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The Branicki family guest palace in Białystok – Pałacyk gościnny Branickich w Białymstoku The building is situated in the city centre, near the palace and garden complex of the Branicki family, north of the grand courtyard; today, the edifice forms the eastern terminating vista of the representational avenue known as Kilińskiego street. The palace was designed in the Baroque style, its interiors exhibiting a strong Rococo influence.

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Branicki Palace (Polish: Pałac Branickich) is a historical edifice in Białystok, Poland. It was developed on the site of an earlier building in the first half of the 18th century by Jan Klemens Branicki, a wealthy Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth hetman, into a residence suitable for a man whose ambition was to become king of Poland. The palace complex with gardens, pavilions, sculptures, outbuildings and other structures and the city with churches, city hall and monastery, all built almost at the same time according to French models was the reason why the city was known in the 18th century as Versailles de la Pologne (Versailles of Poland) and subsequently Versailles de la Podlachie (Versailles of Podlasie).

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Exteriors of St. Roch Roman Catholic Church in Białystok, Poland Church-Monument of Poland’s Regained Independence Zewnętrze Bazyliki pw. św. Rocha w Białymstoku Kościoł-Pomnik Odzyskania Niepodległości

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Interiors of St. Roch Roman Catholic Church in Białystok, Poland Church-Monument of Poland's Regained Independence Wnętrze Bazyliki pw. św. Rocha w Białymstoku Kościoł-Pomnik Odzyskania Niepodległości

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Monument to the Heroes of the Białystok Region in Białystok Pomnik Bohaterów Ziemi Białostockiej w Białymstoku (1975) The Monument to the Heroes of Białystok Region consists of 9 soaring 17-metre tall columns connected with each other by a symbolic copper crown of trees, forming a nest in which a full-plastic sculpture of an eagle with its wings spread out is placed. A copper motif is repeated on parts of the columns, 1/4 of their height. The monument is made of reinforced concrete, the sculptural elements (eagle and tree crown) – of copper, and the base – of granite slabs. In 2011, three columns of the monument were vertically inscribed with metal inscriptions: God, Honor, Homeland, and a crown was mounted on the head of the eagle. In XI 2018 a horizontal inscription was added: "Independence". Originally, the monument was supposed to commemorate the citizens of Białystok who fought for Wizna, Nowogród, Białystok, Zambrów, and those killed on the fronts of World War II, murdered in concentration camps and the Białystok ghetto. The monument is located in the Central Park, at the intersection of Konstanty Kalinowski, Józefa Mariański and Uniwersytecki Square, near the former seat of the Provincial Committee of the communist party (PZPR) (currently the University of Białystok building).

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Jadwiga Dziekońska Park (Park im. Jadwigi Dziekońskiej) – a city park located in the centre of Białystok near the bus and train stations.