Piłsudski’s Mound
Piłsudski's Mound is located in Kraków, Poland, and was established by the Polish nation in honor of Józef Piłsudski. An artificial mound, it was constructed between the years 1934 and 1937.Photo: Mach240390, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Scenic viewpoint
- Description: The largest Polish memorial mound, Krakow
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sowiniec and Kraków Zoo.
Kraków Zoo
Zoo
Photo: Macieias, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Kraków Zoo is located in Kraków, Poland and was established in 1929. It is home to over 1500 animals and about 260 species. The zoo is a member of the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria and the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Kraków Zoo is situated 790 metres south of Piłsudski’s Mound.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Osiedle Widok Zarzecze and Zwierzyniec.
Osiedle Widok Zarzecze
Neighborhood
Photo: Obbie, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Osiedle Widok Zarzecze is a neighborhood, which is situated 3 km northeast of Piłsudski’s Mound.
Zwierzyniec
Suburb
Photo: Jakubhal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zwierzyniec former village, incorporated on 13 November 1909 as the XIII quarter of Kraków, Poland. It is now part of the District VII Zwierzyniec. Zwierzyniec is situated 3 km east of Piłsudski’s Mound.
Rząska
Village
Photo: Altoshipper, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rząska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zabierzów, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Rząska is situated 4 km north of Piłsudski’s Mound.
Piłsudski’s Mound
- Categories: tumulus, tourism, peak, historic site, and monument
- Location: Kraków, Małopolskie, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.06005° or 50° 3′ 36″ northLongitude
19.84717° or 19° 50′ 50″ eastElevation
384 metres (1,260 feet)Open location code
9F2X3R6W+2VOpenStreetMap ID
node 274386820OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentOpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=viewpointOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q1985405
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Vietnamese—“Piłsudski’s Mound” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Piłsudski muinoa”
- Cebuano: “Kopiec Piłsudskiego”
- Chinese: “毕苏斯基丘”
- Czech: “Pilsudského mohyla”
- Czech: “Piłsudského mohyla”
- Dutch: “Grafheuvel van Pilsudski”
- Dutch: “Grafheuvel van Piłsudski”
- French: “Tertre de Piłsudski”
- German: “Piłsudski-Hügel”
- Greek: “Λόφος του Πιουσούτσκι”
- Hungarian: “Piłsudski-halom”
- Korean: “피우수트스키 언덕”
- Polish: “Kopiec Józefa Piłsudskiego (Kraków)”
- Polish: “Kopiec Józefa Piłsudskiego w Krakowie”
- Polish: “Kopiec Niepodległości”
- Polish: “Kopiec Piłsudskiego (Kraków)”
- Polish: “Kopiec Piłsudskiego w Krakowie”
- Polish: “Kopiec Piłsudskiego”
- Romanian: “movila lui Piłsudski”
- Russian: “Курган Пилсудского”
- Russian: “Насыпная гора Пилсудского”
- Ukrainian: “Копець Пілсудського (Краків)”
- Ukrainian: “Копець Пілсудського”
- Vietnamese: “Gò Piłsudski”
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