Adam Mickiewicz Museum (, ) is a

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dedicated to the life of

Adam Mickiewicz Adam Bernard Mickiewicz (24 December 179826 November 1855) was a Polish poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator and political activist. He is regarded as national poet in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. He also largely influenced Ukra ...

, renowned

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poet. It is located in the district of

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, on the European side of

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. It is located in a house where Adam Mickiewicz lived and died. Mickiewicz came to Turkey in September 1855 to help organize Polish forces under the

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. He befriended

Michał Czajkowski Michał Czajkowski (29 September 180418 January 1886), also known in Turkey as Mehmet Sadyk Pasha (), was a Polish writer and political émigré of distant Cossack heritage who worked both for the resurrection of Poland and also for the reestab ...

(Sadık Paşa) who commanded the Polish forces there. Mickiewicz died from illness on 26 November 1855. The house was renovated after a fire in 1870. The museum was opened in 1955 with the help of the Museum of Literature in

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. The crypt where Mickiewicz was temporarily buried for the period of one month is located in the basement. The museum houses some manuscripts of Adam Mickiewicz, historical documents and paintings.

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