DAY
1
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THE
OLD TOWN - CASTLE HILL
WITH THE LUBLIN CASTLE COMPLEX -
FOOT OF THE CASTLE (PODZAMCZE)
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The
Old Town
(in the morning)
Trynitarska Tower,
which houses the Archiepiscopal Museum of
Sacral Art; the tower also offers a
splendid panorama of the Old Town, Castle
Hill, City Centre and city outskirts.
( www.kuria.lublin.pl/muzeum
)
Krakowska
Gate, housing the Museum
of Lublin History; the Gothic Tower is
adjacent to the Gate; both structures
constitute elements of former city walls
from the 14th century; the beginning of
the Route of Architectural Monuments. ( www.zamek.lublin.pl
)
Visit at Lublin
Centre of Tourist Information,
located near the Krakowska Gate (ul.
Jezuicka 1/3); where free information can
be obtained as well as tourist
publications and souvenirs can be
purchased. ( www.loit.lublin.pl
)
Town
Square, surrounded by
historical tenement houses with the
building of the Crown Tribunal in the
centre - in the building's basement the
entrance to the Underground Tourist Route
is located ( e-mail: podziemia@tnn.lublin.pl
)
Church
and monastery complex of the Dominican
Order, which is open for
visitors ( www.dominikanie.lub.pl
)
Fara
Square with reconstructed
foundations of St. Michael's Church and a
breathtaking panorama of Podwale,
Podzamcze and the Lublin Castle.
Grodzka
Gate, seat of Centre -
Theatre NN, where a model reconstruction
of the pre-war Jewish district can be
studied along with other traces of Jewish
culture in Lublin. ( www.tnn.lublin.pl
)
Lublin
Castle with the 12th century
donjon and the
gothic-renaissance chapel with
Ruthenian-Byzantine frescos; the Lublin
Museum; beginning of the Jagielonian
Route of the Union of Lublin and the
Route of Famous Lubliners. ( www.zamek.lublin.pl
)
Foot of the castle
(Podzamcze) and its surroundings
(in the afternoon)
Castle
Square - before World War
II it served as the centre of the Jewish
district; beginning of the Memorial Route
of Lublin Jews
Grodzisko
Hill with the old Jewish
cemetery in Kalinowszczyzna St.
Cathedral
Orthodox Church in Ruska
St.
Czwartek
Hill with St. Nicolas's church;
excellent view spot with a panorama of
the Old Town and Podzamcze
New
Jewish Cemetery with the
z the Memorial Chamber of Lublin Jews in
Walecznych St.
Building
of the former Jewish School of Wisdom in
Lublin in Unicka St.
Note:
Return to the city centre near the
Krakowska Gate and the Archiepiscopal See
via no. 156 trolleybus from the terminus
in Unicka St. or by foot along
Lubartowska St. (approx. 2 km).
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Archiepiscopal
See, adjacent to the wall
of the Old Town, an exquisite example of
Renaissance-Baroque architecture ( www.kuria.lublin.pl/katedra
)
New
City Hall in Łokietka
St. - the seat of Lublin city authorities
Holy
Spirit Church
Krakowskie
Przedmieście - the
Lublin Promenade; street of by 18th -
20th century buildings, elegant shops,
restaurants and cafeterias
Litewski
Square with the Monument
commemorating the Union of Lublin (beginning
of the Multi- cultural Route)and three
other monuments and statues; surrounded
by the Gubernialny, Lubomirski and
Czartoryski palaces.
Evangelical
Church and Parish
( www.luteranie.pl/lublin
)
Further
section of Krakowskie Przedmieście
Street with eye-catching
Art Nouveau houses
Saski
Park, established in mid
19th century - a beautiful oasis of green
in the very centre of the city
Catholic
University of Lublin set
up in 1918. ( www.kul.lublin.pl
)
Maria
Curie Skłodowska University,
set up in 1944. ( www.umcs.lublin.pl
)
Museum
of Martyrdom "Under the Clock"
in Uniwersytecka St. - during the Second
World War Gestapo's place of torture ( www.zamek.lublin.pl
)
Old
Cemetery in Lipowa St.
with valuable tombstones from between
17th century and the modern day, divided
into the following parts:
- Roman Catholic
- Orthodox
- Evangelical
- military sections from the Ist and IInd
World Wars, including a section of Katyń
Victims
Old
tenement houses from 19th and 20th
century in Okopowa St.
Shrine
of Sorrowful Christ from
1767 in Hempla St.
Our
Victorious Lady's Church
and post-Brigitte
convent in Narutowicza
St.
Juliusz
Osterwa Theatre from 19th
century in Narutowicza St.
St.
Peter's Conversion Church
and post-Bernardinian
monastery in Dolna Marii
Panny St.
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