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Founded in 1935, the orchestra moved into its present concert hall in 2014. The main hall has a capacity of 1800 and the smaller hall 300.
The Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra is one of Poland's radio orchestras and premier musical institutions. It was founded in 1935 in Warsaw and was later re-established in Katowice in 1945. Since 2006 it has been a "National Cultural Institution".
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Pomnik Powstańców Śląskich
The little park just south of Jerzego Ziętka Roundabout. Much of Silesia remained part of Germany even after World War I and Polish independence, but there were uprisings by ethnic Poles in 1919, 1920 and 1921 - the three wings symbolize these, and the battle sites are etched on the sides. But thus the map remained until World War II, when the German and Polish parts suffered equal horrors, and afterwards the entire region joined Poland.
Międzynarodowe Centrum Kongresowe
Poland's largest conference center, built in mid-2010s.
Two galleries, concert hall and cafeteria in this 2007 building on a roundabout.
A city icon opened in 1971; the name means "flying saucer" and it's the city's main multi-use venue, with a capacity of over 10,000.
Contemporary art.
Teatr Śląski
Katowice's main repertory theatre, the largest theatre in Silesia, dedicated to the playwright Stanisław Wyspiański (1869-1907).