Barbakan Warsaw
This Medieval fortification was erected in 1540. It was largely destroyed during the Siege of Warsaw (1939) and the uprising of 1944. The Barbakan was rebuilt in the period 1952-1954 and serves as major tourist attraction.
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Source
- Text: Kaj Metz
- Photos: Kaj Metz
- Wikimedia Commons
Nearby
Museum
- Jewish Historical Institute Museum - Warszawa
- Museum of the History of Polish Jews - Warszawa
- The Museum of the Prison Pawiak - Warszawa
Point of interest
- St. Hyacinth's Church Warsaw - Warszawa
- Raczynski Palace - Warszawa
- Bullet Impacts Old Town Warsaw - Warszawa
Monument
- Memorials St. Hyacinth's Church Warsaw - Warszawa
- Execution Memorial 1 September 1944 - Warszawa
- Memorial Maly Powstaniec (Little Insurgent) - Warszawa
Cemetery
- Crypt St. John's Archcathedral - Warszawa
- Tomb of the Unknown Soldier - Warszawa
- Crypt Holy Cross Church - Warszawa
Fortification
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