2024 Kalisz Travel Guide: Must-see attractions, popular food, hotels, transportation routes (updated in November)
District Museum of the Kalisz Region
Kalisz has a museum collecting exhibits not only from the city, but also from the immediate vicinity. It is one of the oldest museums in the country and is located at ul. Kościuszki 12.
It was established in 1900, and in 1975 it was raised to its current rank. Its collection includes archaeological, ethnographic, historical and artistic monuments, as well as a collection of African exhibits from the expeditions to this continent of Kalisz resident Stefan Szolc-Rogoziński.
The museum's resources are divided into a part devoted to archaeological research of the surrounding areas (collection of stone axes, metal inventory, burial equipment, monuments relating to the development of settlements), an ethnographic part (devotional articles, costumes, instruments, household appliances and craft tools, handicrafts), a historical part ( militaria, cartographic archives, iconography, numismatic collections), an art department and a section collecting publications related to Kalisz.
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Stronghold in Kalisz
The Kalisz stronghold is one of the most important places related to the beginnings of the Polish state. It was built in the 1960s on a sandy island surrounded by the waters of Prosna. According to some researchers, it was from Kalisz that the Piast dynasty began its military conquest of towns located in today's Greater Poland. Early medieval Kalisz experienced its greatest flourishing during the reign of Prince Mieszko III the Old, who founded a Romanesque collegiate church and established a mint here. The Kalisz stronghold also became the burial place of Mieszko the Old. It was during the reign of this ruler that Kalisz, along with Poznań and Gniezno, became one of the three main towns in Greater Poland. The end of the stronghold took place in the 13th century, when the Silesian prince Henry the Bearded conquered the stronghold and moved Kalisz to the right side of Prosna.
Thanks to reconstructions of medieval buildings and devices, visitors can personally experience the history of this place.
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