Name: Tracing Remarkable Women at the Old Powązki Cemetery
Start: 2026-03-08T11:00:00
End: 2026-03-08T13:00:00
Location: Powązkowska 14, 01-797 Warszawa, Poland

About the event

On the occasion of International Women’s Day (March 8), I also invite gentlemen to a walk following the traces of remarkable and lesser-known women buried at the Old Powązki Cemetery. There will also be works and pieces by women who left memories behind…

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We meet on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 11:00 AM in front of Gate IV, Powązkowska Street near Tatarska Street. The walk is planned to last about 2 hours.

Who was the famous scandalous woman of the PRL era?
At whose funeral were the words said: "The writer died, and so life begins"?
At whose place in Warsaw were "literary Thursdays" organized?
To whom do we owe the most recognizable childhood tales?
Who was "Dziunia" and with whom did she compete "until the last day"?
Whom was erased from the national memory as a result of a scandal?
Thanks to whom does a song become a hit?
To whom do we owe the magazine Płomyk?
Who was called the "lady of children's literature"?
On whose grave are the words engraved: "She served people, sought Truth, lived with Love…"?
Where does the love of "Zośka" rest?
Which of the ladies was versatilely talented and described in the press?
On which grave will we find the motif of "resurrection"?
Who was and where rests the first female gynecologist on Polish lands?
Who lived in a theater dressing room during their career?
Which actress risked her life before becoming recognizable?
Whose piece became the first hit in the world?
And many others…