Maria Curie-Sklodowska University

more Maria Curie-Sklodowska University (Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej, commonly shortened to UMCS) was founded October 23, 1944 in Lublin. It is named in honour of Marie Curie-Sklodowska. Currently the number of students is almost 36,000.[Lublin]

Lublin Railway Station

more Lublin Station is the most important railway station in Lublin. It is sometimes referred to as Lublin Glowny (Lublin Main), to distinguish it from two other (much smaller) stations located in Lublin. The main station building was opened in 1877, together with the Vistula River Railroad, which connected Warsaw with Kovel. At the time Lublin was in the Russian Empire as part of Congress Poland.[Lublin]

Trolleybuses

more Lublin is one of Poland’s three cities that still operate a regular trolleybus line. Other two cities are Tychy and Gdynia. One of the Soviet ZIU trolleybuses owned by the Municipal Public Transport Company (MPK) was renovated in 2003. The old regular seats were taken out, and restaurant tables were installed, along with a small bar and toilets. The new version is called ZIUTEK and may be used for promotional activities.[Lublin]

Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva

more Founded by Rabbi Meir Shapiro, the Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva, (Jesziwat Chachmei Lublin), was an important centre for Torah study in Poland. On May 22–28, 1924, the cornerstone laying ceremony took place for the construction of the yeshiva building. Approximately 20,000 people participated in the event.[Lublin]

Lublin Holocaust Memorial

more The Holocaust Memorial in Lublin (Pomnik ku czci masowej eksterminacji ludnosci zydowskiej, Pomnik ofiar getta) commemorates the Jewish inhabitants of the city who were killed during the Holocaust. It was unveiled in 1963.[Lublin]

Botanic Garden

more The University of Maria Curie-Sklodowska Botanic Garden Lublin is a research and educational centre in Poland . It is located in the eastern part of the country, in one of the most significant Polish cities, in Lublin . The UMCS Botanic Garden Lublin is a part of the Maria Curie Sklodowska University (UMCS) in Lublin . The history of the institution dates back to the year 1965. The UMCS Botanic Garden Lublin is situated in a valley with a wide range of temperatures. The region is typical with long summers and cold winters.[Lublin]

The Former Lublin Industrialists Bank-The Grand Hotel

more The Lublin Industrialists Bank (Kasa Przemyslowcow Lubelskich) was established in 1884 by the owners of the largest factories at that time: Adolf Frick – owner of a brewery, Emilian Domanski – owner of a tannery, Edward Krausse – owner of a mill, and August Vetter – owner of a brewery and a malt house. The newly established crediting cooperative with unlimited liability was called “Lublin Industrialists Bank.” In 1926, the name was changed to “The Lublin Industrialists and Farmers Bank.” The bank assisted the operations of Lublin industry and crafts by granting cheap loans.[Lublin]

The Union of Lublin Monument

more The monument was erected in 1826, thanks to the efforts of Stanislaw Staszic. A cast-iron obelisk cast in Kielce Steelworks is decorated with a bas-relief depicting two people shaking hands.
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Morski Family Palace

more In the 19th century, a number of palaces with backyard gardens were located on Krakowskie Przedmiescie Street, in the vicinity of the Evangelical Church. One of the oldest was the Morski family palace from the late 18th century. The reconstruction of the palace ordered by Count Ignacy Moscicki turned it into a residential building. In 1846, the palace was purchased by an industrialist from Lublin of Scottish origin, Alexander Mac Leod. He decided to add two wings to the building. In 1898, the palace was purchased by the Commercial Bank of Lodz.
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The Grodzka Gate

more The Grodzka Gate (Brama Grodzka) was built during the reign of Casimir the Great, King of Poland, following the Tatar invasion in 1341. It served defensive purposes, as it protected the city from the North-East. A wooden overpass ran through the Grodzka Gate to the Castle of Lublin. South of the Castle, there were many ponds and pools.
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The Old Town Market Square

more The Old Town Market Square is the central point and the best known place in Lublin. It used to be a historical centre of the city. It was located on the outskirts of the old stronghold, near the former bulwarks, after Lublin had received a city charter from Wladysław the Short, King of Poland.[Lublin]

Czartoryski Palace

more The Baroque Czartoryski Palace was designed by the famous architect of Flanders, Tylman from Gameren, at the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries. In 1728 the palace was rebuilt by Franciszek Magiera. Later on, the palace was owned by the Lubomirski and Sienawski families. Eventually, thanks to the family connections, it came back to the possession of the ducal family of Czartoryski. They resided in Pulawy, which was one of the reasons why the palace gradually became more and more devastated.[Lublin]

Europa Hotel

more The eclectic hotel was built in 1865-67, according to a design of Ludwik Szamota. It was patterned after Europejski Hotel in Warsaw. Since the very beginning, it was considered extremely elegant, modern, well-equipped and well-staffed. The Michelson family willed the building to the Lublin Society of Good Will. The building destroyed during the Second World War was renovated, and its original appearance was preserved.
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Building of the Crown Tribunal

more The Crown Tribunal building, formerly the Old City Hall, is located in the centre of the Old Town Market Square. The construction of the city hall was commenced right after Lublin was granted a city charter on August 15, 1317. The building is surrounded from both sides by curvilinear streets that reflect the location of the old bulwarks that protected Lublin before 1317. The old wooden building was replaced with a Gothic brick city hall in 1389, which was rebuilt and extended a number of times. By the mid 16th century, it already was a Renaissance building (“to decorate the city and for the general purpose”). There were external stairs leading to the first floor.[Lublin]

Church of the Holy Spirit

more The Church of the Holy Spirit is located next to the city hall, the seat of the Lublin City Office. In the Medieval times, it served as a hospital church and a shelter for the poor, the sick, and the disabled. The then regulations ordered that all hospitals and shelters for the old, the poor, the sick, and the disabled should be located outside city walls, aside the main road to the city. The original St. John Church was made of wood. It was located next to a brick 14th century hospital building with vaulted chambers. Approximately in 1419, the wooden church was replaced by a brick hospital church of the Holy Spirit.
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Church and Monastery of the Capuchin Order

more The SS. Peter and Paul church and monastery complex in Lublin was founded by Karol Sanguszko, the Court and Grand Marshal of Lithuania, and his wife – Maria Anna, nee Lubomirska. They owned the nearby Lubomirski family palace, situated at Lithuanian Square in Lublin. Following the purchase of a land plot on Krakowskie Przedmiescie, they decided to erect a sacral complex there. The construction of the church and monastery complex began in 1726 and ended in 1733. It was supervised by an architect from Warsaw, Karol Bay.[Lublin]

Our Lady of Immaculate Conception Church

more The church and the convent complex was funded by Mikolaj Danillowicz, Great Chamberlain of the Crown, and his wife Zofia, nee Teczynska. The financial support came from the local landowners and townsmen of Lublin. The construction of the complex was finished in 1660. The external appearance of the church (the characteristic facade with no towers) tells us that the construction was supervised by an unknown provincial architect. The nave and the presbytery were roofed in the 18th century. This gave the interior a Baroque touch.
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“Under the Lions” Tenement House

more It is located on 9 Rynek Street, on the east side of the market square, known as the Konopnica family side of the Old Town. The original owner of the tenement was Jerzy Organista. While it was owned by its next owners – the Cholewinski family – It was rebuilt in a Renaissance style, around 1600.
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Lubomirski Palace

more It is also known as the post-Radziwill palace. According to historical data, the palace was completed in the 16th century. At that time, it was owned by the Firlej family. Afterwards, it was purchased by the Ostrorogski family, and in 1683 by the Lubomirski family. The palace was renovated by the Lubomirski family and extended in a Baroque style by a Flemmish architect, Tylman from Gameren.
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The Cracow Gate

more The Cracow Gate (Brama Krakowska) was built as a part of a fortification system (the walls surrounding the city) during the reign of King Casimir the Great, following a Tatar attack in 1341. It is an architectural symbol of the city. It serves as a passage between the Old Town and the Downtown. At present, it serves as a Lublin History Museum. The name of the Gate derives from a royal road running from Lublin to the then capital of Poland – Cracow. The road would run through that Gate. It was also known as the Higher Gate, as opposed to the Grodzka Gate, located in the lower part of the city.
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State Museum at Majdanek

more The State Museum at Majdanek was founded in November 1944 on the grounds of the former German concentration camp. It is an institution directly subordinated to the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. In addition to organizing exhibitions, the museum also runs educational and academic activities. Since 2004 there has also been a non-local branch of Majdanek – Museum  - Memorial Site in Belzec. The mission of the Museum is to cultivate the memory and promote historical education about the German occupation in the Lublin region during World War II, particularly by means of commemorating the victims, preserving the relics and documenting the history of the concentration camp at Majdanek and the death camp in Belzec.[Lublin]

Wincenty Pol Manor House

more Wincenty Pol biographic museum is housed in a classicist country house that was built at the end of the 18th c at a small estate, Firlejowszczyzna near Lublin. The permanent exposition in the historic section of the building presents literary biography of W. Pol, his research in geography and ethnography, manuscripts of his works, likenesses of the poet, photos of his closest relatives and family memorabilia.[Lublin]

The Chapel of the Holy Trinity

more The Church of the Holy Trinity called the Chapel of Lublin Castle ranks among the most precious and interesting monuments of Medieval architecture not only in Poland but also in the European context. It is a relic where the two great cultural traditions of the East and the West meet and mingle. The interior of this Gothic chapel was covered in 1418 with magnificent Russo-Byzantine murals. The earliest mention of the chapel comes from 1326.[Lublin]

Lublin Museum

more Lublin Museum in Lublin ranks among the oldest and the largest collections in the Eastern part of the country. In 2006 it was celebrating its 100th anniversary. Lublin Museum is an eminent institution in the region between the Vistula and the Bug rivers and also important nation-wide. In its collections of over 157 thousand objects there are numerous works of supra-regional importance, valuable as relics of European heritage.[Lublin]