Powązki Cemetery
Over a million people buried since 1790 — on 1 November, many graves glow with votive candles.
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Warsaw's most famous cemetery and one of its oldest was founded on land donated by nobleman Melchior Szymanowski and consecrated in 1792. Tombstones spanning two centuries of art styles, many carved by renowned Polish and foreign sculptors, make every path a survey of funerary craft and the illustrious individuals of Polish history buried within.
What to look for
- Aleja Zasłużonych (Avenue of the Distinguished), the formal burial corridor created in 1925
- Saint Karol Boromeusz Church, designed by Dominik Merlini, on the cemetery's northern edge
- The catacombs, erected shortly after the 1792 consecration
In the Wola district, western Warsaw; do not confuse with Powązki Military Cemetery, which sits just to the northwest.
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More to see in Warsaw
- PGE Narodowy (Kazimierz Górski National Stadium)Poland's biggest football bowl hangs a retractable PVC roof from a central spire — when the mechanism works, it unfolds like a sail over 58,580 seats.
- Palace of Culture and ScienceStalin's skyscraper — Poles nicknamed it "elephant in lacy underwear" and never tore it down.
- Royal Castle in WarsawThe Nazis dynamited this building in 1944. Every room you walk through was rebuilt, stone by stone, between 1971 and 1984.
- Warsaw Old TownBombed flat in WWII and rebuilt from scratch — the world's first fully resurrected historic city core, now a UNESCO World Heritage site.
- National Museum in WarsawThe gallery that brought Nubian Christian art from a Sudanese cathedral to Warsaw.
- Wilanów PalaceBuilt for a warrior king while Poland still existed — and open as a museum since 1805.