Towards the end of 1939, the Germans began preparations for the construction of command posts in the vicinity of Strzyzow and Stepin, in the southern section of the front, due to the already anticipated war with the Soviet Union. The structures...

Unlike other train shelters on Polish territory, the shelter in Strzyzow has the characteristics of a tunnel. The Germans, while designing their project “Anlage Sud”, decided to use the tunnel on the railway line between Jaslo and Rzeszow that...

The period from the late 19th century to the outbreak of the Second World War was a new era for Srebrna Gora. The city, which in its history first developed due to the mining industry and later the massive fortress with a large garrison, was a...

The Basilica Cathedral, dedicated to the apostles St Peter and St Paul, is located on the island of Ostrow Tumski in Poznan and dates back to the very origins of Christianity in Poland in the second half of the 10th century. At the time a...

The Cistercian monastery in Obra was founded between the years 1231and 1237 and also 1238. Its founder was Sedziwoj, a canon and cantor from Gniezno and a member of the Jeleni Nialkow family, who in 1231, donated part of his estate for this...

The Zielona Gora Nature Reserve created close to the village Kusieta in 1953 includes limestone hills covered in deciduous forested and rocky scrub vegetation which conceal amongst its range an interesting cave rich in formations.

The Krakow Salt Works Museum is one of the largest mining museums in Europe. It was established in 1951 and is a museum of Two Worlds, underground with a large exhibit in the salt mine at a depth of 135m below ground and above ground in the Salt...

One of the most interesting sections of the northern flank of the Pomeranian Wall (Pommernstellung) can be found in the small village of Smiadowo. These are three complexes of fortifications built beteen 1935 and 1936.

To the southeast of the village, in a range of high hills covered with pine trees, on one rise called Wisielcza Gora are the preserved ruins of massive fortifications. These fortifications were part of the defensive structures of the Pomeranian...

The Training Mine of the National Institute of Mining and Metallurgy in Dabrowa Gornicza is aimed at familiarizing students with the mining equipment. The construction of the mine started in 1927 and the first phase was completed in 1929.

Modlin Fortress is unique, on a European scale, complex of defensive structures that presents the evolution of European notions about fortification architecture from the 19th and early 20th centuries.

The Underground Tourist Route is a merchant cellars and warehouses from the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries. The distance is about 180 m, and the difference in level is 8 m

Ksiaz Castle is a huge structure located within the administrative city limits of Walbrzych. In Silesia, in terms of size, is second to none. After many modifications, the castle today is a mixture of different architectural styles, from Gothic...

The filters are the oldest of the three Warsaw waterworks and have been supplying Warsaw residents with water since 3rd July 1886.

Fort IV was built between 1878 and 1884 as the third consecutive fort in Torun’s ring of fortresses. In 1894, the fort had the name Yorck. The underground section includes the reinforced tunnels leading to its flanking caponiers.