If someone will be the will of fate or traveling to visit one of the largest and old town of Poland, in Wroclaw, it will probably want to get acquainted with the history and its local attractions. It is located in a picturesque place on the river Odra and her tributaries and is associated with a large number of bridges, which today are more than 200, although their number earlier exceeded three hundred. His story begins at the very beginning of our era and for almost two centuries I change under the influence of various cultures and peoples, and in the 13th century it became the capital of Silesia.
The city has many buildings of interest from the point of view of medieval architecture. One of these is the Wroclaw Cathedral of John the Baptist, built in the 13th century in the Gothic style, and his body, built at the beginning of the last century, was the largest in the world. The height of this building is 98 meters.
No less beautiful can be called the building of the Town Hall, the construction of which also began in the 13th century and continued to be complemented by three centuries, combining the styles of Gothic and Renaissance. Currently, the city hall is located in this building, as well as the museum and the basement of the beer bar. The facade of the building decorate astronomical clock.
An interesting building is the Century Hall, which was built in 1913 in honor of the battle under Leipzig of the Allied Forces with the Army of Napoleon. For a hundred years, various exhibitions, concert performances, festivals, congresses and even basketball competitions are held in this room. Eight years ago, this facility was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
On the square before the century hall five years ago, a large light-music fountain was built, which immediately became one of the attractions of the Wroclaw. The beauty of this fountain comes daily to see hundreds of residents and guests of the city. You can admire this spectacle from March to October in the evening of the day. In terms of multicolored water jets, various light images and silhouettes are reproduced. They are constantly changing and updated by changing the compositions and fountain work programs.
You can write quite a lot about the sights of Wroclaw, since this city is rich in its museums, squares, monuments of antiquity and modern objects. Even bridges deserve attention to their attention, which look like works of art.
You can visit the opera, sports competitions at the city stadium and the mass of other events held in the city. In a word, hitting Wroclaw, everyone will be able to find a tour or lesson in the shower. I happened to be in this beautiful city several times and he always visited him left only a positive in mind. Even when I broke the car and I had to repair it in one of the private car operating cities for five days, only additional costs for repair were upset, and not during the Wroclaw, which was not a gift and expanded my horizons.