Tykocin

Tykocin is a small historic town in , northeastern , on the Narew River, about 30 km west of . It is one of the most interesting historic towns of Podlasie, with a preserved Baroque urban layout, a reconstructed royal castle, churches and monasteries, and important monuments of the town's former Jewish community.
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  • Type: Town with 1,920 residents
  • Description: city of Poland
  • Also known as: “טיקוצ’ין”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tykocin Castle and Tykocin Synagogue.

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The Tykocin Royal Castle is a 15th-century castle located on the right bank of the river in Tykocin, Poland. It fell into ruin in the 18th century and its reconstruction began in 2002.

Synagogue
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The is an historic former Jewish synagogue building, located in Tykocin, , . The synagogue was completed in 1643, in the Mannerist-early Baroque style.

Historic building
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is a historic building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tatary and Piaski.

Village
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is a in the administrative district of , within , , in north-eastern Poland.

Village
is a in the administrative district of , within , , in north-eastern Poland.

Village
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is a located in the administrative district of , within , , in north-eastern Poland.

Tykocin

Latitude
53.2076° or 53° 12′ 28″ north
Longitude
22.773° or 22° 46′ 23″ east
Population
1,920
Elevation
110 metres (361 feet)
United Nations Location Code
PL TYK
Open location code
9G546Q5F+36
Open­Street­Map ID
node 31570835
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
756484
Wiki­data ID
Q941451
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Vietnamese—“Tykocin” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Tykocin”
  • Basque: “Tykocin”
  • Belarusian: “Тыкоцін”
  • Catalan: “Tykocin”
  • Cebuano: “Tykocin”
  • Chechen: “Тыкоцин”
  • Chinese: “蒂科欽”
  • Chinese: “蒂科钦”
  • Czech: “Tykocin”
  • Dutch: “Tykocin”
  • Esperanto: “Tykocin”
  • Estonian: “Tykocin”
  • French: “Tykocin”
  • German: “Tykocin”
  • Greek: “Τικότσιν”
  • Hebrew: “טיקטין”
  • Hungarian: “Tykocin”
  • Ido: “Tykocin”
  • Irish: “Tykocin”
  • Italian: “Tykocin”
  • Javanese: “Tykocin”
  • Latvian: “Tikocina”
  • Lithuanian: “Tikocinas”
  • Lithuanian: “Tykocinas”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Tykocin”
  • Macedonian: “Тикоќин”
  • Malay: “Tykocin”
  • Persian: “تیکوچین”
  • Polish: “Tykocin”
  • Portuguese: “Tykocin”
  • Romanian: “Tykocin”
  • Russian: “Тыкоцин”
  • Serbian: “Тикоћин”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Tykocin”
  • Silesian: “Tykocin”
  • Silesian: “Tykoćin”
  • Slovak: “Tykocin”
  • Slovenian: “Tykocin”
  • South Azerbaijani: “تیکوچین”
  • Spanish: “Tykocin”
  • Swedish: “Tykocin”
  • Tatar: “Тыкотсин”
  • Turkish: “Tykocin”
  • Ukrainian: “Тикоцин”
  • Ukrainian: “Тикоцін”
  • Urdu: “ٹیکوچین”
  • Vietnamese: “Tykocin”
  • “Tykocin”

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