Experts' Choice Award Warsaw Citadel - The Museum
What the experts agree on
This imposing 19th-century fortress built by the Russian tsar after suppressing the November Uprising now houses a powerful museum in its former political prison, where inmates' names are stenciled on cell walls.
Lonely Planet "A wing of a former political prison in the Warsaw Citadel is now a fine museum." Full review
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." Full review
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." Full review
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." Full review
