Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in Wrocław, Poland

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Number of sights 18 sights
Distance 5.4 km
Ascend 79 m
Descend 73 m

Explore Wrocław in Poland with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Individual Sights in Wrocław

Sight 1: Bastion Sakwowy

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The Sakwowy Bastion is a fragment of the former fortifications of the city of Wrocław, in the south-eastern corner.

Wikipedia: Bastion Sakwowy (PL)

682 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 2: chaczkar

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The Khachkar in Wrocław is an Armenian stone stele, unveiled on 21 September 2012, located on the square at Janicki Street in Wrocław.

Wikipedia: Chaczkar we Wrocławiu (PL)

325 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 3: Baszta Niedźwiadka

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The Bear Tower – a medieval tower in the system of city fortifications of Wrocław, located between today's Piaskowa and Kraińskiego streets, at the back of the Market Hall at Nankiera Square.

Wikipedia: Baszta Niedźwiadka (PL)

494 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 4: Bastion Ceglarski

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Bastion Ceglarski

The Ceglarski 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. It was demolished along with the walls at the beginning of the 19th century.

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878 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 5: Archikatedra Świętego Jana Chrzciciela

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The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Wrocław 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.

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551 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 6: Orthodox Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius

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The Church of Sts. Cyril and Methodius is an orthodox church in Wrocław, Poland. It is located on the Sand Island.

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286 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: Wrocław Market Hall

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Wrocław Market Hall Андрэй Дзмітрыеў (http://fgb.by/viewtopic.php?p=60515#60515) / CC BY-SA 3.0

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.

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204 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 8: Domek Romański

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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.

Wikipedia: Romanesque House in Wrocław (EN)

384 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 9: Fencer

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Fencer

The Fountain with the Swordsman – a fountain located on the square in front of the University of Wrocław and being 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.

Wikipedia: Fontanna „Szermierz” we Wrocławiu (PL)

703 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 10: Kameleon

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The Kameleon Department Store is a historic department store in Wrocław, Poland, located at 6/7 Szewska Street.

Wikipedia: Dom Handlowy Kameleon (PL)

246 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 11: Kamienica Pod Zieloną Dynią

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The Green Pumpkin 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.

Wikipedia: Kamienica Pod Zieloną Dynią we Wrocławiu (PL)

4 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 12: Kamienica Pod Złotym Dzbanem

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Tenement house under the Golden Pug - a medieval tenement house in the southern frontage of the Market Square in Wrocław, number 22, opposite the entrance to the Piwnica Świdnicka and next to the tenement house under the green pumpkin.

Wikipedia: Kamienica Pod Złotym Dzbanem we Wrocławiu (PL)

57 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 13: Kamienica Pod Starą Szubienicą

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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.

Wikipedia: Kamienica Pod Starą Szubienicą we Wrocławiu (PL)

72 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 14: Fontanna Niedźwiadek

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Fontanna NiedźwiadekKlearchos Kapoutsis from Santorini, Greece / CC BY 2.0

The Bear Fountain is a reconstruction of a pre-war fountain, located by the southern wall of the Old Town Hall in Wrocław, Poland.

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196 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 15: Kamienica pod Błękitnym Słońcem

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The Blue Sun Tenement House – a medieval tenement house on the Wrocław market square.

Wikipedia: Kamienica Pod Błękitnym Słońcem we Wrocławiu (PL)

114 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 16: Kamienica Pod Siedmioma Elektorami

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The Seven Electors House – a Renaissance tenement house on the Market Square in Wrocław from the second half of the 13th century. It is characterized by rich decorations. A Habsburg eagle was placed in the tympanum. In the 17th century, the tenement house was called Köbersche Haus or Stellenfeldsche Haus.

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108 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 17: Pod Murzynem

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The Three Negroes House – a historic tenement house of medieval origin, located at the intersection of 32 Kiełbaśnicza Street and 1 Ruska Street in Wrocław.

Wikipedia: Kamienica Pod Trzema Murzynami we Wrocławiu (PL)

75 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 18: Iglica

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The Spire on the Salt Square in Wrocław, also known as the Small Spire, is a monument located in Wrocław on the Salt Square.

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