Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #7 in Wrocław, Poland
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12.4 km
152 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: Zwierzyniecki bridge
Zwierzyniecki Bridge is located in the eastern part of Wrocław, Poland. The bridge spans the Oder River and is in the immediate vicinity of Wrocław Zoo and the exhibition grounds about Centennial Hall. The bridge was built around 1655 and was originally wooden.
Sight 2: Jan Mikulicz Radecki
The Jan Mikulicz-Radecki Monument is a monument erected next to the entrance to the Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery and General Surgery of the Medical University of Wrocław.
Wikipedia: Pomnik Jana Mikulicza-Radeckiego we Wrocławiu (PL), Url
Sight 3: 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)
Sight 4: Grunwaldzki bridge
Grunwald Bridge is a suspension bridge over the river Oder in Wrocław, Poland, built between 1908 and 1910. Initially the bridge was called the Imperial Bridge (Kaiserbrücke), then the Bridge of Freedom (Freiheitsbrücke). The architectural design of the bridge was by a city councilor, Richard Plüddemann. The bridge opened on 10 October 1910 in the presence of Emperor Wilhelm II.
Sight 5: 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 6: Panorama of the Battle of Racławice
The Racławice Panorama is a monumental cycloramic painting depicting the Battle of Racławice, during the Kościuszko Uprising. It is located in Wrocław, Poland. The painting is one of only a few preserved relics of a genre of 19th-century mass culture, and the oldest in Poland. The panorama stands in a circular fashion and, with the viewer in the center, presents different scenes at various viewing angles. A special kind of perspective used in the painting and additional effects create a feeling of reality.
Sight 7: Pomnik ku czci Polaków walczących o niepodległość
The Monument to the Constitution of 3 May – erected in Wrocław next to the entrance to the Rotunda of the Panorama of the Battle of Racławice.
Sight 8: Pomnik Ofiar Zbrodni Katyńskiej
The Monument to the Victims of the Katyn Massacre in Wrocław – a monument commemorating the victims of the Katyn massacre. The author of the monument's design is Tadeusz Tchórzewski. Built in the years 1994–2000. The monument is located in Juliusz Słowacki Park, near Purkyniego Street, about 250 meters southwest of the main entrance to the National Museum in Wrocław.
Wikipedia: Pomnik Ofiar Zbrodni Katyńskiej we Wrocławiu (PL)
Sight 9: Park Juliusza Słowackiego
Juliusz Słowacki Park in Wrocław is a park located in the area of the Old Town – near the so-called New Town. It is also partly located in the place of a buried section of the city moat, a fragment of which for some time was the estuary section of the Oława River. The park covers an area of 5.74 ha.
Sight 10: Kościół pw. Świętego Maurycego
St. Maurice's Church at 36 Gen. Romualda Traugutta Street in Wrocław – originally a Gothic single-nave church with a fifteenth-century baptismal chapel and a tower rebuilt in the 18th century in the Baroque style according to the design of architect J. Peintner.
Sight 11: Kościół Świętego Krzysztofa
St. Christopher's Church in Wrocław – the church of the Evangelical-Augsburg parish of St. Christopher in Wrocław, located at St. Christopher's Square located at the corner of Kazimierza Wielkiego and Wierzbowa Streets.
Wikipedia: Kościół św. Krzysztofa we Wrocławiu (PL), Website
Sight 12: Bastion Sakwowy
The Sack Bastion – a fragment of the former fortifications of the city of Wrocław, in their south-eastern corner.
Sight 13: Mikołaj Kopernik
The Monument of Nicolaus Copernicus in Wrocław – a monument commemorating the person of Nicolaus Copernicus. Its author was Professor Leon Podsiadły, and his work is considered one of the most important examples of contemporary sculptures. It was unveiled in 1974 on the occasion of the Copernican year, celebrated a year earlier on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of his birth. The initiators of the construction of the monument were the Society of Wrocław Lovers together with the Society of Astronomy Enthusiasts. The statue is made of artificial stone. It has the form of a body, a silhouette, with a stylized heliocentric system topped with a bust of the astronomer. In 1977, a plaque was installed with the inscription: Wrocławians to Nicolaus Copernicus 1473-1543.
Sight 14: Amor na Pegazie
The Cupid on the Pegasus monument in Wrocław, Poland, is a monument located in Nicolaus Copernicus Park, within the Old Town Promenade at Teatralna Street. The sculptor was Theodor von Gosen.
Sight 15: Ogród Staromiejski
The Nicolaus Copernicus Park is located in the center of Wrocław, within the Old Town, in the area of Teatralna Street and Teatralny Square. Its current name has been in force since January 1, 1994. Previously, it was called: Zwingerpark, Międzymurzowy Park, Old Town Park, Hanka Sawicka Park. It has an area of 2.75 ha. It is managed by the Urban Greenery Authority.
Sight 16: Kameleon
Kameleon Department Store, formerly: Rudolf Petersdorff Department Store – a historic department store in Wrocław, located at 6/7 Szewska Street.
Sight 17: Klub Lekarza
The Elder Palace – a former city palace located at the corner of 45 Kazimierza Wielkiego Street and St. Dorothy Street in Wrocław.
Sight 18: Kościół Świętych Stanisława, Doroty i Wacława
The Church of Sts. Dorothea, Wenceslaus, and Stanislaus is a Gothic Roman Catholic church in the southern part of Wrocław's Old Town.
Sight 19: Opera Wrocławska
The Wrocław Opera is an opera company and opera house in the Old Town of Wrocław, Poland. The opera house was opened in 1841 and up to 1945 was named after the city's then German name, Oper Breslau.
Sight 20: Victims of Stalinism
The Monument to the Victims of Stalinism is a monument erected in Wrocław near the Wrocław Opera.
Wikipedia: Pomnik Ofiar Stalinizmu we Wrocławiu (PL), Url, Url 0
Sight 21: 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.
Wikipedia: Corpus Christi Church, Wrocław (EN), Website, Url, Url 0
Sight 22: Pogodynka
Pogoda – a meteorological column in Wrocław at Świdnicka Street, on its eastern side, at its intersection with the Old Town Promenade, near the building of the former Guardhouse; erected in the 80s of the nineteenth century. Its location at the intersection of the main shopping street and the Old Town park and the form of small architecture reflected the nineteenth-century spa compositions. The building underwent thorough conservation in the years 1984–1985.
Sight 23: Bolesław Chrobry
The Monument of Bolesław the Brave in Wrocław – an equestrian monument of Bolesław the Brave according to the design of Dorota Korzeniewska, Maciej Albrzykowski and Grażyna Jaskierska-Albrzykowska, erected in Wrocław on Świdnicka Street and unveiled on 15 September 2007.
Wikipedia: Pomnik Bolesława Chrobrego we Wrocławiu (PL), Url
Sight 24: Pałac Schaffgotschów
The Schaffgotsch Palace is a historic palace in Wrocław at 34 Kościuszki Street.
Sight 25: Bojownikom o wyzwolenie narodowe i społeczne
Commemorative stone in honour of the Fighters for National and Social Liberation – a granite erratic boulder located on Tadeusz Kościuszko Square in Wrocław, dedicated to the memory of the fighters for national and social liberation. It was unveiled on 24 March 1946, on the occasion of the First Congress of Participants in the Armed Struggle for Independence and Democracy, which took place as part of the Kościuszko Year, celebrated in 1946. There are opinions that it was a propaganda attempt to include the Recovered Territories in the tradition of the Polish military action.
Wikipedia: Kamień pamiątkowy ku czci Bojowników o Wyzwolenie Narodowe i Społeczne (PL)
Sight 26: Monument to the Anonymous Pedestrians
The Monument of the Anonymous Passer-by – a monument in Wrocław, unveiled on the night of 12 to 13 December 2005, consisting of fourteen life-size bronze human figures, standing on both sides of Świdnicka Street in the place where it intersects with Piłsudskiego Street.
Sight 27: Kościół pw. Świętego Ignacego Loyoli
The Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola at Stysia Street in Wrocław's Krzyki district – a Catholic church built together with the accompanying Jesuit monastery in the years 1979–1990 according to the design of architect Zenon Nasterski.
Wikipedia: Kościół św. Ignacego Loyoli we Wrocławiu (PL), Website
Sight 28: Kościół Świętego Karola Boromeusza
The Church of St. Charles Borromeo in Wrocław was built in the years 1911–1913 according to the design of architect J. Maas in the triangle between Gabitzstraße, Charlottenstraße and Herderstraße (Grochowa).
Wikipedia: Kościół św. Karola Boromeusza we Wrocławiu (PL), Url
Sight 29: Kościół Świętej Elżbiety Węgierskiej
Church of St. Elizabeth in Wrocław - a Catholic temple at Grabiszyńska Street, erected at the end of the 19th century according to the design of the Wrocław architect Joseph Ebers in the neo-Gothic style.
Wikipedia: Kościół św. Elżbiety na ulicy Grabiszyńskiej we Wrocławiu (PL)
Sight 30: Jagusia
Jagusia, "Mobile Jagusia" – a fountain belonging to the entire set of outdoor sculptures, located in Wrocław in front of the Hutmen S.A. plant at 241 Grabiszyńska Street. The composition of the building consists of a swimming pool, within which a figure made of copper was placed. The figure consists of three parts rotating relative to each other. The shape of the figure refers to the female body. The view is expressed that the combination of elements of light and water with a moving sculpture used by the artist in this work is characterized by considerable effectiveness. The author of the sculpture is Tadeusz Teller. The unveiling of the work took place in 1974.
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