Skwer Barbary Wachowicz

Skwer Barbary Wachowicz is a square in Śródmieście, Warsaw, Mazowieckie. Skwer Barbary Wachowicz is situated nearby to the art gallery Program, as well as near Autonomia.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews and Pawiak.

Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews

Museum

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POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews is a museum dedicated to preserving and recalling the memory of the history of Jews in Poland. The museum is located on the site of the former Warsaw Ghetto. Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews is situated 270 metres northwest of Skwer Barbary Wachowicz.

Pawiak

Museum

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Pawiak was a prison built in 1835 in Warsaw, Congress Poland. During the January 1863 Uprising, it served as a transfer camp for Poles sentenced by Imperial Russia to deportation to Siberia. Pawiak is situated 420 metres southwest of Skwer Barbary Wachowicz.

Krasiński Palace

Historic building

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The Krasiński Palace, also known as the Palace of the Commonwealth, is a reconstructed Baroque palace in Warsaw, Poland, on Krasiński Square. Initially erected between 1677 and 1683 for the powerful Krasiński family, it was heavily damaged during World War II and rebuilt in the mid-20th century. Krasiński Palace is situated 520 metres east of Skwer Barbary Wachowicz.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Muranów and Muranów Południowy.

Muranów

Quarter

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Muranów is a neighbourhood in the districts of Śródmieście and Wola in central Warsaw, the capital of Poland. It was founded in the 17th century. The name is derived from the palace belonging to Simone Giuseppe Belotti, a Venetian architect, who originally came to Warsaw from the island of Murano.