Relics of the past

The observation terrace of the Economics Academy skyscraper, 80 m above ground, offers an excellent view of the city’s old quarter, Ostrow Tumski, where the cathedral stands today and where once stood the castle of Prince Mieszko I and his son Boleslaw the Brave, crowned in 1025 the first king of Poland. Their sarcophaguses can be viewed in the Golden Chapel of the cathedral.

Besides gold cups and monstrances from the churches of Wielkopolska, the Archdiocese Museum houses Poland’s only painting by Anthony van Dyck.

Poznan’s most beautiful church is the huge Baroque Parish Church of St. Stanislaw. This is one of Poznan’s most mysterious buildings, since parts of the crypts have not yet been investigated. Rumors say that crates of sketches by great Polish painters Jan Matejko and Wojciech Gerson, purchased for the Poznan City Museum just before World War II, were hidden here. Organ concerts are held in the church every day in the summer, with proceeds going to the renovation of the historic organ.

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