Warsaw’s Famous Poles

The stops, in walking order

1. 1

   

   Stop 1: Ignacy Jan Paderewski

   ~3 min here

   Here in Ujazdów Park is Michał Kamieński’s memorial to Ignacy Jan Paderewski.

2. 2

   

   Stop 2: Muzeum Fryderyka Chopina

   ~1 hr here

   The Fryderyk Chopin Museum fills the former Ostrogski Palace on Tamka Street, a fortified residence now shared with the Fryderyk Chopin Society.

3. 3

   

   Stop 3: Mikołaj Kopernik

   ~3 min here

   Here before Staszic Palace on Krakowskie Przedmieście is Warsaw’s monument to the astronomer Mikołaj Kopernik.

4. 4

   

   Stop 4: Ławeczka Chopina

   ~3 min here

   This is Ławeczka Chopina, a bench-shaped memorial to Fryderyk Chopin rather than an ordinary place to rest.

5. 5

   

   Stop 5: Józef Piłsudski

   ~3 min here

   Beside Piłsudski Square, you have Józef Piłsudski’s memorial: a statue in bronze and granite, about three metres tall.

6. 6

   

   Stop 6: Maria Konopnicka

   ~3 min here

   Before you is Maria Konopnicka’s monument: sculptor Stanisław Kulon made this seated figure from syenite and placed her on a low plinth in the Saxon Garden.

7. 7

   

   Stop 7: Święty Jan Nepomucen

   ~3 min here

   Before you is a Rococo statue of Saint John of Nepomuk at Senatorska Street forty, close to Bank Square.

8. 8

   

   Stop 8: Juliusz Słowacki

   ~3 min here

   The seated figure before the former Ministry of Treasury building is Warsaw’s memorial to Juliusz Słowacki, a major voice of Polish Romantic writing.

9. 9

   

   Stop 9: Janusz Korczak

   ~3 min here

   Here, the memorial honors Janusz Korczak, the Warsaw physician and educator who wrote for children under a name adopted from Henryk Goldszmit.

10. 10

    

    Stop 10: Maria Skłodowska-Curie

    ~3 min here

    Maria Skłodowska-Curie appears here as a bronze monument in Skłodowska-Curie Park, beside the oncology institute in Ochota.

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