Warsaw’s Barbican and Medieval Defensive Walls
Warsaw · Poland
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Follow Warsaw’s historic defensive story from the Royal Castle museum to the inner defensive wall and then into Muzeum Warszawy. Along the way, look for how the castle setting, surviving masonry and museum collections help reveal the shape of the medieval city. These three stops give you different ways to understand Warsaw’s Barbican and the defenses that once defined its edge.
The walk
Royal Castle in Warsaw
A royal residence, parliament, battlefield prize, ruin, and national museum rebuilt from almost nothing.
Inner Defensive Wall
Wewnętrzny mur obronny, an attraction in Warsaw, Poland
Museum of Warsaw
Eleven reconstructed town houses hold Warsaw’s history, including a vanished museum and a buried coin hoard.
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