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Powązki Communal Cemetery, Warsaw

The oldest preserved necropolis in Warsaw, it is the burial site of Polish celebrities such as Kieslowski, Wladyslaw Reymont (Nobel Prize Winner in Literature), and the opera singer Jan Kiepura. .

The oldest preserved necropolis in Warsaw, it is the burial site of Polish celebrities such as Kieslowski, Wladyslaw Reymont (Nobel Prize Winner in Literature), and the opera singer Jan Kiepura. 


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About Powązki Communal Cemetery

 Powązkowska 43, Warsaw, Poland

 +48 22 633 21 40

 www.cmentarzekomunalne.com.pl

Powązki Communal Cemetery and Nearby Sights on Map

Church of Virgin Mary, the Queen of Poland

Originally built in the 1600s for Queen Marysieńka, it was converted into a hunting residence by King August II the Strong only to be then turned into a chapel in 1816 and again into a church in the 20th century

St Stanislaus Kostka Church

Renowned because of the sermons of Jerzy Popiełuszko, the priest who was later assassinated by the communist regime

Muzeum Gazownictwa

Umschlagplatz

A contender for the most sinister place in Warsaw, the Umschlagplatz was the location Nazi officials herded Jews into cattle cars to be murdered at the Treblinka extermination camp

Monument to the Heroes of the Ghetto

Site of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

The Citadel

Built during the Russian occupation in the 19th century to keep control over Warsaw

Warsaw Uprising Museum

Enormously fascinating, The Warsaw Rising Museum is a moving experience that anyone to Warsaw must visit

Galeria XX1

Barbican

Marie Curie Museum