RYNEK (MARKET SQUARE)
Rynek of Wrocław has 3.8ha of surface and belongs to the biggest market places in Poland (the bigger ones are in Kraków and Olecko). However, the Late Gothic Town Hall with its 66m tower is the biggest building of this kind in Poland.
Curiosities:
- Rynek is 213m long and 178m wide
- Rynek is surrounded by 60 tenement houses, including: Golden Sun, Griffins, Seven Electors, Blue Sun houses and Barasch shopping centre (today’s Feniks)
- Rynek is surrounded by 11 streets
- it had 200 thousand people during the New Year’s Eve in 2013
More at https://visitwroclaw.eu/en/place/rynek-wroclaw
OSTROW TUMSKI
Surrounded by the river Oder, the old burgh, the origin of the city, has fantastic architecture. The greatest ones are the Gothic St. John Baptist cathedral, rebuilt after World War II and Holy Cross church. There is the Archdiocese Museum there, the oldest historically continuous museum in Wrocław - for over 100 years it has gathered sacral art which was excluded from cult use and has great historical and artistic value. Among the exhibits one can find Henrykowska Book from 13th-14th century, which contains the first sentence written in Polish.
More at https://visitwroclaw.eu/en/place/ostrow-tumski
CENTENNIAL HALL
The Centennial Hall is recognised as one of the greatest architectonic achievements of the 20th century. It was designed to serve the citizens of Wroclaw and the guests visiting the capital of Lower Silesia. The monumental building was opened in 1913 on the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Leipzig won by the anti-French coalition against Napoleon Bonaparte.
