St. John’s Archcathedral
St. John the Baptist Cathedral is the oldest Gothic cathedral in Warsaw, dating back to the 14th century. During the war, most of the cathedral was destroyed, and although the brick Gothic building was rebuilt, the interior was completely lost; inside the cathedral looks very different from the last Polish king, Stanislaw August Poniatowski, who was crowned and buried here. The crypt contains the graves of several famous Poles, including the Mazowiecki Princes, Nobel Prize-winning writer Henryk Sienkiewicz and the first president of Poland, Gabriel Narutowicz. In 1944, the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist played an important role during the Warsaw Uprising against the German occupiers. German tanks even entered the church grounds. Outside the southern part of the wall, one can see shards of shells stuck in the stone, which were used by the Nazis to destroy the Old Town.
.ul. ul Swietcnanska, 8; entrance to the crypt 2zt; 10.00-13.00, 15.00-17.30 Mon-Fri
