100 Sights in Wrocław, Poland (with Map and Images)
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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Wrocław, Poland! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Wrocław. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.
Sightseeing Tours in Wrocław1. Centennial Hall
The Centennial Hall, formerly named Hala Ludowa, is a historic building in Wrocław, Poland. It was constructed according to the plans of architect Max Berg in 1911–1913. Max Berg designed Centennial Hall to serve as a multifunctional structure to host "exhibitions, concerts, theatrical and opera performances, and sporting events". The hall continues to be used for sporting events, business summits, and concerts.
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2. Panorama of the Battle of Racławice
The Racławice Panorama is a monumental cycloramic painting depicting the Battle of Racławice, during the Kościuszko Uprising. It is located in Wrocław, Poland. The painting is one of only a few preserved relics of a genre of 19th-century mass culture, and the oldest in Poland. The panorama stands in a circular fashion and, with the viewer in the center, presents different scenes at various viewing angles. A special kind of perspective used in the painting and additional effects create a feeling of reality.
3. Cmentarz Grabiszyński
Grabiszyński Cemetery – next to the Osobowicki Cemetery, the Holy Family Cemetery, St. Lawrence Cemetery, one of the largest cemeteries in Wrocław. The cemetery within its current boundaries is one of the three parts constituting a larger cemetery complex in the first half of the twentieth century. Initially, it was a cemetery where the dead from the southern parishes of Wrocław, Evangelical: St. Elizabeth and Holy Trinity, Catholic: St. Charles Borromeo and St. Elizabeth of Hungary, and monks from the monastery of the Brothers Hospitallers were buried. Later it became a municipal cemetery – Kommunal Friedhof in Graebschen.
4. ZOO Wroclaw
The Wrocław Zoological Garden, known simply as the Wrocław Zoo, is a zoo on Wróblewski Street in Wrocław, Poland. It is the oldest zoo in Poland, having been first launched in 1865 as the Breslau Zoological Garden while the city was part of Prussia. During the World Wars it was first shut down, then reopened and finally destroyed. After World War II, it was rebuilt and ultimately opened in 1948 and now it is also the largest zoo in the country. The zoo covers 33 hectares near downtown Wrocław. It is home to about 10,500 animals representing about 1,132 species. In terms of the number of animal species it is the third largest zoological garden in the world.
5. Kościół Świętego Krzysztofa
St. Christopher's Church in Wrocław – the church of the Evangelical-Augsburg parish of St. Christopher in Wrocław, located at St. Christopher's Square located at the corner of Kazimierza Wielkiego and Wierzbowa Streets.
Wikipedia: Kościół św. Krzysztofa we Wrocławiu (PL), Website
6. Dworzec Wrocław Nadodrze
Wrocław Nadodrze – a railway station and the penultimate of all standard-gauge railway stations built in Wrocław, built in 1868 according to the design of Hermann Grapow, who is often confused with Wilhelm Grapow, the author of the Upper Silesian Railway station designed several years earlier, which in 1857 replaced the old Upper Silesian Railway Station and today is called Wrocław Główny. The station is located on the railway line No. 143 connecting Kalety and Wrocław Popowice, at Powstańców Wielkopolskich Square in the Nadodrze housing estate. It is an important station within the Lower Silesian Agglomeration Railway and in intra-city traffic.
7. Divine Providence Church
The Church of Divine Providence in Wrocław, formerly known as the court church, is an Evangelical church belonging to the parish of the Evangelical-Augsburg Divine Providence in Wrocław. It is located at Kazimierza Wielkiego Street, within the District of Four Denominations.
Wikipedia: Kościół Opatrzności Bożej we Wrocławiu (PL), Url, Url 0
8. Archikatedra Świętego Jana Chrzciciela
The St. John the Baptist Archcathedral is the seat of the Archdiocese of Wrocław and a landmark of the city of Wrocław in Poland. The cathedral, located in the Cathedral Island, is a Gothic church with Neo-Gothic additions. The current standing cathedral is the fourth church to have been built on the site.
9. Kościół Opieki Świętego Józefa
The Church of the Protection of St. Joseph in Wrocław – a classicist-neo-Romanesque church designed by architect Carl Ferdinand Langhans, built in the years 1821–1823, located in Wrocław at 1 Ołbińska Street at the intersection with Jedności Narodowej Street.
10. Archdiocesan Museum
The Archdiocesan Museum in Wrocław – a museum founded in 1898 in Wrocław, one of the oldest archdiocesan museums in Poland; collects, m.in, a rich and rare collection of ancient and Gothic monuments, mainly from the times of the Piasts of Silesia.
Wikipedia: Muzeum Archidiecezjalne we Wrocławiu (PL), Website
11. Kościół pw. Świętego Michała Archanioła
The Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Wrocław-Ołbin – a neo-Gothic building located at the intersection of Bolesława Prusa and Wyszyńskiego streets in Wrocław, in the Ołbin housing estate.
12. Kościół Świętej Elżbiety Węgierskiej
Church of St. Elizabeth in Wrocław - a Catholic temple at Grabiszyńska Street, erected at the end of the 19th century according to the design of the Wrocław architect Joseph Ebers in the neo-Gothic style.
Wikipedia: Kościół św. Elżbiety na ulicy Grabiszyńskiej we Wrocławiu (PL)
13. Teatr Muzyczny Capitol
Capitol Musical Theatre – a musical theatre founded in Wrocław in 2004, which is a continuation of earlier theatres existing in the same place, such as: Lower Silesian Operetta, Musical Theatre, Wrocław Operetta and Musical Theatre – Wrocław Operetta
14. Kamienica Pod Siedmioma Elektorami
The Tenement House Under the Seven Electors – a Renaissance tenement house on the Market Square in Wrocław from the second half of the thirteenth century. It is characterized by rich decorations. The Habsburg eagle was placed in the tympanum. In the seventeenth century, the tenement house was called Köbersche Haus or Stellenfeldsche Haus.
Wikipedia: Kamienica Pod Siedmioma Elektorami we Wrocławiu (PL), Url, Url 0
15. Kościół Świętego Idziego
St. Giles' Church in Wrocław – a late-Romanesque church from the 1st half of the 13th century in Ostrów Tumski in Wrocław. It is the oldest fully preserved building in Wrocław, and at the same time the oldest church in the city that is still active today.
16. Jewish Cemetery
The Old Jewish Cemetery is a historic necropolis-museum situated on 37/39 Ślężna Street, in the southern part of Wrocław, Poland. Opened in 1856, the cemetery's eclectic layout features many architectural forms and styles on a monumental scale.
17. Wzgórze Gajowe
Gajowe Hill – an artificially raised hill located in the Gaj housing estate in Wrocław, 155.4 m above sea level, popularly known by local residents as "Wysyp". This term is related to the genesis of the hill, which is mainly related to the removal of debris from the city after war damage. The relative height of the Gajowe Hill is 31.5 m. The highest point of this hill is located in the south-eastern corner of the hill. It is the second highest terrain point in Wrocław. The area occupied by the dump is 8 ha.
18. Kościół Świętego Karola Boromeusza
The Church of St. Charles Borromeo in Wrocław was built in the years 1911–1913 according to the design of architect J. Maas in the triangle between Gabitzstraße, Charlottenstraße and Herderstraße (Grochowa).
Wikipedia: Kościół św. Karola Boromeusza we Wrocławiu (PL), Url
19. Zamek w Leśnicy
Castle in Leśnica – a former castle and princely residence in Leśnica, established in 1132 as a defensive stronghold, since then it has been destroyed and rebuilt many times. After the incorporation of the Duchy of Wrocław into the Kingdom of Bohemia, in the period 1339-1945 the castle became the residence of rich families of Wrocław burghers. During the hostilities of World War II, it was not destroyed. After the fire in 1953, it was rebuilt and rebuilt for the needs of the community center without preserving the interior design and furnishings. Currently, it houses the "Zamek" Cultural Center.
20. Wrocławska Fontanna
The Wrocław Multimedia Fountain is a multimedia musical fountain and ornamental pond in Wrocław, of western Poland. The fountain runs only during the summer season, from the last weekend of April or the first weekend of May to late October.
21. Dom altarystów Małgosia,
Hansel and Gretel – two medieval tenement houses at the north-west corner of the Wrocław market square, connected with each other by an arcade. Built most probably in the fifteenth century, they were then part of a larger group of altarist houses of the parish church of St. Elizabeth. Between the tenement houses, under the arcade, there was an entrance to the cemetery liquidated in the eighteenth century, which is reminded by the inscription on the cartouche "Mors Ianua Vitae" – "Death is the gate of life". There used to be a gate in this gate.
22. Kościół Świętego Augustyna
St. Augustine's Church – a post-evangelical Catholic church at Sudecka Street in Wrocław. Its patron is Augustine of Hippo; until 1945, this dedication was borne by another church in Wrocław's Borek, at Kleinburgstraße (Januszowicka Street), which was razed to the ground during the Red Army's attack on Festung Breslau at the end of World War II.
23. Kamienica Pod Złotą Koroną
Tenement House Under the Golden Crown – a tenement house on the Wrocław market square, on its eastern frontage, on the so-called side of Zielona Trzcina or Zielona Rura; It was one of the earliest works of the Silesian Renaissance.
Wikipedia: Kamienica Pod Złotą Koroną we Wrocławiu (PL), Url, Url 0
24. Kościół pw. Świętego Macieja
Church of St. Matthias the Apostle in Wrocław – a Gothic brick church, built on a cruciform plan, single-nave with a transept and a tower. It is located on the eastern side of Szewska Street, with the address of 17a Bishop Nankiera Square. The history of the church dates back to the first quarter of the thirteenth century. It was then built as a court chapel associated with the court (curia) of Henry the Bearded, which was located further east. This church consisted of a two-bay nave and also a two-bay, narrower and longer chancel.
25. Kościół pw. Świętej Klary i Świętej Jadwigi
Church of St. Hedwig in Wrocław – a Roman Catholic temple, which, together with the former convent of the nunnery of St. Clare, today belongs to the Ursuline Sisters of the Roman Union, running a Public High School here.
Wikipedia: Kościół św. Klary i św. Jadwigi we Wrocławiu (PL)
26. ruiny prawobrzeżnego zamku Piastów Śląskich
The Castle on Ostrów Tumski in Wrocław – the former residence of the Wrocław castellans, and later the Piast district princes on the western edge of Ostrów Tumski. From the brick castle from the 12th and 13th centuries, which was built in the place of a hillfort existing since the 10th century, only the heavily distorted church of St. Martin and a few fragments within other buildings or under ground level have survived. The former castle occupied the area on both sides of the present-day St. Martin's Street between the Oder River, Świętokrzyska Street and the buildings of St. Martin's Street 10 and 12.
27. Katedra Świętej Marii Magdaleny
Cathedral of St. Mary Magdalene in Wrocław, Poland, is a gothic church located between Szewska and Laciarska street close to the central market square, established in the 13th century. It serves as a cathedral of the Polish Catholic Church led by Piotr Mikołajczak. Along with the Old Town of Wrocław, it is listed as a Historic Monument of Poland.
28. Opera Wrocławska
The Wrocław Opera is an opera company and opera house in the Old Town of Wrocław, Poland. The opera house was opened in 1841 and up to 1945 was named after the city's then German name, Oper Breslau.
29. Kościół Świętego Łazarza
Church of St. Lazarus in Wrocław – a Gothic brick church built by the Order of the Knights and Hospitallers of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem in the second half of the fourteenth century by the road leading from medieval Wrocław to the south-east – to Oława.
30. Water Tower Na Grobli
The water tower at Na Grobli Street – a water tower with a total height of 40 m, located in Wrocław, which is one of the oldest technical infrastructure facilities of the city. The tower was built as a key element of John Moore's project to supply 200,000 inhabitants with water, corrected and dressed in a historicizing robe by the city's construction counsellor Johann Christian Zimmermann.
31. Kościół pw. Świętego Maurycego
St. Maurice's Church at 36 Gen. Romualda Traugutta Street in Wrocław – originally a Gothic single-nave church with a fifteenth-century baptismal chapel and a tower rebuilt in the 18th century in the Baroque style according to the design of architect J. Peintner.
32. dawna wieża ciśnień
The water tower in Karłowice – a water tower located at Daniłowski Square in Wrocław with the nominal address of 75 Berenta Street, formerly supplying the local water supply system of the Karłowice housing estate.
33. Cmentarz Żołnierzy Polskich
The Polish Soldiers Cemetery in Wrocław – a war necropolis created in the years 1968–1970 and expanded in the years 1972–1979 as a resting place for 604 people, mainly Polish soldiers – participants of the September Campaign who died in German captivity and soldiers of the 2nd Polish Army who died at the front, as well as soldiers of the underground struggle and forced civilian laborers and victims of Nazi terror.
Wikipedia: Cmentarz Żołnierzy Polskich we Wrocławiu (PL), Url
34. Kamienica Pod Złotym Dzbanem
The Golden Pitcher House – a medieval tenement house in the southern frontage of the market square in Wrocław, number 22, opposite the entrance to the Świdnicka Cellar and next to the Green Pumpkin House.
35. Domek Romański
Romanesque House in Wrocław, or House of the Ladies of Trzebnica in Wrocław, is a Romanesque villa at Plac Biskupa Nankiera in Wrocław. More precisely, it is an early-Gothic building with Romanesque elements that dates back to the beginning of the 13th century, partly reconstructed after World War II. It was the centre for the Cistercians of Trzebnica, which is why it was called the House of the Ladies of Trzebnica. Nearby, along the Kotlarska Street, were the Nowe Jatki, a medieval shopping center belonging to the monastery.
36. Kościół pw. Świętego Antoniego
St. Anthony's Church in Wrocław in Karłowice – a Roman Catholic temple built in the neo-Gothic style according to the design of architect Ludwig Schneider in the years 1900-1901, serving the parish of the same name.
Wikipedia: Kościół św. Antoniego we Wrocławiu-Karłowicach (PL)
37. dawny dworzec Wrocław Górnośląski
Wrocław Górnośląski – a closed railway station and station of the Upper Silesian Railway, located at 13 Stanisława Małachowskiego Street in the Przedmieście Świdnickie housing estate in Wrocław.
38. kamienica Pod Złotą Trójcą
The Golden Trinity House or the Holy Trinity House, also known as the Double Golden Eagle Pharmacy – a tenement house on the Wrocław market square, on its northern frontage called the Sweets Market.
Wikipedia: Kamienica Pod Złotą Trójcą Świętą we Wrocławiu (PL), Url, Url 0
39. Kościół Świętych Piotra i Pawła
Church of St. Peter and St. Paul – a church in the south-western part of Ostrów Tumski in Wrocław, next to the Tumski Bridge. The 14-metre-wide building is orientated, set sideways (24 m long) to Katedralna Street, and the wall of its presbytery is partly adjacent to the orphanage (Orphanotrophaeum) for noble children, erected later (1702-15), later transformed into a dormitory (currently it houses, among m.in, the Specialist Family Counselling Centre and the Adoption and Care Centre of the Metropolitan Curia, the Metropolitan Organist Study and the Wrocław station of Radio Rodzina; there was also a Academic Pastoral Ministry "under the Four".
Wikipedia: Kościół św. Piotra i św. Pawła we Wrocławiu (PL), Url, Url 0
40. Monument to the Anonymous Pedestrians
The Monument of the Anonymous Passer-by – a monument in Wrocław, unveiled on the night of 12 to 13 December 2005, consisting of fourteen life-size bronze human figures, standing on both sides of Świdnicka Street in the place where it intersects with Piłsudskiego Street.
41. Sand Bridge
The Sand Bridge – an iron bridge erected in 1861 in Wrocław, over the southern branch of the Oder River, entered into the register of immovable monuments of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the initial part of the route leading from the medieval city to the north. It is part of the oldest Wrocław crossing over the Oder, the northern section of which is made up of the Mill Bridges. The bridge is relatively narrow, on the less than six-and-a-half-meter roadway there are two opposite lanes of vehicular traffic and a two-way tram line. The sidewalks are located on the outer side of the bridge girders.
42. Kościół pw. Świętego Ignacego Loyoli
The Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola at Stysia Street in Wrocław's Krzyki district – a Catholic church built together with the accompanying Jesuit monastery in the years 1979–1990 according to the design of architect Zenon Nasterski.
Wikipedia: Kościół św. Ignacego Loyoli we Wrocławiu (PL), Website
43. Mała Synagoga
The Small Synagogue in Wrocław, shul – a synagogue located in Wrocław, at 9 Pawła Włodkowica Street, right next to the White Stork Synagogue. It is currently one of the two active synagogues in this city.
44. Kościół pw. Świętej Jadwigi
St. Hedwig's Church in Jerzmanów in Wrocław – a fourteenth-century Catholic church, located at today's Jerzmanowska Street No. 87, near another church built in 1880 under the invocation of Our Lady Queen of Poland.
Wikipedia: Kościół św. Jadwigi we Wrocławiu-Jerzmanowie (PL)
45. Fencer
The Fencer Fountain is a fountain in Wrocław located on the square in front of the University of Wrocław and one of its symbols. It was designed by Hugo Lederer (1871–1940), a professor at the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts, and was placed on University Square on 26 November 1904.
46. Park Skowroni
Skowroni Park – a park located in the southern part of Wrocław, between the Gaj and Borek housing estates. The area of the park is about 25 ha. The current name of the park is valid on the basis of § 1 point 11 of the Resolution No. LXXI/454/93 of the Wrocław City Council of 9 October 1993 on the names of parks and forest areas existing in Wrocław.
47. Kościół pw. Świętego Wincentego i Świętego Jakuba
The Cathedral of St. Vincent and St. James is a Gothic cathedral located in the Old Town of Wrocław, Poland, seat of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Wrocław. It is one the burial sites of Polish monarchs.
Wikipedia: St. Vincent and St. James Cathedral, Wrocław (EN), Website
48. Grunwaldzki bridge
Grunwald Bridge is a suspension bridge over the river Oder in Wrocław, Poland, built between 1908 and 1910. Initially the bridge was called the Imperial Bridge (Kaiserbrücke), then the Bridge of Freedom (Freiheitsbrücke). The architectural design of the bridge was by a city councilor, Richard Plüddemann. The bridge opened on 10 October 1910 in the presence of Emperor Wilhelm II.
49. Most Tumski
The Tumski Bridge, lit. 'Cathedral Bridge', is a steel bridge over the northern branch of the Oder in Wrocław. Constructed in 1889, it replaced an old wooden bridge to connect the Cathedral Island with the Sand Island. The bridge is open to pedestrians only.
50. Krzesło
Chair – an outdoor sculpture by Tadeusz Kantor standing at the intersection of Rzeźnicza Street and Nowy Świat Street in Wrocław. The sculpture was one of the projects for the urban space prepared on the occasion of the Wrocław '70 Visual Arts Symposium. Another sculpture, created in Wrocław according to the designs from the Symposium, is ARENA made according to the design of Jerzy Bereś.
51. Kościół pw. Świętego Jerzego
St. George's Church in Wrocław – a Catholic church in the Popowice housing estate built in 1905. Formerly the parish church of the parish of the same name, and now a filial church of the parish of the Blessed Virgin Mary Queen of Peace.
52. Mała Sobótka
Mała Sobótka – an artificially created hill in the Grabiszynek housing estate in Wrocław, with an absolute height of 136 m above sea level. It is also often called "Górka Skarbowców" by the inhabitants of the city due to the street of this name running nearby.
53. Park Stanisława Tołpy
Stanisław Tołpa Park, Waschteich Park – a small park in Wrocław, located entirely in the Ołbin housing estate. Until 2005, the park was called Nowowiejski Park, on the basis of § 1 point 5 of the Resolution No. LXXI/454/93 of the Wrocław City Council of 9 October 1993 on the names of parks and forest areas existing in Wrocław. The change of the name of the park took place by the resolution of the City Council of Wrocław of 7 July 2005 No. XL/2481/05; by virtue of this resolution, the current patron of the park is Stanisław Tołpa.
54. Bolesław Chrobry
The Monument of Bolesław the Brave in Wrocław – an equestrian monument of Bolesław the Brave according to the design of Dorota Korzeniewska, Maciej Albrzykowski and Grażyna Jaskierska-Albrzykowska, erected in Wrocław on Świdnicka Street and unveiled on 15 September 2007.
Wikipedia: Pomnik Bolesława Chrobrego we Wrocławiu (PL), Url
55. Figura Matki Boskiej z Dzieciątkiem i Świętego Jana Nepomucena
Statue of the Virgin Mary with Child and St. John of Nepomuk – an eighteenth-century sculpture in the Baroque style depicting Mary with Child and scenes from the life of St. John of Nepomuk and his figure with a crucifix. It is located on Świętojański Square in front of the castle in Leśnica. It is one of the few monuments of Leśnica, a housing estate in Wrocław.
Wikipedia: Figura Matki Boskiej z Dzieciątkiem i św. Jana Nepomucena we Wrocławiu (PL)
56. Kamienica Dom Bankierów
Tenement House at 21 Market Square – a tenement house on the Market Square in Wrocław, on the southern frontage of the Market Square, the so-called side of the Golden Cup, also known as the Bankers' House, and one of the narrowest tenement houses in Wrocław.
57. Kamienica Dwór Polski
Tenement House at Rynek 5 – a tenement house on the Wrocław market square in the Gothic-Renaissance style with late Baroque elements, known as the "Polish Manor" tenement house after the restaurant located there.
Wikipedia: Kamienica przy Rynku 5 we Wrocławiu (PL), Url, Url 0
58. Fontanna Alegoria Walki i Zwycięstwa
The Allegory of Struggle and Victory Fountain – a fountain and sculptures (monuments) of Struggle and Victory located in Wrocław at John Paul II Square in the Old Town Promenade running along the city moat.
59. Mauzoleum Piastów Śląskich
The Mausoleum of the Silesian Piasts in Wrocław is located in the church of St. Clare and St. Hedwig at Nankiera Square, in the Catholic school of the Ursuline Sisters of the Roman Union, in the former main nave of the church.
Wikipedia: Mauzoleum Piastów Śląskich we Wrocławiu (PL), Url
60. Contemporary Museum
Wrocław Contemporary Museum, is a museum located in Wrocław, Poland. It was established in 2011. It develops relations with contemporary artists by exhibitions and educational events, while expanding its art collection.
61. Kościół pw. Świętej Trójcy
The Church of the Holy Trinity of the Brothers Hospitallers in Wrocław – a historic Catholic church in Wrocław, located in Przedmieście Oławskie, at Gen. Romualda Traugutta Street, is a monastery church of the Order of the Brothers Hospitallers.
62. Kościół Najświętszej Marii Panny na Piasku
The Church of St. Mary on the Sand is a Catholic church in Wrocław, in Silesia, located on the Sand Island, in the Oder River, in the heart of the city. Founded in the 12th century, it is one of the oldest Gothic churches in the country.
Wikipedia: Church of St Mary on the Sand (EN), Website, Url, Url 0
63. Park Generała Władysława Andersa
General Władysław Anders Park is a park located in the southern part of Wrocław, south of Kamienna Street, in the area of the Krzyki district. The park was created in the area once occupied by a complex of necropolises, i.e. cemeteries: the Old Cemetery of St. Mary Magdalene, the New Cemetery of the Evangelical Reformed Community, the Cemetery of St. Maurice, the Cemetery of St. Dorothy. It covers an area of about 6 ha. The current name of the park is valid on the basis of § 1 point 21 of the Resolution No. LXXI/454/93 of the Wrocław City Council of 9 October 1993 on the names of parks and forest areas existing in Wrocław.
Wikipedia: Park Generała Władysława Andersa we Wrocławiu (PL)
64. Muzeum Archeologiczne
The Archaeological Museum in Wrocław is one of the seven branches of the City Museum of Wrocław. Together with the Military Museum, it is located in the complex of buildings of the medieval Municipal Arsenal. In the past, the museum had other locations, m.in. at the end of the twentieth century, it was located in the Royal Palace. He specializes in the archaeology of Silesia. The mission of the Archaeological Museum is to acquire, develop and make available archaeological artefacts from Silesia. It is one of the oldest institutions of this type in Europe.
65. Park Juliusza Słowackiego
Juliusz Słowacki Park in Wrocław is a park located in the area of the Old Town – near the so-called New Town. It is also partly located in the place of a buried section of the city moat, a fragment of which for some time was the estuary section of the Oława River. The park covers an area of 5.74 ha.
66. Mikołaj Kopernik
The Monument of Nicolaus Copernicus in Wrocław – a monument commemorating the person of Nicolaus Copernicus. Its author was Professor Leon Podsiadły, and his work is considered one of the most important examples of contemporary sculptures. It was unveiled in 1974 on the occasion of the Copernican year, celebrated a year earlier on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of his birth. The initiators of the construction of the monument were the Society of Wrocław Lovers together with the Society of Astronomy Enthusiasts. The statue is made of artificial stone. It has the form of a body, a silhouette, with a stylized heliocentric system topped with a bust of the astronomer. In 1977, a plaque was installed with the inscription: Wrocławians to Nicolaus Copernicus 1473-1543.
67. Wzgórze Andersa
Anders Hill - an artificial hill created in the Huby housing estate in Wrocław with an absolute height of 138.14 m above sea level. The area of the Anders Hill is limited by four streets - Kamienna Street from the south, Ślężna Street from the west, Marek Petrusewicza Street from the north and Borowska Street from the east, where the hill is located used to be Sobótkowska Street. The hill has the shape of a flat mound formed of five layers decreasing upwards, the highest point is in the south-western part.
68. Kamienica Pod Złotą Kotwicą
The tenement house at 38 Market Square, also known as the Tenement House Under the Golden Anchor – a tenement house on the Wrocław market square, on its eastern frontage, on the so-called side of the Green Reed or Green Pipe (according to Mateusz Golinski, this part of the frontage was called "Under the Hatters' Arcades"). On the Wrocław Market Square, two tenement houses have the same name: the second one is located at the plot at Rynek 52.
69. Most Młyński Południowy
The Mill Bridges in Wrocław – a complex of two bridges over the branches of the Northern Oder. Bridges connect Sand Island with Mill Island and Mill Island with the right bank of the river. Before 1945, they were collectively called Gneisenau Brücke.
70. Pomnik Ofiar Zbrodni Katyńskiej
The Monument to the Victims of the Katyn Massacre in Wrocław – a monument commemorating the victims of the Katyn massacre. The author of the monument's design is Tadeusz Tchórzewski. Built in the years 1994–2000. The monument is located in Juliusz Słowacki Park, near Purkyniego Street, about 250 meters southwest of the main entrance to the National Museum in Wrocław.
Wikipedia: Pomnik Ofiar Zbrodni Katyńskiej we Wrocławiu (PL)
71. Wrocław Market Hall
Wrocław Market Hall is a food hall in central Wrocław, Poland. Designed by Richard Plüddemann, it was built between 1906 and 1908 as the Breslauer Markthalle Nr 1, when the city was part of German Empire. The Hall was renowned for its then-innovative application of reinforced concrete trusses, which was unique in Europe at the time.
72. Kolegiata Świętego Krzyża i Świętego Bartłomieja
Collegiate Church of the Holy Cross and St. Bartholomew in Wrocław, Poland, is a two-storey brick Gothic collegiate church on the Ostrów Tumski, considered the second most important Roman Catholic church in Wrocław. It is one the historic burial sites of Polish monarchs.
Wikipedia: Collegiate Church of the Holy Cross and St. Bartholomew, Wrocław (EN), Url, Url 0
73. Bastion Ceglarski
The Brick Bastion – a fragment of the fortifications of Wrocław, built in 1585 in the north-eastern part of the belt of external walls surrounding the Wrocław New Town. Demolished along with the walls at the beginning of the nineteenth century.
74. Zesłańcom Sybiru
Monument to the Siberian Deportees in Wrocław — a monument designed by the sculptor Jarosław Perszko in close artistic cooperation with the engineer and architect Czesław Bielecki, erected in Wrocław on the Sybiraków Square next to Strzelecki Square. The silhouette of the monument, 12 meters high, depicts the Latin Cross piercing the wall.
75. Bojownikom o wyzwolenie narodowe i społeczne
Commemorative stone in honour of the Fighters for National and Social Liberation – a granite erratic boulder located on Tadeusz Kościuszko Square in Wrocław, dedicated to the memory of the fighters for national and social liberation. It was unveiled on 24 March 1946, on the occasion of the First Congress of Participants in the Armed Struggle for Independence and Democracy, which took place as part of the Kościuszko Year, celebrated in 1946. There are opinions that it was a propaganda attempt to include the Recovered Territories in the tradition of the Polish military action.
Wikipedia: Kamień pamiątkowy ku czci Bojowników o Wyzwolenie Narodowe i Społeczne (PL)
76. Ogród Staromiejski
The Nicolaus Copernicus Park is located in the center of Wrocław, within the Old Town, in the area of Teatralna Street and Teatralny Square. Its current name has been in force since January 1, 1994. Previously, it was called: Zwingerpark, Międzymurzowy Park, Old Town Park, Hanka Sawicka Park. It has an area of 2.75 ha. It is managed by the Urban Greenery Authority.
77. Muzeum Mineralogiczne
The Kazimierz Maślankiewicz Mineralogical Museum in Wrocław is a unit of the Institute of Geological Sciences of the University of Wrocław, at 30 Cybulskiego Street, with a branch at 22 Kuźnicza Street.
Wikipedia: Muzeum Mineralogiczne im. Kazimierza Maślankiewicza we Wrocławiu (PL), Website
78. Zwierzyniecki bridge
Zwierzyniecki Bridge is located in the eastern part of Wrocław, Poland. The bridge spans the Oder River and is in the immediate vicinity of Wrocław Zoo and the exhibition grounds about Centennial Hall. The bridge was built around 1655 and was originally wooden.
79. Dobry wieczór we Wrocławiu
Good evening in Wrocław - a neon located on the roof of the apartment block at ul. Piłsudskiego 106–114 in Wrocław. Neon is realized in the form of a two -half -meter human figure with a flower in one hand and a tilted hat in the other and the inscription "Good evening in Wroclaw" on the right.
80. Wzgórze Słowiańskie
The Slavic Hill in Wrocław is an artificially raised hill located in the Nadodrze housing estate in Wrocław at Słowiański Square. It covers an area of about 3 ha. It is surrounded by a small park – a tree stand.
81. Botanical Garden
The Botanical Garden of the University of Wrocław is a botanical garden in Wrocław founded in 1811 in the area of Ostrów Tumski. The garden was established for medical students at the local university. During the Napoleonic Wars, the garden was damaged after the city fortifications were destroyed. Part of the garden featured a branch off the Odra river and was filled in during the conflict, but has since been restored as a large lily pond. It is the second oldest garden of this type in Poland, after the garden in Kraków. In 1974 it was listed as a protected monument in Lower Silesia, since 1994 it was included in the protected historical city center.
Wikipedia: University of Wrocław Botanical Garden (EN), Website, Url
82. Pogodynka
Pogoda – a meteorological column in Wrocław at Świdnicka Street, on its eastern side, at its intersection with the Old Town Promenade, near the building of the former Guardhouse; erected in the 80s of the nineteenth century. Its location at the intersection of the main shopping street and the Old Town park and the form of small architecture reflected the nineteenth-century spa compositions. The building underwent thorough conservation in the years 1984–1985.
83. Park Staszica
Stanisław Staszic Park in Wrocław – a park located in the Nadodrze housing estate, with an area of about 5.5 ha. The park was built in the years 1905–1908 on the site of the former horse market (Rossplatz). The current name is in force on the basis of the Resolution No. LXXI/454/93 of the City Council of Wrocław of 9 October 1993 on the names of parks and forest areas existing in Wrocław.
84. Jagusia
Jagusia, "Mobile Jagusia" – a fountain belonging to the entire set of outdoor sculptures, located in Wrocław in front of the Hutmen S.A. plant at 241 Grabiszyńska Street. The composition of the building consists of a swimming pool, within which a figure made of copper was placed. The figure consists of three parts rotating relative to each other. The shape of the figure refers to the female body. The view is expressed that the combination of elements of light and water with a moving sculpture used by the artist in this work is characterized by considerable effectiveness. The author of the sculpture is Tadeusz Teller. The unveiling of the work took place in 1974.
85. Muzeum Militariów
Military Museum in Wrocław - one of the seven branches of the Wrocław City Museum. Together with the Archaeological Museum, it houses a complex of the Medieval City Arsenal buildings, also known as the Mikołajsk Arsenal, located at ul. Cieszyńskiego 9. The museum occupies two wings of the arsenal, and the exhibitions extend on 3 floors.
86. Karol Linneusz
Monument to Carl Linnaeus in Wrocław – a monument commemorating the person of Carl Linnaeus. Its author was Albert Rachner. It was built in 1871 and unveiled on 23 May 1871. The founder of the monument in 1870 was Moritz Wesel. The monument has the form of a realistic and detailed bust placed on a pedestal – a high pedestal with classicist forms. In relation to this type of monuments, the term "portrait monument" is used.
87. Park Brochowski
Brochowski Park is a park located in the south-eastern part of Wrocław, within the Brochów housing estate. It is the oldest park within the current borders of Wrocław, founded in the Middle Ages by the Augustinians in the years 1727 - 1733. It has an area of about 8 ha. Brochowski Park is under the care of the Municipal Greenery Authority, subordinate to the Department of Architecture and Development of the Wrocław City Hall. The current name of the park is valid on the basis of § 1 point 9 of the Resolution No. LXXI/454/93 of the Wrocław City Council of 9 October 1993 on the names of parks and forest areas existing in Wrocław.
88. skwer Skaczącej Gwiazdy
Square of the Jumping Star (Springstern) - a square located in Wrocław within the Ołbin estate, which is the area of the urban green space, whose name was given by the resolution of the City Council of Wrocław of November 4, 2010, and applies from December 15, 2010. This name comes from From the historically located in this area of the former city walls - a street located here on Szańce, is a toponic trace of former city fortifications erected in 1771–1782 on the order of the Prussian king Fryderyk II. The very term "jumping star" is derived from the same name (Springstern) of the Bastion syndrome constituting the north-eastern fortifications of eighteenth-century Wrocław located once in this area. The name Springstern comes from the layout of this fortification team. These fortifications were demolished in 1807 after the capture of the city by the French army on their order. One of the then arms of the Odra River at that time, which was overwhelmed at the same time.
89. Park Hotel
Park Hotel in Wrocław - a modernist hotel building at the Dąbie estate at ul. Copernicus 5, built as a house of the experimental housing estate WUWA according to the design of Hans Scharune as a residential house for lonely and childless marriages.
90. Kościół parafialny pw. Świętego Józefa Rzemieślnika
Church of St. Joseph the Craftsman – a Roman Catholic parish church belonging to the deanery of Wrocław east of the Archdiocese of Wrocław. It is located in the Przedmieście Oławskie housing estate.
Wikipedia: Kościół św. Józefa Rzemieślnika we Wrocławiu (PL)
91. Japanese Garden
Wrocław's Japanese Garden was founded in the years 1909–1913 as an exotic garden for the Centennial Exhibition. It is located in the Śródmieście district of Wrocław, in the boundaries of Szczytnicki Park, near the Centennial Hall. It is home to almost 270 taxa of woody plants, as well as 78 species of Asian plants, of which 38 are endemic to Japan, such as Styrax japonicus. It is an important landmark of Wrocław.
92. Kościół Najświętszej Maryi Panny Matki Pocieszenia
The Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Consolation – a Roman Catholic parish church, belonging to the deanery of Wrocław north II (Sępolno) of the Archdiocese of Wrocław. It is located in the Dąbie housing estate.
Wikipedia: Kościół Najświętszej Maryi Panny Matki Pocieszenia we Wrocławiu (PL), Website
93. Kaplica Kościoła Ewangelicko-Metodystycznego
The Chapel of the Evangelical Methodist Church in Wrocław – a parish church of the parish of God's Peace belonging to the Evangelical Methodist Church in the Republic of Poland, located at 28a Worcella Street in Przedmieście Oławskie in Wrocław.
Wikipedia: Kaplica Kościoła Ewangelicko-Metodystycznego we Wrocławiu (PL), Url
94. Kościół Świętego Bonifacego
Church of St. Boniface – a Roman Catholic parish church of the parish of St. Boniface in Wrocław, belonging to the deanery of Wrocław Cathedral of the Archdiocese of Wrocław. It is located in the Nadodrze housing estate.
95. Park Dąbski
Dąbski Park – is a park located in the eastern part of Wrocław, on the Dąbie housing estate, on the so-called Big Island. The current name of the park is valid on the basis of § 1 point 22 of the Resolution No. LXXI/454/93 of the City Council of Wrocław of 9 October 1993 on the names of parks and forest areas existing in Wrocław. Near the park there are numerous dormitories of the Wrocław University of Science and Technology and the University of Wrocław, the area of the Ślęza Wrocław stadium and behind them the Zoological Garden, Szczytnicki Park and the Centennial Hall, as well as a tram depot.
96. Kościół pw. Świętej Anny
St. Anne's Church – a Roman Catholic parish church belonging to the Parish of St. Anne, deanery of Wrocław west (Leśnica) of the Archdiocese of Wrocław. It is located in the Pracze Odrzańskie housing estate.
Wikipedia: Kościół św. Anny we Wrocławiu-Praczach Odrzańskich (PL)
97. Park Biskupiński
Biskupiński Park – is a park located in Wrocław, on the Biskupin estate, within the so-called Big Island. The current name of the park is in force on the basis of § 1 point 24 of the Resolution No. LXXI/454/93 of the Wrocław City Council of 9 October 1993 on the names of parks and forest areas existing in Wrocław. The area of the city where the park is located is under individual protection in the form of a nature and landscape complex, i.e. the Szczytnica Nature and Landscape Complex.
98. Kolumna Chrystusa Króla Wszechświata
The Column of Christ the King of the Universe in Wrocław, also known as the Millennium Column, is a statue of Christ on the Cathedral Square in Wrocław, erected on the occasion of the 1000th anniversary of the bishopric of Wrocław.
Wikipedia: Kolumna Chrystusa Króla Wszechświata we Wrocławiu (PL), Inscription Url, Url, Url 0
99. park Świętej Edyty Stein
St. Edith Stein Park is a small park in Wroclaw located entirely in the Ołbin housing estate. It was separated from the Stanisław Tołpa Park by virtue of the resolution of the Wrocław City Council of 17 March 2011 No. VIII/98/11; by virtue of this resolution, the current patron of the park is St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. The park is located within the following streets: Nowowiejska Street, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński Street, Blessed Edith Stein Street.
100. Kościół Świętego Jerzego
The Church of St. George the Martyr and the Exaltation of the Holy Cross is a Roman Catholic parish church belonging to the deanery of Wrocław, East, Archdiocese of Wrocław. It is located in the Brochów housing estate.
Wikipedia: Kościół św. Jerzego Męczennika i Podwyższenia Krzyża Świętego we Wrocławiu (PL)
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