First and second IXPE observations combined. Polarization contours (68, 90, and 99% c.ls.) for the PD Π and the PA Ψ with respect to the north direction. Colors refer to the 2.0–8.0 keV (in black), 2.0–3.5 keV (in yellow), 3.5–5.0 keV (in green), and 5.0–8.0 keV (in blue) energy ranges, respectively. The orange region shows the direction of the radio emission. The red, purple, and pink dashed lines represent the direction of the inner few pc of the radio jet, the narrow-line region, and an unclassified feature, respectively (see Sect. 4). The magenta dashed line shows the direction of the torus, which has been identified in X-rays with a position angle of ∼150° (Wang et al. 2011), appearing to coincide with the H₂ region identified by Storchi-Bergmann et al. (2009). It is worth noting that the accretion disk axis could be misaligned with the torus by ∼20° (May et al. 2020). Furthermore, Bentz et al. (2022) describe the broad-line region as a thick disk with a ∼57° opening angle and a ∼58° inclination angle, suggesting our view skims just above the broad-line region surface.