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Sigismund's Column

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Sigismund's Column, erected in 1644, is located in Castle Square, Warsaw, Poland. It is one of Warsaw's most famous landmarks and one of the oldest secular monuments in northern Europe. The column and statue commemorate King Sigismund III Vasa, who in 1596 had moved Poland's capital from Kraków to Warsaw. On the Corinthian column (which used to be of red marble), 8.5 m high, a sculpture of the King, 2.75-metres high, in archaistic armour is placed. Go to the map ⬆⬆
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Historical Facts

  1. Instituto Curie (Varsovia)
  2. Battle of Olszynka Grochowska
  3. Warsaw Uprising (1794)

what to see / tourism / architecture and monuments / Palaces

  1. Palacio Belwederski

what to see / tourism / museums

  1. Museum of the Polish Peasant Movement

Universities

  1. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Societies

  1. POL-MOT
  2. POLMO

Hamlets, villages and towns

  1. Saska Kępa

Education

  1. Kozminski University

what to see / tourism / architecture and monuments

  1. Sigismund's Column
  2. Mały Powstaniec

what to see / tourism / architecture and monuments / Squares

  1. Constitution Square (Warsaw)
  2. Piłsudski Square

what to see / tourism / architecture and monuments / Skyscrappers

  1. Intraco I

Other interest places

  1. Battle of Raszyn (1809)
  2. Medical University of Warsaw
  3. Wilanów Palace
  4. Museum of Communism, Poland
  5. Rotunda (PKO)

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