The Old Synagogue is an age-old, eminent and the only well-preserved testimony to Jewish presence in the town. The first mention of Jews was recorded once in tax accounts of 1576, when they paid head tax for ten people. Yet they must have been living here before, as indicates a certain municipal document of 1592, which in mentioning their cemetery calls it an old-time one. This means it must...

"The city of weavers an shoemakers" that’s how Prudnik was called centuries ago in relation to the professions which were the domain of Prudnik's residents at that time. The biggest development of weaver craf happened in XIX and XX century , mainly thanks to Fränkl nad Pinkus family- owners of one of the biggest linen factories in Europe. The factories of this influential and generous family...

In the place of the contemporary New Guardhouse, an entertainment pavilion known as Trou-Madame was built in the years 1779-1780. Its name came from a popular 18th century game, which consisted in rolling balls through special gates. It was a low, single-storey Chinese-style building adorned with landscape polychromes and painted imitations of a garden arbour.  In 1782, the New Guardhouse...

The building of the New Orangery (erected in 1860-1861) was designed by Adam Adolf Loewe and Józef Orłowski to shelter in cold weather the orange trees and exotic plants that were displayed in the garden in summer. Among the plants were the camphor tree, magnolias, myrtles, pomegranates and cypresses. The plants blissfully enjoyed the light and warmth of the sun through the southern glass...

After Poland regained independence, the Royal Łazienki buildings became state property. In 1922, the Belvedere Palace was designated as the official residence of the newly elected first president of the 2nd Republic, Gabriel Narutowicz. He moved to the villa located behind the Stable and the Couch House. The building, which still exists today, was named as the Narutowicz House. It was built in...

International Meetings Centre was established in 2013 and it is located at the back of the Wolin City Hall, in a manor built in late 18th century. It is a meeting place for the region's inhabitants, where cultural and scientific events are held.

The small building was constructed amidst dense trees at a certain distance from the central buildings of the Royal Łazienki. It was supposed to be a place where its owners could find refuge from everyday hassles and spend time alone with their thoughts.  The Hermitage building stands in the northern part of the garden, near the Jan III Sobieski monument. The Hermitage (ermitage in French -...

Welcome to the website of the Ducal Tower in Siedlęcin – one of the most important medieval monuments in Poland. For over 700 years, our tower has been standing near Jelenia Góra in the picturesque Bóbr Valley. The Ducal Tower in Siedlęcin was erected on the initiative of Duke Henry I of Jawor in the years 1313-1315 and is one of the largest towers of this type in Central Europe. The oldest...

The Małopolska Garden of Art is a space open to artists looking for a new theatrical language and new forms of interactions with the audience. It is the most experimental space of the Juliusz Słowacki Theatre in Krakow. Here, the viewers can break with their habits and try to find themselves in a situation requiring interaction with the authors. The artists, operating at the crossroads of...

The Museum of Warmia and Masuria in Olsztyn was founded in 1945. The institution is seated in a fourteenth-century Gothic castle built for the administrator of the Warmia Chapter’s estates. In the years 1516-1521, this function was performed here by Nicolaus Copernicus. To this day, on the gallery wall there remains a unique memento of his stay – a hand-made experimental astronomical table,...