My Two Day visit – the 8th since 2011
Day One
Warsaw Old Town
Warsaw Old Town – Wikipedia
The Warsaw Old Town (Polish: Stare Miasto and collectively with the New Town, known colloquially as: Starówka) is the oldest part of Warsaw, the capital city of Poland. It is bounded by the Wybrzeże Gdańskie, along with the bank of Vistula river, Grodzka, Mostowa and Podwale Streets. It is one of the most prominent tourist attractions in Warsaw. The heart of the area is the Old Town Market Place, rich in restaurants, cafés and shops. Surrounding streets feature medieval architecture such as the city walls, the Barbican and St. John’s Cathedral.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Old_Town
Warsaw Uprising
Warsaw Uprising – Wikipedia
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Uprising
Warsaw Uprising Monument
Warsaw by night
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Warsaw)
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Warsaw) – Wikipedia
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Polish: Grób Nieznanego Żołnierza) is a monument in Warsaw, Poland, dedicated to the unknown soldiers who have given their lives for Poland. It is one of many such national tombs of unknowns that were erected after World War I, and the most important such monument in Poland.[1]
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_of_the_Unknown_Soldier_(Warsaw)
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Adam Mickiewicz Monument, Warsaw
Adam Mickiewicz Monument, Warsaw – Wikipedia
Adam Mickiewicz Monument (Polish: Pomnik Adama Mickiewicza) is a monument dedicated to Adam Mickiewicz at the Krakowskie Przedmieście in the Śródmieście district of Warsaw, Poland. The Neo-Classicist monument was constructed in 1897–1898 by sculptor Cyprian Godebski.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Mickiewicz_Monument,_Warsaw
Day Two
Jewish Historical Institute
Jewish Historical Institute – Wikipedia
The Jewish Historical Institute (Polish: Żydowski Instytut Historyczny or ŻIH) also known as the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute, is a research foundation in Warsaw, Poland, primarily dealing with the history of Jews in Poland.
With Michael Leiserowitz
Polin – post to follow
Nozyk Synagogue – post to follow
Palace of Culture and Science
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Culture_and_Science
Janusz Korczak
Janusz Korczak – Wikipedia
Janusz Korczak, the pen name of Henryk Goldszmit[1] (22 July 1878 or 1879 – 7 August 1942[2]), was a Polish-Jewish educator, children’s author, and pedagogue known as Pan Doktor (“Mr. Doctor”) or Stary Doktor (“Old Doctor”). After spending many years working as director of an orphanage in Warsaw, he refused sanctuary repeatedly and stayed with his orphans when the entire population of the institution was sent from the Ghetto to the Treblinka extermination camp, during the Grossaktion Warsaw of 1942.[3]
Piano Crossing
With Michael and Ruth Leiserowitz
Zlote Tarasy Shopping Centre
