Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in Wrocław, Poland
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5.4 km
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 WrocławSight 1: Bastion Sakwowy
The Sakwowy Bastion is a fragment of the former fortifications of the city of Wrocław, in the south-eastern corner.
Sight 2: chaczkar
The Khachkar in Wrocław is an Armenian stone stele, unveiled on 21 September 2012, located on the square at Janicki Street in Wrocław.
Sight 3: Baszta Niedźwiadka
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.
Sight 4: 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.
Sight 5: Archikatedra Świętego Jana Chrzciciela
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.
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: 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 8: 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 9: 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.
Sight 10: Kameleon
The Kameleon Department Store is a historic department store in Wrocław, Poland, located at 6/7 Szewska Street.
Sight 11: Kamienica Pod Zieloną Dynią
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.
Sight 12: Kamienica Pod Złotym Dzbanem
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.
Sight 13: 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 14: 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 15: Kamienica pod Błękitnym Słońcem
The Blue Sun Tenement House – a medieval tenement house on the Wrocław market square.
Wikipedia: Kamienica Pod Błękitnym Słońcem we Wrocławiu (PL)
Sight 16: Kamienica Pod Siedmioma Elektorami
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.
Wikipedia: Kamienica Pod Siedmioma Elektorami we Wrocławiu (PL), Url, Url 0
Sight 17: Pod Murzynem
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.
Sight 18: Iglica
The Spire on the Salt Square in Wrocław, also known as the Small Spire, is a monument located in Wrocław on the Salt Square.
Wikipedia: Iglica na Placu Solnym we Wrocławiu (PL), Url, Url 0
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