Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #9 in Wrocław, Poland
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4.9 km
49 m
Experience Wrocław in Poland in a whole new way with our free 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: Hydropolis
Hydropolis is the only science centre in Poland dedicated to water, located in the city of Wrocław.
Sight 2: Water Tower Na Grobli
The water tower at Na Grobli Street – a water tower with a total height of 40 m, located in Wrocław, which is one of the oldest technical infrastructure facilities of the city. The tower was built as a key element of John Moore's project to supply 200,000 inhabitants with water, corrected and dressed in a historicizing robe by the city's construction counsellor Johann Christian Zimmermann.
Sight 3: Kościół Świętego Łazarza
Church of St. Lazarus in Wrocław – a Gothic brick church built by the Order of the Knights and Hospitallers of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem in the second half of the fourteenth century by the road leading from medieval Wrocław to the south-east – to Oława.
Sight 4: Kościół pw. Świętej Trójcy
The Church of the Holy Trinity of the Brothers Hospitallers in Wrocław – a historic Catholic church in Wrocław, located in Przedmieście Oławskie, at Gen. Romualda Traugutta Street, is a monastery church of the Order of the Brothers Hospitallers.
Sight 5: Kaplica Kościoła Ewangelicko-Metodystycznego
The Chapel of the Evangelical Methodist Church in Wrocław – a parish church of the parish of God's Peace belonging to the Evangelical Methodist Church in the Republic of Poland, located at 28a Worcella Street in Przedmieście Oławskie in Wrocław.
Wikipedia: Kaplica Kościoła Ewangelicko-Metodystycznego we Wrocławiu (PL), Url
Sight 6: 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 7: Bastion Sakwowy
The Sack Bastion – a fragment of the former fortifications of the city of Wrocław, in their south-eastern corner. In the years 1948–2024, the hill was called the Partisan Hill. However, this was an unofficial name and in 2024 it was officially changed to the Sack Bastion.
Sight 8: 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 9: Ogród Staromiejski
Nicolaus Copernicus Park – a city park located in Wrocław, in the area of the so-called Old Town Promenade, on the inner side of the City Moat. The current name of the park is valid on the basis of the Resolution of the City Council of Wrocław of 9 October 1993 (No. LXXI/454/93) on the names of parks and forest areas existing in Wrocław. From the east, the park is limited by Wierzbowa Street and the building of the former Leipziger Palace. Behind them is the square where the statue of Nicolaus Copernicus is located. The northern border of the park is marked by Teatralna Street and the building of the former municipal bathhouse standing behind it. From the west, the park is limited by Teatralny Square and Corpus Christi Street. In their immediate vicinity there is the building of the Wrocław Puppet Theatre. A little further, at Świdnicka Street, there is a monument to Bolesław Chrobry. The inspiration for the establishment of the park in this place were the nineteenth-century Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen.
Sight 10: 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 at Świdnicka Street and unveiled on 15 September 2007.
Wikipedia: Pomnik Bolesława Chrobrego we Wrocławiu (PL), Url
Sight 11: 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 12: Pomnik Pamięci Ofiar Nocy Kryształowej
The Monument to the Victims of Kristallnacht – erected in Wrocław at the intersection of Łąkowa and Druckiego-Lubeckiego Streets.
Sight 13: 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 14: Pałac Schaffgotschów
The Schaffgotsch Palace is a historic palace in Wrocław at 34 Kościuszki Street.
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