Warsaw
Marek Budzy艅ski was one of the architects responsible for this impressive building, completed in 2000. It features a facade of copper-clad columns decorated with maxims of Roman law. Go around the back of the building off ul 艢wi臋tojerska to view three caryatids sculpted by Jerzy Juczkowicz symbolising the virtues of faith, hope and love.
The court forms a wonderful backdrop to the equally impressive Monument to the Warsaw Rising.
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Warsaw鈥檚 top palace, 10km south of the city centre, was commissioned by King Jan III Sobieski in 1677. It has changed hands several times over the鈥
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For over 60 years this socialist realist palace has dominated central Warsaw. A 鈥榞ift of friendship鈥 from the Soviet Union, it was completed in 1955 and鈥
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This remarkable copy of the original castle blown up by the Germans in WWII is filled with authentic period furniture and original works of art鈥
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This exceptional museum, housed in a former tram power station and its surrounding grounds, traces the history of the city's heroic but doomed uprising鈥
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews
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Housed in one of Warsaw's best examples of contemporary architecture, this award-winning museum documents 1000 years of Jewish history in Poland. The鈥
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The fully interactive, push-the-buttons-and-see-what-happens Copernicus Science Centre pulls off that tricky feat of being both hugely fun and educational鈥
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Pronounced wah-zhen-kee, this beautiful park includes manicured gardens, an ornamental lake, wooded glades and strutting peacocks. Once a hunting ground,鈥
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This multimedia museum within the baroque Ostrogski Palace showcases the work of Poland鈥檚 most famous composer. You鈥檙e encouraged to take your time鈥
1. Monument to the Warsaw Rising
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One of Warsaw鈥檚 most important landmarks, this dynamic bronze tableau depicts Armia Krajowa (AK; Home Army) fighters emerging ghostlike from the shattered鈥
2. Field Cathedral of the Polish Army
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One of Warsaw's most interesting churches is this traditional place of worship for soldiers. There鈥檚 no homage to the glory of war here; instead some鈥
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A meticulous replica, following its destruction by the Germans in WWII, this baroque palace was originally completed in 1683 for the nobleman Jan鈥
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Commemorating the child soldiers who fought and died during the Warsaw Rising, this poignant statue is of a boy wearing an adult helmet and holding a鈥
5. Marie Sk艂odowska-Curie Museum
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The first woman to win the Nobel Prize, Marie Curie was born in this building in 1867 and lived here for her first 19 years. It is now a small museum鈥
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Completed in 1639, St Hyacinth's was founded by the Dominican Order and adjoins Warsaw's largest monastery. Its architecture is a mixture of Renaissance鈥
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The red-brick Barbican, a semicircular defensive tower topped with a decorative Renaissance parapet, is part of the medieval fortifications surrounding鈥
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Brandishing a sabre, this bold statue commemorates the brave Warsaw cobbler who was a hero of the 1794 Ko艣ciuszko Uprising. Originally erected in 1936 on鈥