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The Old Foundry in Tychy Paprocany
Tychy (0.13 km)
Paprocany is a southern district of Tychy. It is a popular place of recreation and relaxation. The attraction of this part of the city is the picturesque Paprocany Lake and extensive wooded areas. Hardly anyone remembers that, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, heavy industry developed here. An ironworks was founded by the Duke of Pless in 1703. There are a few brick buildings of the plant, which was closed in 1878, and…an extensive lake.
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The Church of Blessed Karolina Kózkówna in Tychy
Tychy (1.26 km)
The Church of Blessed Karolina Kózkówna in Tychy is eye-catching from afar due to a characteristic shape, which is dominated by the centrally located dome. The building was erected in the housing estate called “T” in Tychy in 1993-2000. It also has a very impressive interior, painted in intensive colors by artists form Katowice, Joanna PiechKalarus and Roman Kalarus. Wood carvings are made by Antoni Toborowicz.
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Kościół pw św. Franciszka z Asyżu i św. Klary w Tychach
Tychy (1.49 km)
Kościół wybudowany został na planie krzyża franciszkańskiego według projektu Stanisława Niemczyka, zwany jest Małym Asyżem. Cały kompleks, charakterem nawiązuje architektury średniowiecznej a zwłaszcza do bazyliki św. Franciszka w Asyżu. Budowany jest z betonu oraz jasnego dolomitu.
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"Gate of the Sun" in Tychy
Tychy (1.90 km)
While in Tychy, it is worth seeing the buildings constructed at the turn of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. They are a manifestation of architectural interest in postmodernism. This style, characterized by a loose treatment of tradition and a game of convention, in Tychy is represented primarily by the "Gate of the Sun", which quickly became an icon of the city. Next to it, we can see an interesting bank building, whose shape resembles a boat.
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The Statue of Ryszard Riedel in Chorzów
Tychy (2.34 km)
Although Ryszard Riedel, a charismatic singer of the Dżem group, the most important Polish band playing blues, was born and died in Chorzów, but he is primarily associated with Tychy, the place of his residence and final resting place. In December 2011, in this city, on Niepodległości Street, a two-metre-tall statue of the artist was unveiled. It presents asinger, walking against the wind with a harmonica in his hand. The statue was made by sculptor Tomasz Wenklar.
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The Hunting Palace in Promnice
Kobiór (2.36 km)
The Hochbergs were once one of the wealthiest families in Silesia. Their lands stretched from the Sudetenland to Pszczyna. They were equal to kings, as evidenced by their major ancestral seat in Książ near Wałbrzych and the palace in Pszczyna. In Promnice, between Tychy and Kobiór, they built a hunting palace preserved to this day. It was erected in 1868. The palace fascinates by English neo-Gothic elegance, completed with some Swiss architectural elements. Currently, it houses the luxury Noma Residence Promnice Hotel.
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The Church of the Holy Spirit in Tychy-Żwaków
Tychy (2.52 km)
The church of the Holy Spirit in Tychy Żwaków aroused emotions already during construction. At the end of the seventies of the last century its unusual form of a tent made some angry, while others admired it. Today, the church is regarded as one of the most interesting built during the communist era. Its designer, Stanisław Niemczyk has received numerous awards and honors. He has also won international fame. The interior houses the paintings by master Jerzy Nowosielski himself.
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The City Park in Tychy With the So-called Giraffe
Tychy (2.62 km)
The City Park in Tychy, which in recent years has been regenerated, is located at Edukacji Street, next to the Town Hall. Since 1975, an intriguing monument has been standing here. It was built in the 70s of the twentieth century, and because of its shape it is mockingly called the Giraffe. The "monster" itself (as well as the circumstances of its creation recalling the movies of Bareja) is one of the reminders of the communist era, when this structure was to be the Monument to Struggle and Labor.
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The Socialist Realistic Urban Layout of the Centre of Tychy
Tychy (3.78 km)
Just before the outbreak of WW2, Tychy was a small Silesian town with roughly 11 thousand inhabitants. Shortly after the war, the Communist authorities made a decision to expand the town, which eventually became a city inhabited by more than 100 thousand people. Thanks to this political decision, today, the city represents a wide spectrum of planning and architectural solutions - from Socialist realism to Postmodernism.
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The Hunting Palace in Tychy
Tychy (4.01 km)
The hunting palace in Tychy is one of the buildings associated with the successive dynasties of the princes of Pless such as the Promnitzs, Anhalts, and Hochbergs. It was built by the former in 1685, and was later extended by the next family in the second half of the eighteenth century. The third of the families, the Hochbergs, founded the Brewery Park next to it. Today, the palace is privately owned, and there will be a conference center and a hotel here.
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The City Museum in Tychy
Tychy (4.06 km)
The City Museum in Tychy was established in 2005. As befits the industrial city, it is housed in the historic building of an old drying plant of grain stillage (spent barley grains) built in 1909 and located in the premises of Prince's Brewery of Tychy. The museum has organized several interesting exhibitions, devoted mainly to Tychy and its environs. This institution is a meeting place for people of culture and education and conducts publishing activities.
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The Museum of the Duke’s Brewery
Tychy (4.07 km)
"The tradition of brewing in Tychy goes back in 1629, which is marked in the beer label - under the crown prince. A modern brewery was built in this town by Duke Johann Heinrich Hochberg von Pless XI in the second half of the nineteenth century. It was later developed into one of the largest breweries in the Polish lands. The Tychy Brewery presents its history and today’s times .This is a combination of a modern museum with a tour of the modern facility and tasting a recognized brand of beer."
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