POLAND 201R Church of St Elizabeth
ul. św Elżbiety. Tel (071) 343 1638.
8am–6pm Mon–Sat, 1–6pm Sun.
The tower dominating the
Main Market Square is that of
the Church of St Elizabeth
(Kościół św Elżbiety), one of
P Royal Palace
ul. Kazimierza Wielkiego 35.
Archaeology Museum
ul. Cieszyńskiego 9. Tel (071) 347
11am–5pm Wed–Sat,
11am–6pm Sun. & Ethnographic
Museum ul. Traugutta 111/113.
Tel (071) 344 3313. # 10am–4pm
Tue, Wed, Fri–Sun, 9am–4pm Thu.
& free on Sat.
This Baroque palace (Pałac
Królewski) with Classical
details, enclosed by a court
of annexes, was built in 1719.
After 1750, when Wrocław
was under Prussian rule, it
became a residence for the
Prussian kings. On the side
facing Plac Wolności, only a
side gallery remains of the
Neo-Renaissance palace built
between 1843 and 1846.
The Royal Palace contains
two interesting collections:
the Archaeology Museum and
Ethnographic Museum, the
latter illustrating Silesian art
and folk history, including a
large collection of dolls in
traditional garments.
the largest churches in
Wrocław. The Gothic basilica
was built in the 14th century
on the site of an earlier church.
However, the tower was not
completed until 1482. It
became a Protestant church in
1525 and has been a garrison
church since 1946.
The church suffered damage
from a succession of wars
and accidents. A fire in 1976
destroyed the roof and the
fine Baroque organ. For tu-
nately, more than 350 epi taphs
and tombstones have survived,
form ing a display of Silesian
stone-carving from Gothic to
Neo-Classical periods.R Church of Sts Wenceslas,
Stanisław and Dorothy
ul. Świdnicka. Tel (071) 343 2721.
Dedicated to three saints,
the Czech St Wenceslas, the
Polish St Stanisław and the
German St Dorothy, this
Franciscan church (Kościół
św Wacława, Stanisława i
Doroty) was built in 1351 to
strengthen relations between
Wrocław's three nationalities.
The church’s unusually
narrow interior is Gothic.
The beautiful Rococo
tomb stone of Gottfried von
Spaetgen (c. 1725–1753)
stands in the nave.THE OSSOLINEUM
The National Ossoliński
Institute was founded by
Count Józef Maksymilian
Ossoliński (1748–1829) in
Vienna in 1817. In 1827 it
moved to Lwów (later
Lviv), where it assembled
collections of manuscripts,
prints, etchings and
drawings, promoted
scientific research and
engaged in publishing.
After World War II, most
of the collections were
transferred to the National
Museum (see p199) in
Wrocław, while the manu-
scripts were housed in the
Baroque monastery of the
Knights Hospitallers of the
Red Star in Wrocław.Church of Sts Wenceslas, Stanisław
and DorothyP Town Hall
ul. Sukiennice 14/15. Museum
of City Art # 11am–5pm
Wed–Sat, 10am–6pm Sun. &
http://www.muzeum.miejskie.wroclaw.pl
Wrocław’s Town Hall
(Muzeum Miejskie
Wrocławia) is one of the
most important exam ples
of Gothic architecture in
Eastern and Central Europe.
Its present appear ance is
the result of extensive
rebuilding that took place
between 1470 and 1510.
The building’s southern
façade was embellished
with Neo-Gothic stone carv-
ings around 1871. Inside are
impressive vaulted halls,
the largest being the triple-
aisled Grand Hall on the
ground floor that served
as an import ant venue for
public meetings and recep-
tions. There are also a
number of late-Gothic and
Renaissance doorways. The
building also houses the
Museum of City Art (Muzeum
Sztuki Mieszczańskiej).
A plaque outside the
entrance to the Town Hall
commemorates the prominent
poet and writer Aleksander
Fredro (1793–1876), who
acquired fame with his
come dies about the Polish
upper classes. The plaque
was made in 1879 by Leonard
Marconi and trans ferred to
Wrocław from Lviv in 1956.
Church of St Elizabeth with Jaś and
Małgosia, acolytes’ housesGothic gables of the east façade
of the Town Hall
The Baroque monastery that
houses the Ossolineum