A Monument to Something That Never Happened

Mościce is industrial district of Tarnów, Poland. In the 1920s, there was located the National Factory of Nitric Compounds. Currently, the enterprise operates as Grupa Azoty S.A. and its Capital Group focuses the largest plants of great chemical synthesis in the country that are located in Tarnów, Police, Kędzierzyn-Koźle and Puławy, at the same time, it is the leading producer of mineral fertilisers, construction plasticisers as well as OXO alcohols and plasticisers in Poland and Europe. The name of the district directly comes from the surname of the initiator of the construction of these plants - chemist, inventor, politician, the president of II Polish Republic in 1926-1939, prof. Ignacy Mościcki. The person of Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski - chemist, minister of industry and commerce, vice-president, minister of State Treasury in the II Polish Republic, who was the director of National Factory of Nitric Acids in Mościce in 1930–1935.Mościce was designed in such a way so that the residents would not see the negative effects of industrial plant operation, hence, the high number of green strips and the park (garden city). Currently, Mościce is one of the largest and most important districts in Tarnów. It has a developed sports-leisure infrastructure. The City Stadium, a complex of swimming pools with uncovered Olympic pool, a few football grounds and a sports hall (Jaskółka Hall). The neighbourhood of the industrial plants results in developing cultural life in Mościce, the example of which is: Mościce Art Centre, where the theatre spectacles are performed as well as numerous concerts are organised.

Arena Jaskółka Tarnów is an arena in Tarnów, Poland. It is primarily used for handball and basketball. Hala Unii holds 4,317 people and hosts the home games of SPR Tarnów and Unia Tarnów.

John Paul II High School in Tarnów (Polish: IV Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Jana Pawła II w Tarnowie) is a general education liceum (high school) in Tarnów, Poland. The school was established in 1945.

Kępa Bogumiłowicka [ˈkɛmpa bɔɡumiwɔˈvit͡ska] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wierzchosławice, within Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.

Zbylitowska Góra pronounced [zbɨliˈtɔfska ˈɡura] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tarnów, within Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) south-west of Tarnów and 71 km (44 mi) east of the regional capital Kraków. It is the site of a mass grave from World War II, marked by a monument.

Zgłobice [zɡwɔˈbit͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tarnów, within Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) south-west of Tarnów and 71 km (44 mi) east of the regional capital Kraków.

Biała is a river in eastern central Poland, a right tributary of the Dunajec, which it meets in the town of Tarnów. Arising in the Laborec Highlands of Slovakia, the river flows through the Polish towns of: Zakopane Poronin Biały Dunajec Szaflary Nowy TargAmong its own tributaries is the Wątok.

Koszyce Wielkie [kɔˈʂɨt͡sɛ ˈvjɛlkʲɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tarnów, within Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) south-west of Tarnów and 73 km (45 mi) east of the regional capital Kraków.

Komorów [kɔˈmɔruf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wierzchosławice, within Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) north-east of Wierzchosławice, 8 km (5 mi) west of Tarnów, and 69 km (43 mi) east of the regional capital Kraków.

Biała [ˈbjawa] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tarnów, within Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) west of Tarnów and 70 km (43 mi) east of the regional capital Kraków.The village has an approximate population of 640.

Wątok is a river of Poland, a tributary of the Biała, which it meets in Tarnów.

Błonie [ˈbwɔɲɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tarnów, within Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) south-west of Tarnów and 71 km (44 mi) east of the regional capital Kraków.