Marysieńka Shelter is the only relic of this type from the times of the Cold War in the capital of the Podkarpackie Region
Marysieńka Shelter
Królowej Marysieńki 3
35-001 Rzeszów
phone: 601 885 820
Marysieńka atomic shelter comprises several rooms. The facility, covering a an area of approximately 400 square meters, was erected during 1956-1960 in response to the threat of a global nuclear war. It was to provide protection for 58 people, for a period of 21 days, and was also designed as an emergency military command post. In the underground shelter tourists can admire original military equipment from the times when the fortunes of the world were in the hands of two powers.
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- statue of the blessed John of Dukla
- statue of Our Lady Queen of Poland
- statue of Father Stanisław Konarski
- building of PKO bank from 1906-1908, 3 Maja Street
- Art-Nouveau villa from 1903 at Pod Kasztanami avenue
- Art-Nouveau villa from 1899 at Pod Kasztanami avenue
- “Pod sową” villa from 1900 at Pod Kasztanami avenue
- palace of Jędrzejowicz family, currently hospital
- palace of Jędrzejowicz family in Załęże from the late 18th/early 19th century
- town hall
- brick houses from the 1800s
- Esterka’s house at 15, Rynek
- old well at the town square
- Diocesan Museum
- Museum of Hunting
- Artur Malawski Philharmonic Hall
- Szajna Gallery
- building of Regional Public Library from 1890, formerly home to the district council
- Bishops palace at Jałowego Street
- building of Colonel Leopold Lis-Kula Secondary School
- Cichociemnych Square with Józef Szajna’s sculpture entitled Passage 2001
- Kazimierz Górski square
- City of Rzeszów Gallery of Photography
- New Town Synagogue (rebuilt as BWA Art Gallery)
- Old Town Synagogue (rebuilt as National Archives)
- Chapel of the Holy Trinity
- Old Cemetery with gravestones from the late 1700s.
- January Uprising statue built in 1886
- statue of Adam Mickiewicz
- statue of Tadeusz Kościuszko
- statue of Juliusz Słowacki
- statue of General Władysław Sikorski
- statue of knight Jan Pakosławic
- statue of Tadeusz Nalepa (3 Maja st.)
- statue of Colonel Leopold Lis-Kula at Farny square
- statue of the Cursed Soldiers
- statue of Stanisław Nitka by the Wisłok River
- statue of the Victims of Terror
- figure of St. John of Nepomuk
- memorial plaque in honour of Marcin Lelewel Borelowski
- sculpture of a boy shooting from a sling (Słowackiego Street)
- Podkarpackie Reginal Office building
- round foot bridge
- Bernardine Gardens
- Statue of the Revolutionary Act
- Rzeszów city map from 1762 on a house at 2, Sokoła Street
- wall painting representing a scene from Deballage, Józef Szajna’s theatre performance, at 3, Sokoła Street
- Expedycja rope park
- skatepark
- Zamkowy bridge
- Gabriel Narutowicz bridge
- former WSK Culture Centre, currently home to Rzeszów University Faculty of Music
- manor house from the late 1800s at Dąbrowskiego Street
- Lisia Góra nature reserve
Photo: Gabriela Joniec
