Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Wrocław, Poland
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5.2 km
90 m
Experience Wrocław in Poland in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.
Individual Sights in WrocławSight 1: 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.
Sight 2: 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
Sight 3: Kościół Świętego Marcina
St. Martin's Church in Wrocław – a small Gothic church located in the western part of Ostrów Tumski in Wrocław. It is one of the oldest existing church buildings in Wrocław.
Wikipedia: Kościół św. Marcina we Wrocławiu (PL), Url, Url 0
Sight 4: 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
Sight 5: 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
Sight 6: Orthodox Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius
The Church of Sts. Cyril and Methodius is an orthodox church in Wrocław, Poland. It is located on the Sand Island.
Wikipedia: Sts. Cyril and Methodius Church (Wrocław) (EN), Website, Url, Url 0
Sight 7: 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.
Sight 8: 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.
Sight 9: 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
Sight 10: 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.
Sight 11: 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
Sight 12: 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)
Sight 13: 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.
Sight 14: Kościół Imienia Jezus
The Church of the Name of Jesus in Wrocław, currently the university church at 1 University Square, is a Baroque church erected by the Jesuits in the years 1689–1698.
Sight 15: 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.
Sight 16: Jaz Wrocław II
Jaz hydroelectric power plant Wrocław II - a weir located in Wrocław on the Odra River, and more precisely on its branch, the so -called North Odra, as part of the Wrocław Water junction.
Sight 17: 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.
Sight 18: St. Elizabeth's Church
St. Elizabeth's Church of the Catholic Third Order of Saint Francis is a Gothic church in Wrocław, Poland. It is one of the most iconic structures of the city's Old Town panorama.
Sight 19: 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.
Sight 20: Kamienica Pod Gryfami
The House Under the Griffins is a tenement house on the Market Square in Wrocław, built around 1300.
Wikipedia: Kamienica Pod Gryfami we Wrocławiu (PL), Url, Url 0
Sight 21: 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
Sight 22: Kamienica Pod Złotym Orłem
The Golden Eagle Tenement House – a tenement house on the Market Square in Wrocław, rebuilt in the Baroque style.
Wikipedia: Kamienica Pod Złotym Orłem we Wrocławiu (Rynek) (PL), Url, Url 0
Sight 23: Kamienica Pod Złotym Słońcem
The Golden Sun Tenement House ) is a tenement house on the Market Square in Wrocław, built in the Baroque style.
Wikipedia: Kamienica Pod Złotym Słońcem we Wrocławiu (PL), Url, Url 0
Sight 24: Kamienica pod Błękitnym Słońcem
Tenement House Under the Blue Sun – a medieval tenement house on the Wrocław market square.
Wikipedia: Kamienica Pod Błękitnym Słońcem we Wrocławiu (PL)
Sight 25: 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
Sight 26: Pod Murzynem
The Three Negro Tenement House – a historic tenement house of medieval origin, located at the intersection of 32 Kiełbaśnicza Street and 1 Ruska Street in Wrocław.
Sight 27: Iglica
The Spire on Plac Solny in Wrocław, also known as the Small Spire – a monument located in Wrocław on Plac Solny.
Wikipedia: Iglica na Placu Solnym we Wrocławiu (PL), Url, Url 0
Sight 28: 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.
Sight 29: Kościół Świętego Antoniego z Padwy
Church of St. Anthony of Padua – a Roman Catholic temple at 30 St. Anthony Street in Wrocław.
Wikipedia: Kościół św. Antoniego z Padwy we Wrocławiu (PL), Url
Sight 30: 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.
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