Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #9 in Wrocław, Poland
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10.2 km
119 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: Cmentarz Żołnierzy Polskich
The Polish Soldiers' Cemetery in Wrocław – a wartime necropolis created in the years 1968–1970 and expanded in the years 1972–1979 as a resting place for 604 people, mainly Polish soldiers – participants of the September Campaign who died in German captivity and soldiers of the 2nd Polish Army who died at the front, as well as soldiers of the underground struggle and forced civilian laborers and victims of Nazi terror.
Wikipedia: Cmentarz Żołnierzy Polskich we Wrocławiu (PL), Url
Sight 2: Pomnik Żołnierzy Wojska Polskiego
The Monument to the Soldiers of the Polish Army in Wrocław is a monument erected at the Polish Soldiers Cemetery in 1979, 9 years after the cemetery was opened.
Wikipedia: Pomnik Żołnierzy Wojska Polskiego we Wrocławiu (PL)
Sight 3: Pomnik Wspólnej Pamięci
Monument of Common Memory – a monument dedicated to the memory of the inhabitants of Wrocław, whose graves were liquidated in the post-war years.
Sight 4: Cmentarz Grabiszyński
Grabiszyński Cemetery – next to the Osobowicki Cemetery, the Holy Family Cemetery, the St. Lawrence Cemetery, one of the largest cemeteries in Wrocław. The cemetery within its current boundaries is one of the three parts constituting a larger cemetery complex in the first half of the twentieth century. Initially, it was a cemetery where the dead from the southern parishes of Wrocław were buried, Evangelical: St. Elizabeth and Holy Trinity, Catholic: St. Charles Borromeo and St. Elizabeth of Hungary, and monks from the monastery of the Brothers Hospitallers. Later it became a communal cemetery – Kommunal Friedhof in Graebschen.
Sight 5: Jagusia
Jagusia, "Mobile Jagusia" – a fountain belonging to a whole complex of outdoor sculptures, located in Wrocław in front of the Hutmen S.A. factory at 241 Grabiszyńska Street. The composition of the building consists of a swimming pool, within which a figure made of copper is placed. The figure consists of three parts rotating relative to each other. The shape of the figure refers to the female body. It is believed that the combination of the 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 work was unveiled in 1974.
Sight 6: Wzgórze Gajowickie
Gajowickie Hill - an artificially created hill at the Gajowice estate in Wrocław. Stock in the years 1928–1932 as a reclamation of the urban landfill. It is located along the railway bypass of Wrocław. It is part of the Hugo Richter promenade, which is an important element of shaping on the city of pedestrian and bicycle routes.
Sight 7: Kościół Świętego Karola Boromeusza
The Church of St. Charles Borromeo in Wrocław was built in the years 1911–1913 according to the design of the architect J. Maas in the triangle between Gabitzstraße, Charlottenstraße (Krucza) and Herderstraße (Grochowa).
Wikipedia: Kościół św. Karola Boromeusza we Wrocławiu (PL), Url
Sight 8: Kościół Świętej Elżbiety Węgierskiej
The Church of St. Elizabeth in Wrocław - a Catholic church 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 9: 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 10: Teatr Polski
The Polish Theatre in Wrocław is one of the theatres in Wrocław, Poland. The Polish Theatre in Wrocław has three stages: Small Stage on 28 Świdnicka Street, “Na Świebodzkim” Stage, situated inside Świebodzki railway station's building at 20c Orląt Lwowskich Square, and Jerzy Grzegorzewski Stage located in the Theatre's main building at 3 Zapolska Street.
Sight 11: Monument to the Anonymous Pedestrians
The Monument of the Anonymous Passer-by – a monument unveiled in Wrocław on the night of 12 to 13 December 2005, consisting of fourteen life-size bronze human figures, standing on both sides of Świdnicka Street at the point where it intersects with Piłsudskiego Street.
Sight 12: Teatr Muzyczny Capitol
The Capitol Musical Theatre is a musical theatre established in Wrocław in 2004, which is a continuation of earlier theatres existing in the same place, such as the Lower Silesian Operetta, the Musical Theatre, the Wrocław Operetta and the Musical Theatre – Wrocław Operetta
Sight 13: Pałac Schaffgotschów
Schaffgotsch Palace - a historic palace in Wrocław at ul. Kościuszki 34.
Sight 14: Dobry wieczór we Wrocławiu
Good evening in Wrocław – a neon sign located on the roof of a block of flats at 106–114 Piłsudskiego Street in Wrocław. The neon sign is in the form of a two-and-a-half-metre-long human figure with a flower in one hand and a tilted hat in the other, as well as the inscription "good evening in Wrocław" on the right.
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