Editing Katowice (section)

===Tourist attractions===
[[File:Nikisz 2013.JPG|thumb|[[Nikiszowiec]], a historic workers' housing estate]]
[[File:Katowice-Spodek (4).jpg|thumb|[[Spodek]], a multipurpose arena from 1971]]
[[File:Katowice - Kamienica na rogu Stawowej i Mickiewicza nocą.jpg|thumb|A historic tenement house in the city centre]]
*[[Market square in Katowice|Market square]] and adjacent streets: [[Warszawska Street, Katowice|Warszawska]], Teatralna, Dyrekcyjna, Staromiejska, Dworcowa, św. Jana, Pocztowa, Wawelska, 3 Maja, Stawowa, Mielęckiego, Starowiejska and Mickiewicza, the so-called "Great Market Square of Katowice" or "Old town of Katowice"—many historic (monument) buildings. This is a group of functional-architectural. On the market square and most of the above-mentioned streets are prohibitions or restrictions on cars. Streets: Staromiejska, Dyrekcyjna, Wawelska, Stawowa and Warszawska is lined decorative [[cobblestone]] creating a [[pedestrian zone]]. The authority plans to Katowice—Quarter streets: św. Jana, Dworcowa, Mariacka, Mielęckiego, Stanisława and Starowiejska is to become so "small market square".<ref>[[Dziennik Zachodni]] Katowice – "Będą dwie Mariackie", 3 sierpnia 2007</ref>
*[[Nikiszowiec]] – historical settlement of Katowice, candidate to UNESCO
*[[Cathedral of Christ the King, Katowice|Cathedral of Christ the King]]
*[[St. Mary's Church, Katowice|St Mary's Church]]
*[[Church of the Resurrection in Katowice|Church of the Resurrection]], Evangelical-Augsburg, built in 1856–1858
*[[St. Michael's church, Katowice|Church of St Michael Archangel]], the oldest church in the city, built in 1510
*[[Drapacz Chmur]], one of the first skyscrapers in Europe
*[[Silesian Parliament]], built in 1925–1929. For a very long time, it was the biggest structure in Poland
*Modernist old town
*[[Spodek]] (a large [[sports centre]]/[[List of concert halls|concert hall]], whose name translates as the 'saucer', from its distinctive shape resembling a [[Unidentified flying object|UFO flying saucer]])
*[[Silesian Insurgents Monument]] (Polish: ''Pomnik Powstańców Śląskich''), the largest and heaviest monument in Poland. It is a harmonious combination of architecture and sculpture with appropriate symbolism: the wings symbolize the three [[Silesian Uprisings]] (1920–1921) while the names of places that were battlefields are etched on the vertical slopes. The monument, which was funded by the people of Warsaw for Upper Silesia, is considered Katowice's landmark.
*[[Silesian Theater]], built in 1907
*[[Rialto Cinetheater]], built in 1912
*[[Silesian Museum]], built in 1899
*[[Old train station in Katowice]], built in 1906
*The [[Goldstein Palace]]
*The [[Załęże Palace]]
*[[Parachute Tower Katowice|Parachute Tower]], a {{convert|50|m|ft|abbr=on}} tall lattice tower was built in 1937 for training parachutists. It was used in the first days of World War II and is the only parachute tower in Poland.

Other:
*[[Franciscan Monastery in Panewniki]]
*[[Church of St. Joseph in Katowice|Church of St Joseph]] (Załęże)
*[[St. Stephen's Church (Katowice)|St Stephen's Church]]
*[[Church of Christ Resurrection in Katowice|Church of Christ Resurrection]]
*The Monument to Marshal [[Józef Piłsudski|Piłsudski]] by Croatian sculptor [[Antun Augustinčić]], 1937–39. It was commissioned in 1936 but brought to Poland in 1991
*[[Monopol Hotel, Katowice|Monopol Hotel]]
*[[Jerzy Ziętek Rondo|Katowice Rondo]], the large [[Town square|square]]/[[roundabout]], reconstructed recently, with the semi-circular Galeria Rondo Sztuki in the centre.