy, at the entrance to the Old Town. The personal offices of the king and the administrative offices of the Royal Court of Poland were located there from the 16th century until the Partitions of Poland. In its long history the Royal Castle was repeatedly devastated and plundered by Swedish...

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St John's Cathedral

St. John's Cathedral (Polish: Katedra sw. Jana), located in Warsaw's Old Town, is one of two cathedrals in the Polish capital. St. John's stands immediately adjacent to Warsaw's Jesuit Church, and is one of the oldest churches in the city and the main church of the Warsaw archdiocese. St. John's Cathedral is one of Poland's national pantheons. Originally built in the 14th century as a Mazovian Gothic church, the Cathedral served as a coronation and burial site for numerous Dukes of Masovia. The church was rebuilt several times, most notably in the 19th century, it was preserved until World War II as an example of English Gothic Revival. Leveled by the Germans during the Warsaw Uprising (August-October 1944), it was rebuilt after the war. The exterior reconstruction is based on the 14th-century church's presumed appearance (according to an early-17th-century Hogenberg illustration and a 1627 Abraham Boot drawing), not on its prewar appearance.

St Mary's Church

The Church of the Visitation of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary (Polish: Kosciól Nawiedzenia Najswietszej Marii Panny), otherwise known as St. Mary's Church (Kosciól Mariacki) is a church in Warsaw, Poland. It is one of oldest buildings and one of the few surviving examples of Gothic architecture in the city. It is located at ulica Przyrynek 2. St. Mary's Church stands on the site of an ancient pagan place of worship.[1] The church's foundation stone was laid by Janusz I the Old, Duke of Masovia and his wife, Danute of Lithuania, in 1410. The church was consecrated in 1411. It has been modified, demolished and rebuilt several times. Originally it had one nave, was made of bricks, had a ceiling and an arch presbytery, before the end of the 15th century it was transformed into a three nave basilica. The church's most striking characteristic is the tower, built in 1518. It is recognizable from a great distance and is depicted in the oldest images of Warsaw. During World War II, the church was deliberately razed to the ground by the Germans. It was reconstructed in 1947-1966 to the design by Beata Trylinska. Behind the church is small park with a set of steps that lead down to the Vistula and the so named Kosciuszko banks of the river. In the square there are outdoor theatre performances and concerts which are organised locally.

Jesuit Church

Jesuit Church (Polish: Kosciól Jezuitów), otherwise the Church of the Gracious Mother of God (Kosciól Matki Bozej Laskawej) is an ornate church in Warsaw, Poland. Immediately adjacent to St. John's Cathedral, it is one of the most notable Mannerist churches in Poland's capital. Its beautiful slender tower may be seen from the Old Town Market Place. The Jesuit Church was founded by King Sigismund III Vasa and Podkomorzy Andrzej Bobola (the Old) at Piotr Skarga's initiative, in 1609, for the Jesuits. The main building was constructed between 1609 and 1626 in the Polish Mannerist style by Jan Frankiewicz. During World War II, after the Germans suppressed the Warsaw Uprising, they razed the Jesuit Church to the ground. All that remained of the four-hundred-year-old edifice was a great pile of rubble. Between the 1950s and 1973, the church was rebuilt in a simplified architectural style.

Krasinski Palace

The Krasinski Palace (Polish: Palac Krasinskich, otherwise known as Palace of the Republic - Palac Rzeczypospolitej), is a baroque palace in Warsaw, Poland. It is located on Krasinski Square (Plac Krasinskich). The palace was built in 1677-83 for the Voivode of Plock, Jan Dobrogost Krasinski, according to design by Tylman of Gameren. The palace was burned down and demolished by the Germans during the World War II. It was later rebuilt. Today it is a part of the Polish National Library's Special Collections Section (Manuscripts and Old Prints) from the Zaluski Library. The building's facade features sculptures by Andreas Schlüter. The decorations inside the building were designed in the 1780s by Domenico Merlini and were restored after World War II. Nearby there is a garden, accessible to the public since 1768.

Wilanów Palace

Wilanów Palace (Polish: Palac w Wilanowie; Palac Wilanowski) in Wilanów, Warsaw is, together with its park and other buildings, one of the most precious monuments of Polish national culture. Wilanów Palace survived the time of Poland's partitions and both World Wars and has preserved its authentic historical qualities. It was built for the Polish king John III Sobieski in the last quarter of the 17th century and later was enlarged by other owners. Visit Website.

Palace of the Four Winds

The Palace of the Four Winds (Polish: Palac pod Czterema Wiatrami), also known as the Tepper Palace, is a baroque palace in Warsaw located at ulica Dluga (Long Street) 38/40. The palace was built about 1680, probably to Tylman van Gameren's design, for the high official and royal secretary Stanislaw Kleinpolt. The palace was subsequently sold in 1685 to Jan Dobrogost Krasinski, in 1698 to Andrzej Chryzostom Zaluski, and in the early 18th century to Bishop of Plock, Andrzej Stanislaw Kostka Zaluski. In 1927 it was purchased by the Polish Treasury, restored, and made the seat of the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare. In 1944 the palace was deliberately burned by the Germans after they had suppressed the Warsaw Uprising. In 1951 it was rebuilt and now houses the Polish offices of the World Health Organisation.

Teatr Wielki (Polish National Opera)

Address: Plac Teatralny 1.Tel: +48 (22) 6920200.

Opera was brought to Poland only twenty years after it first appeared in Florence, by Royal Prince Ladislaus IV Vasa, who in 1628 invited the first Italian opera troupe to Warsaw. As soon as he ascended the Polish throne in 1632, he had a theatre hall built in his castle, where regular opera performances were produced by an Italian company directed by Marco Scacchi.

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Bank Square / Plac Bankowy

Bank Square (Polish: Plac Bankowy) in Warsaw is one of that city's principal squares. Located in Warsaw's downtown area, next to the Saxon Garden and the Warsaw Arsenal, it is also one of the city's main public transport hubs, with several bus stops, streetcar stops, and a Warsaw Metro station. In the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, the buildings on the square were destroyed and the square ceased to exist. After the war, city planners reconstructed only its historic western part, reconfiguring it into a rectangle. The Bank Square's present-day landmarks include the Blue Tower, a large skyscraper built on the site of the Great Synagogue that had been destroyed during the war by the Germans.