The Mermaid Monument situated at Wybrzeże Kościuszkowskie (episode of Wisłostrada) near the Syrena Bridge, on the left bank of the Vistula. It was issued in 1939 r. wg proj. Ludwika Nitschowa. It is made of bronze and shows the figure of a mermaid – half a woman …
Monument to the Ghetto Heroes located on the square at ul. Zamenhof, exhibited in 1948 r. wg proj. N. Rappaporta i L.M. Suzina, commemorating the armed uprising in the Warsaw ghetto in April-May 1943 r. The monument is made of gray …
Palace of Culture and Science. Monumental building erected in the years 1952-56 under the supervision of the Soviet architect Lew Rudniew, situated between Al. Jerozolimskie, ul. Marszałkowska, Świętokrzyska and Emilia Plater. The main entrance is located on the side of ul. Marszałkowska; ma 42 storeys, counts 231 m …
Warsaw Citadel. It is a fortress built by the tsarist authorities after the Polish-Russian war in 1831 r. Built to intimidate the city's inhabitants against possible future protests and to protect the Russian garrison in the city. It was erected near the former Aleksandrowskie barracks. Her …
Parish Church. pw. st. st. Antoni Padewski and Boniface, Bernardines (ul. Czerniakowska 2). One of the most interesting baroque churches in Warsaw. It was established on the estate of Stanisław Herakliusz Lubomirski, received by him in 1683 r. for services to the country. Earlier on property …
Post-Camaldolese church. Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (seminar) at ul. Dewajtis in Bielany. Original, wooden was erected at the beginning of the. 17th century. In years 1669-1710 and 1733-55 replaced with a brick one with a monastery and a complex 13 hermitage. Late baroque church, on the eight-side plan with …
Parish Church. pw. st. James the Apostle in Tarchomin (ul. Mehoffera 4). Erected in 1518 r. from the Ossoliński foundation. The parish was established in 1534 r. Built in the late Gothic style of Masovia, brick. Rebuilt in 1730 r. (baroque gable, sacristy, kruchta, additional …
Parish Church. pw. Our Lady of Loreto (ul. Town Hall 5). It is part of the former Bernardine monastery complex. Originally built in 1641-45 at his own expense of King Władysław IV and his wife, Queen Cecylia Renata, according to the design. C. Tencalli, partially destroyed by the Swedes in …
Evangelical-Augsburg Church. Holy Trinity (Małachowski Square). Built in the years 1777-82 wg proj. Szymon Bogumił Zug, classicist. Built in the form of a rotunda covered with a dome with a lantern. From front portyk dorycki. External walls are decorated with rustication. Inside, a two-story gallery. They are held in the church …
Squares of Warsaw.
1. Kasper Denhoff Palace (Potocki) 2. Monument to Prince Józef Poniatowski 3. Stanisław Koniecpolski Palace – seat of the President of the Republic of Poland 4. Hotel Bristol 5. European Hotel 6. Monument to Bolesław Prus 7. Tomb of the Unknown Soldier 8. “A house without edges” zwany Domem …