Caponier 8813

Carpathian Mountains


This scary-looking cement bunker was built by the USSR in 1939 as part of the Molotov Line, along its then-border with Nazi Germany. It saw intense fighting in 1941, after the Germans attacked their former allies and later overran Przemyśl (and much of Eastern Europe). Currently its interior isn't accessible.


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1. Casimir Castle

0.23 MILES

Built by King Kazimierz III Wielki (Casimir III the Great) in the 1340s to guard his kingdom's eastern flank, Przemyśl's castle evolved into a Renaissance…

2. Przemyśl Cathedral

0.3 MILES

Przemyśl's cathedral lords over the upper (southern) end of the Rynek. There's been a church here since at least the 12th century, but the current…

3. Przemyśl Fortress Museum

0.36 MILES

This modest museum exhibits 19th- and 20th-century photographs, postcards, weapons and commemorative mementos connected with Przemyśl Fortress.

5. Franciscan Church of St Mary Magdalene

0.39 MILES

This beautifully evocative church, with its enormous pillars dwarfing the three baroque statues at the front, was built between 1754 and 1778 in late…

6. National Museum of Przemyśl

0.44 MILES

Przemyśl's impressive modern museum presents well-curated permanent exhibitions on the city's prehistoric and medieval times, its Jewish history and the…

7. Museum of Bells & Pipes

0.53 MILES

This curious museum, housed in an 18th-century baroque clock tower, contains vintage bells as well as elaborately carved wooden and meerschaum pipes and…

8. New Synagogue

0.64 MILES

The more important of two synagogues that survived WWII (four existed previously), the New Synagogue was built in the early 20th century. It was used as a…