The City Park

The City Park is the oldest of the public parks in Poland. It was created in 1798 in the area of ​​Jesuit gardens. Initially, it was used by students of the nearby Cadet Corps, but soon it became the "garden" of all Kalisz residents.

 

Its additional advantage is the location. Right next to the busy center, we have an oasis of greenery, peace and quiet, and the aesthetic value of the summer salon of the city is enhanced by the fact that it is surrounded, like hardly any in Poland, by the waters of Prosna and its tributaries, and decorated with rare specimens of trees and shrubs as well as small park architecture. Together with the other side of Prosna the park covers an area of ​​approx. 30 ha.

The park's more characteristic features are the Kogutek ("Small rooster") pond, sundial, Asnyk oak, building of the former Foerster confectionery by the Theater Bridge and, maintained in the Tyrolean style, so-called Hydropathy. All of them were built at the turn of the 19th and  20th centuries. And although many other facilities that adorned our park at that time: the palm house, the Swiss house, artificial ruins, several park sculptures and romantic bridges flipped over the Babinkia canal do not exist today, it is still one of the biggest attractions of Kalisz.

 

Text by: P. Sobolewski – „Only in Kalisz” | photos by: Krystian Chęciński, Tomasz Skórzewski
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