Pomnik Książki, Kalisz

Name: Pomnik Książki
Address: Kalisz, Poland

#26 among attractions in Kalisz

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Kalisz Book Monument - a monument in Kalisz located in the downtown area of Planty.

It was erected to commemorate the filling up of the Babinka Canal in the 1940s by German soldiers, who flooded there thousands of books from Polish and Jewish libraries. The inscription on the monument says about it: Here, in the buried bed of the Prosna River, the Nazis destroyed tens of thousands of books from the collections of Kalisz public libraries. The monument was unveiled on May 11, 1978.

Coordinates: 51°45'53"N, 18°5'18"E

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Pomnik Książki – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Galeria Tęcza, Muzeum Okręgowe Ziemi Kaliskiej, Muzeum Osiakowskich, Teatr im. Wojciecha Bogusławskiego.

~420 ftN
Shopping, Shopping centre
Galeria Tęcza, Kalisz
3 min walk • Tęcza Gallery - a shopping, service and entertainment center, located at 1 Maj 3 Street in Kalisz, about 400 m from the Main Square; opened on October 22, 2011 in place of the former "Tęcza" megasam.
0.4 miSW
Museum, History museum
Muzeum Okręgowe Ziemi Kaliskiej, Kalisz
10 min walk • District Museum of the Kalisz Area in Kalisz - a district museum in Kalisz founded in 1906 as the Archeological Museum, a provincial cultural institution, entered in the National Register of Museums in...
~490 ftS
51°45'49"N • 18°5'20"E
Muzeum Osiakowskich, Kalisz
3 min walk • Museum, History museum
0.5 miSE
Concerts and shows, Theater
Teatr im. Wojciecha Bogusławskiego, Kalisz
13 min walk • Wojciech Bogusławski Theatre in Kalisz - theater in Kalisz, provincial institution of culture, founded in 1801 by Wojciech Bogusławski, honorary national stage, the third oldest dramatic theater in...
~790 ftS
City hall
City Hall, Kalisz
4 min walk • Kalisz Town Hall - a town hall in downtown Kalisz, neoclassical, built in 1920-1924 by the efforts of the Committee for Reconstruction of Kalisz, designed by Sylwester Pajzderski based on earlier designs by Stefan...
0.5 miSE
Park
Park Miejski, Kalisz
12 min walk • Kalisz City Park - a city park in Kalisz, in Śródmieście, on the border of Rajsko and Rypinek, on the banks of the Prosna, Swędrnia, Bernardyński Canal, Rypinkowski Canal and Przekopem, founded in 1798, enlarged and transformed many...
0.6 miSW
Cemetery
Cmentarz ewangelicko-augsburski, Kalisz
15 min walk • Evangelical-Augsburg cemetery in Kalisz, Luterska Mountain - Protestant cemetery in Kalisz, on Rogatka Street, established before 1689; one of the oldest Polish cemeteries, the oldest surviving cemetery in Kalisz, a monument of sepulchral art...
~1080 ftSE
Church
Cerkiew św. Apostołów Piotra i Pawła, Kalisz
6 min walk • Orthodox Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Kalisz - an Orthodox parish church in Kalisz. It belongs to Łódź deanery of Łódź-Poznan diocese of the Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church; entered in the register of monuments in 1994.
1 miS
51°45'2"N • 18°4'48"E
Galeria Sztuki Napora, Kalisz
27 min walk • Museum
~1380 ftS
Bridge
Most Kamienny, Kalisz
7 min walk • Stone Bridge - a road bridge over the Prozna River in Kalisz, in the course of Śródmiejska Street, located on the border between Śródmieście I and Śródmieście II; a classicist bridge, built from March 1824 to August 1825 under the direction ...
~320 ftSE
Church
Katedra św. Mikołaja, Kalisz
2 min walk • St. Nicholas the Bishop Cathedral in Kalisz - a church built between 1253 and 1257 in Gothic style with the foundation of Boleslaw the Pious in Kalisz.

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Which popular attractions are close to Pomnik Książki?

Nearby attractions include Katedra św. Mikołaja, Kalisz (2 min walk), Muzeum Osiakowskich, Kalisz (3 min walk), City Hall, Kalisz (4 min walk), Fundamenty Zamku Królewskiego, Kalisz (5 min walk).

How to get to Pomnik Książki by public transport?

The nearest stations to Pomnik Książki:

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Parczewskiego • Lines: 10, 13, 5 (1 min walk)
Nowy Rynek Babina • Lines: 10, 13, 5 (2 min walk)