Eastern and Central Europe (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

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. University of Warsaw
The university is the largest educational institution in
Poland but only some of the faculties are situated at its
main site on Krakowskie Przedmieście.
. Church of the
Holy Cross
This church has urns
containing the hearts of
composer Frédéric Chopin
and novelist Władysław
Reymont, awarded the
Nobel Prize in 1924.

Church of the Visitation

Also known as the Church

of St Joseph, this is one

of the few churches in

Warsaw that was not

destroyed during World

War II. Its interior features

remain intact.

Staszic Palace, built

between 1820 and

1823 in the late

Neo-Classical style,

now houses the

Polish Academy

of Sciences.

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Academy of

Fine Arts

VISITORS’ CHECKLIST

Map D2 & 3. @ E-1, E-2, E-3,

100, 111, 116,122, 125, 160,

170, 172, 174, 175, 180, 190,

192, 195, 222, 303, 307, 403,

460, 495, 495, 503. v 13, 26,

32, 46. Church of St Anne Tel

(022) 826 8991. # 6:30am–

7:30pm Mon–Sat, 8am–10:30pm

Sun. ¢ mass. Church of the

Holy Cross Tel (022) 556 8820.

# 9am–5pm, daily. University

of Warsaw Tel (022) 552 0000.

Statue of Nicolaus

Copernicus, the Polish astro-

no mer, was removed by the

Germans for scrap during

World War II but was later

returned to its original site.