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Wrocław is a major transport hub, situated at the crossroad of many routes linking Western and Central Europe with the rest of Poland. [144] The city is skirted on the south by the A4 highway , which is part of the European route E40 , extending from the Polish-German to the Polish-Ukrainian border across southern Poland.
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.
The Cathedral Island (Polish: Ostrów Tumski, [ˈɔstruf ˈtumski], German: Dominsel, [ˈdoːmɪnzəl]) is the oldest part of the city of Wrocław in south-western Poland. It was formerly an island (Old Polish: ostrów) between branches of the Oder River. Today it is the city's popular tourist destination.
Old Town (Polish: Stare Miasto, [ˈstarɛ ˈmjastɔ] ⓘ) is a former borough of Wrocław located in the central 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 Wrocław metropolitan area is a monocentric agglomeration in the south-western part of Poland, in the Lower Silesian Voivodship, consisting of the city of Wrocław (a global Gamma-level metropolis) and its satellite towns. The population living in the agglomeration is about 1.25 million people.
around 1240 - Church of St. Vincent founded by High Duke of Poland Henry II the Pious. 1241 Town besieged by Mongols during the First Mongol invasion of Poland. [2] Burial of Henry II the Pious, killed in the Battle of Legnica, in the Church of St. Vincent, [3] as the first Polish monarch to be buried in Wrocław. 1242 - Church of St. Giles built.
When Poland disappeared from the map of Europe at the end of the 18th century many artefacts produced by Polish artists and artisans were also displayed there. [1] In 2022, a painting by a follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder titled Lamentation completed in the 1530s, which had previously been stolen from the National Museum in 1946, shortly ...
Pawłowice (Polish pronunciation: [pavwɔˈvit͡sɛ], German: Pawelwitz, [ˈpaːvəlvɪt͡s]) is a district in Wrocław located in the north-eastern part of the city. It was established in the territory of the former Psie Pole district.