Warsaw Citadel - The Museum
5 expert reviews
“The section opened to the public is the grounds of the Museum Pavilion-X, formerly the prison for Polish insurgents. Stenciled on the wall by the cell entrances are names of famous inmates.”
– Frommer's
Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"A wing of a former political prison in the Warsaw Citadel is now a fine museum."
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Lonely Planet
"North of the New Town, the Citadel is a massive 19th-century fortress overlooking the Vistula, built by the Russian tsar to intimidate Warsaw following the November Insurrection of 1830."
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Michelin Guide
1 Star
"One of Poland's finest examples of miltary architecture, the citadel was built by Tsar Nicholas I between 1832 and 1836 after putting down the November uprising."
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Frommer's
"The section opened to the public is the grounds of the Museum Pavilion-X, formerly the prison for Polish insurgents. Stenciled on the wall by the cell entrances are names of famous inmates."
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