Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #4 in Wrocław, Poland
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7 km
108 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: 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 2: Kamienica Pod Złotym Pokojem
The Golden Room Tenement House – a tenement house on the Market Square in Wrocław, on the northern frontage of the market square, known as the Sweets Market.
Sight 3: Kamienica Pod Złotą Palmą
The House Under the Golden Palm, Lower Silesian Public Library – a tenement house on the Market Square in Wrocław, on the northern frontage of the market square, known as the Sweets Market.
Sight 4: Kamienica pod Półksiężycem
The Tenement House Under the Golden Crescent or Under the Half Moon – a tenement house on the Wrocław market square, on its northern frontage, known as the Sweets Market.
Wikipedia: Kamienica Pod Złotym Półksiężycem we Wrocławiu (PL), Url, Url 0
Sight 5: Kamienica Szwedzka Sień
The Swedish Hallway House – a tenement house on the Wrocław market square, on the northern frontage of the market square, known as the Sweets Market.
Wikipedia: Kamienica Szwedzka Sień we Wrocławiu (PL), Url, Url 0
Sight 6: Kamienica Pod Złotym Jeleniem
The Golden Deer Tenement House – a tenement house on the Wrocław market square, on its northern frontage, known as the Sweets Market.
Wikipedia: Kamienica Pod Złotym Jeleniem we Wrocławiu (PL), Url, Url 0
Sight 7: 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
Sight 8: kamienica Pod Złotym Pelikanem
The Golden Pelikan Tenement House – a tenement house located on the Wrocław Market Square at number 43, on its northern frontage, called the Sweets Market.
Wikipedia: Kamienica Pod Złotym Pelikanem we Wrocławiu (PL), Url, Url 0
Sight 9: 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.
Sight 10: Kamienica Pod Złotą Gwiazdą
The Golden Star Tenement House – a tenement house on the Wrocław market square, on its eastern frontage, on the so-called side of the Green Reed or Green Pipe.
Sight 11: Kapliczka Dompniga
Dompnig Chapel – a Gothic, stone pillar chapel, located in the Polish Catholic cathedral in Wrocław. It is considered to be the oldest monument of bourgeois monumental sculpture in Wrocław.
Sight 12: 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.
Sight 13: Kameleon
Kameleon Department Store, formerly: Rudolf Petersdorff Department Store – a historic department store in Wrocław, located at 6/7 Szewska Street.
Sight 14: 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
Sight 15: Fontanna Niedźwiadek
The Bear Fountain is a reconstruction of a pre-war fountain, located by the southern wall of the Old Town Hall in Wrocław, Poland.
Sight 16: Kamienica Pod Starą Szubienicą
The Old Gallows Tenement House – 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.
Sight 17: 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.
Sight 18: 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.
Sight 19: Kamienica Pod Zieloną Dynią
The Green Pumpkin Tenement House – a medieval tenement house on the Market Square in Wrocław, on the southern frontage of the Market Square, the so-called side of the Golden Cup.
Sight 20: Kamienica Pod Złotym Pucharem
The Golden Cup Tenement House – 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.
Wikipedia: Kamienica Pod Złotym Pucharem we Wrocławiu (PL), Url, Url 0
Sight 21: 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
Sight 22: Kościół parafialny pw. Bożego Ciała
Corpus Christi Church is a Gothic church in Wrocław, Poland. The church is located at the corner of Świdnicka and ul. Bożego Ciała.
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Sight 23: Bastion Sakwowy
The Sack Bastion – a fragment of the former fortifications of the city of Wrocław, in their south-eastern corner.
Sight 24: chaczkar
Khachkar in Wrocław – an Armenian stone stele, unveiled on September 21, 2012, placed on the square at Janickiego Street in Wrocław.
Sight 25: Baszta Niedźwiadka
The Bear Tower – a medieval tower in the system of city fortifications of Wrocław, located between today's streets: Piaskowa and Kraińskiego, at the back of the Market Hall at Nankiera Square.
Sight 26: 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.
Sight 27: 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
Sight 28: 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 29: 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.
Sight 30: Kościół pw. Najświętszego Serca Jezusowego
The church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus - the Roman Catholic parish church of the Sacred Jesus' Heart parish in Wrocław, in the Wrocław deanery of the Cathedral, in the Archdiocese of Wrocław. It is located on Grunwaldzki Square.
Wikipedia: Kościół Najświętszego Serca Jezusowego we Wrocławiu (PL)
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