Warsaw
Ecclesiastical art, including paintings by Jacek Malczewski (1854鈥1929) and Wlastimil Hofman (1881鈥1970), as well as drawings, sculptures and metallic decorative arts, are displayed in the old Dean's Palace, located nearby St John's Cathedral. It's a small and attractively conceived set of exhibitions.
One of the museum's galleries hosts daily Chopin concerts.
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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
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Considered the oldest of Warsaw鈥檚 churches, St John's was built at the beginning of the 15th century on the site of a wooden church, and subsequently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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A natural spot from which to start exploring the Old Town is triangular Castle Sq. Attracting snap-happy tourists by the hundreds each day is the square's鈥
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Named after the architect Jakub Kubicki, these vaulted arcades were constructed between 1819 and 1821 on the Vistula embankment beneath the castle. As鈥
5. Heritage Interpretation Centre
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At the end of WWII the Old Town was mostly piles of rubble. To gain a full appreciation of the mammoth and heroic effort needed to reconstruct the鈥
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Piercing triangular Castle Sq, this 22m-high monument to Sigismund III Vasa, who moved the capital from Krak贸w to Warsaw, was erected by the king's son鈥
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For those with an eye for historic buildings this is Warsaw's loveliest square, not to mention its oldest having been established at the turn of the 13th鈥
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The official English name of this pretty and compact palace isn't entirely correct as it's roofed with copper and was one of the first such 17th-century鈥