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Wrocław Dwarves or Wrocław Gnomes (Polish: Wrocławskie krasnale) are small figurines (20–30 cm) that have appeared in the streets of Wrocław, Poland since 2005. The dwarves are a major tourist attraction for the city, which is the third largest in Poland. [1] Tourists often walk around the city with a map trying to find all of them.
The word krasnal ogrodowy is also used to describe garden gnomes. In the city of Wrocław , a bronze statue honoring the Orange Alternative , an anti-communist social movement whose mascot is a krasnoludek dwarf, has inspired hundreds of other dwarf statues around the city that have since become a popular tourist attraction, the Wrocław Dwarfs .
Islands in Wrocław, with the Cathedral Island on the right. The Cathedral Island (Polish: Ostrów Tumski, [ˈɔstruf ˈtumski], German: Dominsel, [ˈdoːmɪnzəl]) is the oldest part of the city of Wrocław in south-western Poland.
The Market Square (Polish: Rynek, German: Großer Ring) is a medieval market square located in Wrocław, Poland.The square is rectangular with the dimensions 213 by 178 metres (699 ft × 584 ft) and serves as a pedestrian zone.
Downtown (Polish: Śródmieście, [ɕrudˈmjɛɕt͡ɕɛ] ⓘ) is a former borough of Wrocław located in the central-eastern part of the city.. On March 21, 1991, the newly created City Office of Wrocław assumed many of the functions previously carried out within the borough.
The holdings of Wrocław Museum are closely connected with the history of border shifts in Central Europe following World War II.After the annexation of eastern half of the Second Polish Republic by the Soviet Union, main parts of Poland's art collections were transferred from the cities incorporated into the USSR like Lviv.
The Old Town in Wrocław (Polish: Stare Miasto we Wrocławiu) is the oldest part of the left-bank Wrocław, originating from the thirteenth century.It is surrounded by the City Moat, a remnant of the complex system of fortifications, largely based on natural and artificial sections of the Oder River and the Oława River flowing into it.
Medieval arms from castle Lauf, around 1360 - the only surviving example of this design.. In the centre is the severed head of John the Baptist, the city's patron saint.The crowned lion rampant in the first (upper left) quarter represents the Kingdom of Bohemia, which Wrocław became part of upon the death of Duke Henry VI of Silesia in 1335.