Wrocław Day 2

Archbishop's Palace

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Pałac Arcybiskupi - Archbishop's Palace in Wroclaw. Built in 1794. Ulica Katedralna 11. DSC_0922

Statua Maryi

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Statua Maryi - Statue of Mary in front of Wrocław Cathedral. A Mariensäule or Marian Column. DSC_0919

Cathedral of St. John the Baptist

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Archikatedra św. Jana Chrzciciela - Cathedral of St. John the Baptist (Wrocław, Cathedral). Plac Katedralny 18. "The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, flanked with two series of chapels, dates in its present form mainly from the 14th century".--Baedeker 1910. IMG_5618

Wrocław Cathedral Main Portal

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Archikatedra św. Jana Chrzciciela - Cathedral of St. John the Baptist (Wrocław Cathedral). Main portal. Restored according to the Neogothic design of Carl Lüdecke in 1873-1875. "The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, flanked with two series of chapels, dates in its present form mainly from the 14th century".--Baedeker 1910. DSC_0924

Crystal Planet

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Kryształowa Planeta - Crystal Planet, sculpture by Ewa Rossano. Installed in 2015. "The two-meter figure of a girl in a dress inspired by a globe symbolizes the unity of the world, despite its religious and cultural differences". IMG_5621p1

Synagoga Pod Białym Bocianem

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Synagoga Pod Białym Bocianem - White Stork Synagogue. Built in 1827-1829. Renovated and rededicated in 2010. Ulitza Włodkowica Pawła 5a. DSC_0956

Mała Synagoga

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Mała Synagoga - Small Synagogue adjacent to the White Stork Synagogue. Built in 1901 as an administrative building for the Association of Synagogues of Lower Silesia, In use as a Jewish community building and by the Gmina Wyznaniowa Żydowska we Wrocławiu (Jewish Religious Community in Wrocław). DSC_0954

Wrocław University Library

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Uniwersytet Wrocławski Biblioteka Uniwersytecka - Wrocław University Library. General Collections division. Built ca. 1888 as the Municipal Savings Bank and City Library. Ulica Karola Szajnochy 7/9. "In the Ross-Markt stands the Municipal Savings Bank, containing the Municipal Library (150,000 vols, and 3600 MSS.) and the Civic Archives".--Baedeker 1910. IMG_5620p1

Ulica Krupnicza

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Uniwersytet Wrocławski Biblioteka Uniwersytecka - Wrocław University Library. View from Ulica Krupnicza. Built ca. 1888 as the Municipal Savings Bank and City Library. DSC_0958

Nowa Giełda

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Dawna Nowa Giełda. Built as the New Stock Exchange (Nowa Giełda) in 1864-1867. Rebuilt in 1952 as a sports hall, Klub Sportowy "Gwardia". Ulica Krupnicza 15. "Opposite the museum rises the Neue Börse, or New Exchange, built in the Gothic style by Liidecke (1864-67)";.--Baedeker 1910 DSC_0959

District Court

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Sąd Okręgowy - District Court and Detention Centre. The castle-like complex across the City Moat was built in 1845-1852. "Beyond the Stadtgraben rise the Law Courts..."--Baedeker 1910. DSC_0962

Royal Palace in Wrocław

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Zamek Królów Pruskich (Stadtschloss) - Royal Palace. Built in 1717 for Baron Hans Ernst von Pein und Wechmar. Remodeled in Neo-Classical style for Frederick William II of Prussia in 1795-1795. Rebuilt following World War II. Adaptive reuse as the museum of Wrocław. "The Palais-Platz or Drill Ground is bounded by the Royal Palace..."--Baedeker 1910. DSC_0966

Hotel Monopol

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Hotel Monopol commercial wing. Corner dome and rotunda housing Diesel. Built as the Kaufhaus Rudolf Mosse department store in 1891-1891. Restored in 1961 as commercial space. The premiere hotel of Wrocław (Breslau) in the prewar years. Ulica Modrzejewskiej Heleny 1-2. DSC_0973

Hotel Monopol

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Hotel Monopol. Built in 1891-1892. Ulica Modrzejewskiej Heleny 2, Wrocław. DSC_0968

Wrocław Opera

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Teatr Miejski (Municipal Theatre) - Wrocław Opera House. Opened in 1841, rebuilt in 1865-1871. Ulica Świdnicka 35. DSC_0975

Stary Ratusz

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Ratusza (Rathaus) - Old Town Hall. Wrocław Rynek. "On the S,E. side rises the Gothic Rathaus, a brick edifice with details in sandstone and architecturally the finest secular building of the later middle ages in E. Prussia. It dates substantially from the end of the 15th cent., and was judiciously restored in 1884-91. At the E. end is a huge and elaborate gable, with a fine oriel to the left of it. The S. facade is adorned with two narrow friezes of humorous figures and twelve modern statues. To the left of the entrance to the Schweidnitzer Keller is the small Bdrenbrunnen, by Geyger (1904). On the W. side is a tower with a Renaissance spire of 1565".--Baedeker 1910. DSC_0979

Ratusz Gable and Astronomica Clock

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The decorative eastern gable was erected around 1500. Note the astronomical clock. "At the E. end is a huge and elaborate gable with a fine oriel to the left of it.--Baedeker 1913.

Oriel Window

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Oriel Window on the east side of Wrocław Old Town Hall - Stary Ratusz - Rathaus. "At the E. end is a huge and elaborate gable with a fine oriel to the left of it".--Baedeker 1913 DSC_0983

Bärenbrunnen

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Fontanna "Niedźwiadek". Bronze fountain the the form of bear, Installed in 1904, reinstalled in 1998. Rynek - Market Square. "To the left of the entrance to the Schweidnitzer Keller is the small Bärenbrunnen, by Geyger (1902)".--Baedeker 1911. DSC_0989

Pillory

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Pręgierz - Pillory on the Market Square (Rynek). "To the E. of the Rathaus is the Staupsäule or Pillory, dating from 1492".--Baedeker 1913 DSC_0980

Stary Ratusz

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The Wrocław Old Town Hall - Stary Ratusz - Rathaus - stands at the center of the Market Square (Rynek). Completed in the 15th century and rebuilt after World War II. Western elevation added in the 16th century. "On the S.E. side rises the Gothic Rathaus, a brick edifice with details in sandstone and architecturally the finest secular building of the late middle ages in E. Prussia. It dates substantially from the end of the 15th cent., and was judiciously restored in 1884-91. ... On the W. side is a tower with a Renaissance spire of 1565.--Baedeker 1913. IMG_5644