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Tarnow

Country:
Poland
State:
Lesser Poland
City:
Tarnow
Type of Location:
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By Air

In Tarnow's Aeroclub airfield Earth Tarnowska grassy runway with a length of about 500 m.In addition, located 38 km northeast of Mielec's Mielec Airport (Airport Tarnow / Tarnobrzeg) used by local aeroclub and PZL Mielec.The nearest airports are performing regular connections: Airport Krakow-Balice and Rzeszow airport-Jasionka.Currently the city plans to build a small domestic airport with a runway measuring 1300m long and 30m wide which allows landing aircraft to 50 people.

By Train

The origins go back to turn in Tarnow winter 1856, when it was completed and launched a two-way railway route Krakow - Debica the railway line being built Krakow - Lviv.The main station building is a historic building.It was created on the model of the station in Lvov in 1906.Since December 2010 year, the main station building works only Polish contemporary art gallery is located at such place (Office of Artistic Exhibitions - City Gallery in Tarnow).In Tarnow, there are two stations on which passenger trains stop - Tarnow and Tarnow Moscice. With the arrest of passenger traffic on the railway line 115 to Szczucin in 2000, became inactive stops North Tarnow and Tarnow Klikowa.There are also two stations marks - Tarnow Branch and freight station Nitrogen Plant Moscice Azoty.

By Bus

In Tarnow operate 32 bus lines (including one night, going only during the holidays) subject to the Management of Urban Transport in Tarnow.The city almost everywhere (except the strict Old Town) you can take a bus, thanks to the good distribution routes.In the years 1911 - 1942 worked in Tarnow communication system tram.The route led from the street Burtniczej through Lviv, shafts, Cracow to the train station Tarnow.The line length was 2580 m.In 1927 year the tram has carried over 1.2 million passengers.Trams in Tarnow were liquidated by the occupying German authorities in 1942.

Key places to visit
Tarnow castle, Strzelecki Park, The mausoleum of General Jozef Bem, Church of St. Trinity, Mount St. Martin, Louis Solski Theatre, Diocesan Museum at Tarnow, National Festival of Comedy Talia

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Tarnow castle

the ruins of a medieval castle on the Mount of Saint Martin in Tarnow in Malopolska province.The castle in Tarnow, originally Gothic was built in the first half of the fourteenth century by order of Spicymira coat Leliwa was on the route trade route running from Krakow to Rus.The source documents that castle chapel consecrated in 1331 years bishop of Krakow John Grot.Later the castle was a residential place Tarnowski in the mid- sixteenth century, was enlarged and modernized in the style of the Renaissance by the Crown Hetman Jan Tarnowski.After the death of the Queen in 1561 he moved into the hands of Ostrogski and in 1742 he became the property of Sanguszko.

Strzelecki Park

a park located within the street: Slovak, Pilsudski, Romanowicz and New World.Establishment park was associated with the creation of Tarnow Rifle Association.It was founded in 1866 year on the site of a former farm-attack Dyksonowka design by Anthony Schmidt.The area has been landscaped in the spirit of modernism.At the gate of the Slovak side of the street (then Kurkowa) built neo-Gothic building of the shooting range.In the period 2005-2010 the building was owned by the Fowler Brotherhood which planned to manage it on its seat.These plans were not realized.At present mansion is owned by the City Council.Previously, it also acted in such Library PNA (80s of the twentieth century).

The mausoleum of General Jozef Bem

a facility located in Park Strzelecki in Tarnow.Jozef Bem after his death in 1850, buried in Aleppo in Turkey (now in Syria) in the Muslim cemetery Isam el Jebel.In 1926 tied the "Committee to bring the corpse of General J. Bem".The Committee received the support of such Polish President Ignacy Moscicki and Marshal Jozef Pilsudski.The mausoleum was built in 1927 in the middle of the pond park designed by Adolf Szyszko-Bohusz - burial in a Catholic cemetery was not possible due to the transition Bem to Islam.Rectangular sarcophagus stands on six Corinthian columns surrounded by bullets, referring to the parent type of weapon general, artillery.Combining these chains are made from melted guns.

Church of St. Trinity

was erected between 1,595 - 1597 in the then village Terlikow podtarnowskiej the initiative of Father Luke Hours, senior vicars collegiate Tarnow.Consecration of the church in 1597 made bishop of Krakow, Cardinal. Jerzy Radziwill.Late Gothic, wood, oriented church timbered with mild baroque tower with an octagonal lantern baniastym covered with a cupola.The interior is covered ceilings flat with polychrome from the early twentieth century.In the late Renaissance altar is the main picture of the Holy Trinity in the iconographic type known as the Throne of Grace painted on wood around 1600 years.The deposit in the Diocesan Museum in Tarnow are late Gothic wing of the triptych of the first half of the sixteenth century, with scenes from the life of Christ.

Mount St. Martin

is a hill located southeast of the center of Tarnow, partly in its administrative boundaries.Is the northern edge of the threshold of the Carpathian Foothills.Name the top (popularly known as Marcinek) comes from the historic church.Martin in the present village of Zawada, which is the oldest parish church Tarnow and his surroundings.Mount St. Martin is in the catchment of the river White, sharply wringing over its valley.Its northern slope is situated within the administrative boundaries of Tarnow the summit and gently sloping hillside south-occupied buildings Zawada.Near the top of the hill near the church is a transmitter -ground belonging to TP EmiTel.

Louis Solski Theatre

In the period 1957 - 1975 operated under the name of the Cracow State Theatre to them. Ludwik Solski.To use his name in the name Tarnowski Theatre, Ludwik Solski expressed personal consent.Theatre inaugurated its work release Revenge of Aleksander Fredro a staging directed by the same Solski who also starred in the role Dyndalski.Today the theater performs artistic projects based on szescdziesiecioosobowa team of writers, actors, theater artisans, producers and organizers.Performances are created in a complex of buildings located in the center of Tarnow.In its main part, there are two scenes: high to 300 seats and small for 100 seats.The spacious foyer and cafeteria are used for theatrical exhibition art exhibitions are also a place of meetings, presentations, cabaret, poetry and chamber music programs, plays, concerts.

Diocesan Museum at Tarnow

the oldest diocesan museum in Poland, founded 25 October 1888 by the then rector of the seminary in Tarnow, Fr. Joseph Baba.Originally housed in the building of the seminary.In the interwar period in the Town Hall on Market Tarnowski and now the historic houses of the sixteenth century in the vicinity of the cathedral, a former collegiate.Tenement, which now houses two large exhibition halls was once called Akademiola because it was a branch of the University of Krakow.Tarnow was the first school.Museum exhibits are divided into four sections: monuments, art guild - Gothic sculpture and painting from the area of Malopolska, church fabrics - including vestments and covers, folk art, especially paintings on glass from all over Europe and other continents and works of art the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth century (paintings, china watches).The oldest exhibit in the museum is the sculpture of the head of St. John the Baptist on a platter.

National Festival of Comedy Talia

theater festival held every autumn in Tarnow.Its name comes from the Deck, who was the muse of comedy in Greek mythology.The event takes place from the year 1995.Once in 2004 was held TALIA Comedy Festival.The festival is conducted a contest for best comedy and a series of accompanying events such as exhibitions, concerts, cabaret or non-competitive performances.In 2009 the company changed somewhat the form of selection of the best performances.Until now, the winner wylanialo jury.From this year this is done by voting audience.The originator and initiator of the festival was Andrew Pacula and organized by the Theatre.Louis Solski in Tarnow.

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March - July
November - February

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