Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Kłodzko, Poland
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3.1 km
141 m
Experience Kłodzko 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 KłodzkoSight 1: Fort Owczy
Fort Owcza Góra – a remote auxiliary fort of the Kłodzko Fortress, which is a defensive system from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Sight 2: Kościół Matki Bożej Różańcowej
The Church of Our Lady of the Rosary in Kłodzko – a Roman Catholic parish church, located on the Sand Island in Kłodzko. The present building was built on the site of older ones in the years 1628–1631. The church has the layout of a three-nave, orientated and brick basilica with a semicircular chancel separated from its body. Two towers stand in the west façade. The facility was significantly damaged during the flood in July 1997.
Sight 3: Most Świętego Jana
The Gothic Bridge on Młynówka is a historic stone bridge over the Młynówka Canal in Kłodzko, Lower Silesian Voivodeship. The bridge has the features of a Gothic building and connects the Sand Island and the Old Town part of Kłodzko on Forteczna Góra with the market square and the fortress, being part of one of the main communication routes in this part of the city in the past. The bridge is closed to vehicular traffic. Under the bridge, on the eastern side, there is the Partner Cities Square.
Sight 4: Pręgierz
The pillory in Kłodzko – a replica of the pillory liquidated in 1793, which was located in the eastern part of the market square, near the town well and the entrance to the town hall in Kłodzko. The pillory was rebuilt in 2011. The replica was made of Radków sandstone; It is 460 centimeters high. On the pedestal there is a figurine of a peasant with a sack of grain.
Sight 5: Kolumna wotywna NMP
The Votive Column of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Kłodzko – a late Baroque Marian column made in Kłodzko in 1680 by the local sculptor Jan Adam Bayerhoff and locksmith Jan Scholz.
Wikipedia: Kolumna wotywna Najświętszej Maryi Panny w Kłodzku (PL)
Sight 6: Twierdza Kłodzko
Kłodzko Fortress is a unique fortification complex of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship in southwestern Poland. The fortress once was one of the biggest strongholds in Prussian Silesia, however, in the whole German Empire, it was regarded as a minor one. Now, together with an extensive network of tunnels, it is one of the biggest attractions of the town of Kłodzko, with its underground labyrinth and a repository of different objects, from old fire engines to local glassware.
Sight 7: Forteczna Góra
Forteczna Góra or Zamkowa Góra – a hill with a height of 369 m above sea level in the Kłodzko Valley in the Central Sudetes.
Sight 8: Podziemna Trasa Turystyczna
The Millennium of the Polish State Underground Tourist Route in Kłodzko – a part of the underground located under the Kłodzko Old Town, open to the public. The route is about 700 m long and there are several thematic rooms with exhibits on the history of the city.
Wikipedia: Podziemna Trasa Turystyczna w Kłodzku (PL), Website, Url
Sight 9: Kościół pw. Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny
The Collegiate Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a Gothic collegiate church in Kłodzko, Poland, one of the landmarks of its Old Town.
Sight 10: Muzeum Ziemi Kłodzkiej
The Museum of the Kłodzko Region in Kłodzko – established in 1963, a museum and scientific institution covering the area of the Kłodzko Land and its multinational cultural heritage, in particular geology, geography, history, history of material culture and art of the region. The seat of the museum is the former Jesuit boarding school in Kłodzko. It is administratively subordinate to the city. In 2001, it was entered into the National Register of Museums.
Sight 11: Pałac Wallisów
Tenement house at 30 Czeska Street in Kłodzko – a baroque tenement house from the end of the seventeenth century, located within the Old Town.
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