The phenomenal gothic town hall, standing on the Wrocław Market Square, in the basement of which there is one of the oldest beer houses in Europe (currently a restaurant – Piwnica Świdnicka), or the over 170-meter baroque building of the University of Wrocław, standing right on the bank of the Oder, does not an introduction- both buildings are One of the most recognizable symbols of the city. Perfect examples of what it means in architecture to care for the smallest detail are the two historic university halls – Oratorium Marianum and Aula Leopoldina – true pearls of European Baroque.

The Centennial Hall, erected more than a hundred years ago, is similarly recognizable and absolutely worth paying a visit – a modernist building, designed by an outstanding German architect, Max Berg, build particularly for the occasion of the Centennial Exhibition organized in Breslau, commemorating the victory over Napoleon’s army. Right next to it, you will find the recently re-opened for exhibition purposes the modernist Pavilion of Four Domes, which currently exhibits works from the collection of contemporary art of the National Museum in Wrocław. The most interesting buildings erected in the modernist style also include the monumental building of the Lower Silesian Voivodship Office, historic buildings of department stores Kameleon (Szewska street), Renoma (Świdnicka street) and Feniks (market square), which acquired its modernist character as a result of the reconstruction in the 1930s of 20th century.

Architecture enthusiasts will also appreciate decorations and Art Nouveau buildings, slightly earlier than in the modernist style, which in many places in Wrocław are in very good condition – especially when it comes to tenement houses and former department stores in the Wrocław Market Square (e.g. Rynek 1, Rynek 12, Rynek 25), and in its vicinity (corner of Św. Mikołaja and Rzeźnicza Streets, Rzeźnicza 32-33). in Wrocław, tenement houses in the vicinity of streets Traugutta, Prądzyńskiego and Kościuszko, at ul. Prusa, an Art Nouveau building was built at that time, which now houses the Faculty of Architecture of the Wrocław University of Technology, or the building of the former department store at ul. Podwale 37-38, one of the city’s representative arteries. So much for a short selection concerning Wrocław itself, which should not be stopped by any means.

Visiting other parts of Lower Silesia – and not only because of the architectural attractions – may turn out to be equally interesting, because also elsewhere, if not in the Lower Silesian Karkonosze Mountains, tourists visiting the region will have the opportunity to admire the Norwegian stave church (one of the two located outside Norway)? The Wang Temple, originally built in the 12th or 13th century, was moved from the town of Vang to Karpacz Górny in the first half of the 19th century to delight there with an interesting, entirely wooden structure and beautiful decorations (runic writing, representations of Vikings and dragons, etc.). The much later Churches of Peace in Świdnica and Jawor, erected under the Peace of Westphalia, ending the Thirty Years’ War, the bloodiest religious conflict in the history of Europe, are one of the most famous religious buildings in the world (in 2001, Evangelical churches were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List) – They owe their uniqueness as much to their workmanship (richly decorated interiors, including beautiful galleries) and to the rigorous restrictions that accompanied the construction itself (e.g. the need to use only perishable materials, erecting a church outside the city limits and completing works in just one year) .