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P Nankiera Bishop’s Square

The buildings in this square

(Plac Biskupa Nankiera) date

from various periods. The

Gothic Church of St Vincent

(Kościół św Wincentego), at

No. 5, was erected in the 13th

to 15th centuries. At No. 16,

the 17th-century Baroque

monastery, Old Order of

St Clare, now hosts a post

elementary school.

The group of Baroque

monastic buildings at No. 16

also encloses the small

13th-century Church of St

Clare (Kościół św Klary). The

church, used by the Piasts

as a mausoleum, still contains

Gothic Ducal tombs. Next

door, at No. 17, is the Gothic

Church of St Maciej (Kościół

św Macieja), which was once

owned by the Knights

Hospitallers of the Red Star.

The pavilion of the gallery at

No. 8, on the opposite side

of the square, contains the

13th-century walls of the

House of the Nuns of Trebnica

(dom sióstr trebnica), the

oldest surviving secular

building in the city.

Panorama of Racławice

ul. Purkyniego 11. Tel (071) 344

2344. 
      

      winter: 9am–4pm Tue–Sun;

      
      

      summer: 9am–5pm daily. & 7
      The Panorama of Racławice
      (Panorama Racławicka) depicts
      the Battle of Racławice of
      4 April 1794, when the Poles
      defeated the Russians. It is
      120 m (400 ft) long and 15 m
      (46 ft) high and took artists
      Wojciech Kossak and Jan Styka
      nine months to paint. Unveiled
      in 1894 in Lviv, in Ukraine,
      it was brought to Poland in
      1946 and was put on display
      in Wrocław in 1985.

      
      

R University Church of the

Blessed Name of Jesus

pl. Uniwersytecki 1. Tel (071) 343

6382. 5
      Built for the Jesuits in 1689–
      98, this church (Uniwersytecki
      Kościoł Najświętszego Imienia
      Jesuza) exemplifies Silesian
      Baroque church archi tecture.
      The interior was built by
      Krzysztof Tausch in 1722–34.
      The vault ing was dec orated
      by the Viennese artist Johann
      Michael Rottmayer in 1704–6.

E National Museum

pl. Powstańców Warszawy 5.

Tel (071) 343 8839. # 10am–4pm

Wed, Fri, 9am–4pm Thu, 11am–7pm

Sat, 11am–5pm Sun. & free on Sat,

limited availability. http://www.mnwr.art.pl

The ground floor of the

National Museum (Muzeum

Narodowe) contains examples

of Silesian and Gothic art,

including the tombstone of

Henry IV the Good, dating

from 1300. The first floor has

a 16th- and 17th-century paint-

ing collection, including works

by the Silesian artist Michael

Willmann (1630–1706) and

wooden sculptures by Thomas

Weissfeldt (1630–1712).

The second floor is devoted

to contemporary works

by Polish artists.

VISITORS’ CHECKLIST

271 km (168 miles) SW

of Warsaw. * 630,000.

k 11 km (7 miles) NW of

centre. £ Wrocław Główny,

ul. Piłsudskiego 105. n Rynek

14, 071 344 31 11. _ Jazz on

the Odra (May), Wratislavia

Cantans (Sept), Festival of Stage

Songs (Mar). http://www.wroclaw.pl

Key to Symbols see back flap

The Gothic Church of St Vincent

with Hochberg Chapel in front

Façade of the National Museum

Rotunda containing the Panorama

of Racławice

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Botanical
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Ossoliński
Library
Church of
St Vincent
Chucrh of
St Maciej
Awangarda
Gallery
Church of
St Christopher
Bernadine Church
and Monastery
Church of
St Adalbert
Hala
Targowa
Church of
St Anna
Church of
St Mary
on Piasek
Church of
St Martin Church of
St Giles
Church of the
Holy Cross
Cathedral of
St John the
Archbishop’s Baptist
Palace
National
Museum
Panorama
of Racławice
Railway Station
550 m (600 yards)