{"id":396,"date":"2018-03-13T13:50:26","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T12:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/m40.hekko24.pl\/projekty\/visitpoznan\/?page_id=396"},"modified":"2018-06-14T13:37:38","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T11:37:38","slug":"ostrow-tumski","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/visitpoznan.info\/en\/poznan\/poznan-attractions\/cathedral-island\/","title":{"rendered":"CATHEDRAL ISLAND"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-270924 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-72591 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-493746 kc_text_block mytextstyle\"><\/p>\n<p>\nOstr\u00f3w Tumski, or Cathedral Island, is the home island of the oldest church so far discovered in Poland. The so-called Chapel of D\u0105br\u00f3wka has been built in approx. 965 AD.<br \/>\nIt is also the seat of the <strong>first Polish<\/strong> diocese with the <strong>oldest cathedral in Poland<\/strong>, which was built in the time of Mieszko I. Since then it has been altered several times, and in its present form it retained its original (to a degree) Gothic walls, which were partially rebuilt after some World War II damage. In the interior you can view the magnificent <strong>Vischerowski panel<\/strong>, or the so-called <strong>Golden Chapel<\/strong>, or the memorial mausoleum of the first rulers, and the remains of earlier constructions, <strong>the graves of kings Mieszko I&nbsp;and Boles\u0142aw the Brave<\/strong> and a&nbsp;christening bowl still remain in the crypts. In previous centuries the cathedral was also a&nbsp;burial&nbsp;place, with eight of the first rulers of Poland buried inside it.<\/p>\n<p>On the island you can also find: <strong>gothic Psalterium, the Palace of the Archbishop<\/strong>, two clerical seminaries, the archdiocese archive and <strong>three museums: the archdiocese museum<\/strong> with a&nbsp;magnificent collection of devotional objects and the <strong>oldest Polish relic \u2013 the sword of St Peter<\/strong>; the Genius Loci Archaeological Reserve, where you can view a&nbsp;part of the defensive walls from the times of Mieszko I&nbsp;and also the <strong>Pozna\u0144 Gate<\/strong> \u2013 Interactive Centre of the History of Ostr\u00f3w Tumski (ICHOT), where the history of the inception of Pozna\u0144 and the Polish state is shown with the use of new technology and museum concepts.<\/p>\n<p>In the next couple of years new exhibitions are planned, presenting the results of archaeological excavations conducted on the island in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Behind the cathedral you will find the Bridge of Bishop Jordan, the so-called Lovers&#8217; Bridge, after crossing it we reach <strong>\u015ar\u00f3dka<\/strong> \u2013 a&nbsp;mediaeval settlement, where the framework of the arrangement of the original settlement remains to this day, with the delightful little mediaeval church of Saint Margaret, the monastery of the Brothers of Saint Philip and the evermore numerous, attractive coffee bars. The newest addition to the settlement is an impressive 3D fresk with the view of \u015ar\u00f3dka from 100 years ago. From there it is not far to <a href=\"http:\/\/visitpoznan.info\/en\/poznan\/poznan-attractions\/lake-malta\/\">Pozna\u0144 Malta<\/a> \u2013 the most popular Poznanian recreational and sports facility.<\/p>\n<p>Worth visiting:<br \/>\nArchcathedral Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul, Ostr\u00f3w Tumski 17,<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.katedra.archpoznan.pl\/\">http:\/\/www.katedra.archpoznan.pl\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Interactive Centre of the History of Ostr\u00f3w Tumski Porta Posnania ICHOT, Gda\u0144ska street 2, phone number: +48 61 647 76 00<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bramapoznania.pl\/\">http:\/\/bramapoznania.pl\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>the Genius Loci Archaeological Reserve, Fr. Ignacy Posadzy street 3, phone number: +48 61 852 21 67<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.muzarp.poznan.pl\/rezerwat\/\">http:\/\/www.muzarp.poznan.pl\/rezerwat\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Archdiocese Museum, J. Lubra\u0144ski street 1, phone number: +48&nbsp;61 852 61 95<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.muzeum.poznan.pl\/\">http:\/\/www.muzeum.poznan.pl\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":242,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/mainetemplate.php","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-396","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/visitpoznan.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/visitpoznan.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/visitpoznan.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/visitpoznan.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/visitpoznan.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=396"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/visitpoznan.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1555,"href":"http:\/\/visitpoznan.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/396\/revisions\/1555"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/visitpoznan.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/visitpoznan.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}