Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Szczecin, Poland
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Experience Szczecin 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.
Activities in SzczecinIndividual Sights in SzczecinSight 1: 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 2: Prawosławna Parafia św. Mikołaja
The Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas is an Orthodox co-cathedral and parish church in Szczecin. It belongs to the Szczecin deanery of the Wrocław-Szczecin diocese of the Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church.
Sight 3: Szczecin Philharmonic
Szczecin Philharmonic, officially Mieczysław Karłowicz Philharmonic, founded in 1948, is a philharmonic of the city of Szczecin, Poland. In 2015, the new building of the philharmonic was awarded the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture.
Sight 4: Royal Gate
The Royal Gate – one of the city gates of Szczecin, located on the Prussian Homage Square. It was built in the years 1725–1728 on the occasion of the occupation of the city by Prussia according to the design of the Dutch fortification designer Gerhard Cornelius van Wallrawe.
Sight 5: Kościół świętego Piotra i świętego Pawła
The Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Szczecin – a small Gothic brick aisleless church in Szczecin. This church is located on the European Route of Brick Gothic. Currently, it is a parish church of the Polish Catholic Church.
Sight 6: Muzeum Centrum Dialogu Przełomy
The Dialogue Centre "Upheavals" – an exhibition pavilion of the National Museum in Szczecin, intended for exhibitions and education about the latest history of Szczecin and Western Pomerania. The designer is the architectural firm of KWK Promes of Robert Konieczny. It is an underground building, sunk into the Solidarity Square, where the Monument to the Victims of December 1970 of Czesław Dźwigaj is located. Solidarity Square is located in the vicinity of the former Provincial Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party, at the site of demonstrations and street fights in December 1970, during which 16 people were killed.
Sight 7: Pomnik Bogusława X i Anny Jagiellonki
The monument of Prince Bogusław X and his wife Princess Anna Jagiellon is located at Korsarzy Street in Szczecin, in the north-west corner of the Pomeranian Dukes' Castle, next to the Bell Tower.
Wikipedia: Pomnik księcia Bogusława X i jego żony królewny Anny Jagiellonki w Szczecinie (PL)
Sight 8: Pałac Sejmu Stanów Pomorskich
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 9: Pałac pod Głowami
The Palace under the Heads in Szczecin at 2 Żołnierza Polskiego Square – a classicist building from the end of the 18th century, consisting of 2 buildings connected with each other in 1889.
Sight 10: Pomnik Bartolomeo Colleoniego
The Monument of Bartolomeo Colleoni in Szczecin – an equestrian statue of the famous condottiero, a historic copy of the Renaissance monument of Bartolomeo Colleoni by Andrea del Verrocchio, located in Szczecin.
Sight 11: Pomnik Króla Maciusia I
The King Matt the First Monument is a monument in Szczecin, Poland, placed in front of the 54th Primary School, at 9 Rayskiego Street. It is dedicated to writer Janusz Korczak and consists of a statue depicting the titular character from his 1923 children's novel King Matt the First. It was designed by Mieczysław Welter and unveiled on 1 June 1961 at Bałuki Street. The monument was temporary removed in 2012 and unveiled at its current location on 21 March 2013.
Sight 12: Pomnik Marynarza
The Sailor Monument is a monument in Szczecin, Poland at the Grunwald Square at the Pope John Paul II Avenue. It was designed by Ryszard Chachulski and completed on 19 June 1980.
Sight 13: Archiwum Państwowe w Szczecinie
The State Archives in Szczecin was created on August 1, 1945. The Archives have two branches in Stargard and Międzyzdroje, a display in Strzmiele and a magazine in Dobra. The range of action covers the area of the former Szczecin Province.
Sight 14: Kościół pw. Świętego Jana Chrzciciela
The Basilica of St. John the Baptist in Szczecin – a neo-Gothic hall church on a Latin cross plan in the center of Szczecin, at the intersection of Bogurodzicy and Kaszubska Streets. The first Catholic church after the introduction of Lutheranism in 1534.
Sight 15: Pomnik Jana Czekanowskiego
The Jan Czekanowski Monument in Szczecin is a contemporary monument made by Yossouf Toure for Szczecin. It commemorates Jan Czekanowski – a Polish anthropologist and ethnographer, distinguished in African research, who in the last period of his life stayed in Szczecin, where he died. The monument was designed in the form of a monument-bench, in the form of a travel trunk with the figure of a traveler sitting on it.
Sight 16: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Community of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Szczecin is a Mormon community operating in Szczecin, Poland, belonging to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Wikipedia: Gmina Kościoła Jezusa Chrystusa Świętych w Dniach Ostatnich w Szczecinie (PL), Website, Facebook
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