Plac targowy

Plac targowy is a marketplace in Oświęcim County, Małopolskie. Plac targowy is situated nearby to the cemetery Cmentarz Żydowski, as well as near the government office Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Jewish Center and Kościół pw. Matki Bożej Bolesnej.

Jewish Center

Museum

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The Auschwitz Jewish Center is a non-governmental organization whose mission is to preserve the memory of the Jewish community of the city of Oświęcim and educate about the dangers of anti-Semitism, racism and other prejudices and intolerance. Jewish Center is situated 750 metres west of Plac targowy.

Kościół pw. Matki Bożej Bolesnej

Church

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Kościół pw. Matki Bożej Bolesnej is a church, which is situated 390 metres west of Plac targowy.

Oświęcim Castle

Museum

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Oświęcim Castle is a castle raised in the Medieval Ages on the top of a hill, on the right bank of the River Soła in Oświęcim. The castle comprises a thirteenth-century early-Gothic defence tower covered by a roof, a two-floor building built around a courtyard and additional connections between the wings built in 1929–31. Oświęcim Castle is situated 1 km west of Plac targowy.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oświęcim and Zaborze.

Oświęcim

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Oświęcim is a town in Małopolskie Province in southern Poland, 60 km west of Kraków. It's better known by its German name of Auschwitz, and from 1940 to 1945 over a million people, mostly Jews, were slain in the nearby camps.