City Park named after Stanisław Staszic in Kielce

The park was created as a result of a 19th century expansion and modernisation of the city on land which, up until 1789, had been held by the Bishops of Kraków. The river Biruta has its source near Staszica Street which leads to the park. In 1973, a sculpture called "The vow of love" was unveiled here.

The spring became immortalised in the novel "Syzyfowe prace" (Sisyphean Labours) by Stefan Żeromski. On the other side of the pond, there is an 18th century statue of St. John of Nepomuk and a monument  made of red sandstone commemorating the daring assassination of a Gestapo agent, Franz Wittek,by Polish partisans in June 1944.

Crossing the vast square with an  acoustical shell, you can get to the main park avenue. It stretches along the wall, by which you can find a small aviary and an eclectic bastion known as “Plotkarka" ("Gossiper"). On the opposite side of the avenue, the patron of the park, Stanisław Staszic, has his monument. A restored gate featuring a small gallery of modern art leads  from the park avenue to Zamkowa Street.