CONCERTS IN ŁAZIENKI PARK

The concerts take place at the Chopin Monument from mid-May to late September, every Sunday at noon and 4 pm. This is one of the most famous and popular summer musical events in the city – it never fails to attract hundreds listeners.

LUTHERAN CHURCH OF HOLY TRINITY

Young Fryderyk sang in the parish church choir. In 1825, a concert took place here to celebrate Tsar Alexander I’s arrival to Warsaw; during the performance, the 15-year-old Chopin improvised on the choraleon (an instrument designed by Karl Brunner). The classicist church is reminiscent of the shape of the Roman Pantheon, and the highest turret was once of Warsaw’s most beautiful viewing points. It was destroyed during World War II, but it has been faithfully restored. The interior has not lost its excellent acoustics, so like in the days of Chopin, concerts are still organised here.
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The Church of the Holy Cross

Chopin’s burial in his native land was not possible therefore his beloved sister Ludwika – according to Chopin’s expressed desire to have his heart laid to rest in a free Poland – brought his heart to Warsaw. Today, the urn rests in the Basilica of the Holy Cross, in the pilar on the far left side of the nave. The inscription on it read: “Where your treasure is found, there is also your heart. To Fryderyk The Compatriots”.  The Baroque church its faced, there stands an impressive figure of Christ carrying the cross up the stairs to the temple.

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Tomb Of the Unknown Soldier

A small colonnade, the remains of the Saski Palace, stands on Piłsudskiego Square in Warsaw. A vigil light is kept burning in front of it and military honour guards stand close at all times. It is symbolic tomb to commemorate nameless soldiers who fell fighting for their country.
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Kanonia

Kanonia is a small, triangle square right behind the cathedral whose name comes from the old tenement houses, which in the 17th c. were inhabited by canons (priests).
There used to be a parish cemetery here, the remains of which is a baroque 18th c. statue of the Mother of God. In the centre of the square there is a large gunmetal bell from the 17th c., which has never hung in a church. It is said thet going around it there times brings luck.

Kanonia is also the place to see tle oldest in Warsaw plaque with the name of a street and the narrowest house in the Polish capital - it is only one window wide if you look at it from the square, but it is much wider if you look at it from the Vistula River.

This was a clever idea of the house owner, who in this way avoided paying a high land tax, as the land tax depended on the width of the facade.
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The Stone Steps

The Stone Steps are very picturesque 15th c. steps. Napoleon Bonaparte walked them during one on his stays in Warsaw.
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My Alma Mater

I studied very far for my home, in Cieszyn. Why?