Sudetes Mountains
This early 18th-century church contains an altarpiece painted by famed baroque artist Michael Willmann.
Must-see attractions in Silesia
Lower Silesia
Lined with brightly painted houses, the renovated old market square is a pleasant and harmonious rectangular space at the end of the long pedestrian…
Silesia
This four-storey 14th-century brick tower is now freestanding, but once guarded a gate through the town walls. Note its unusual turrets and dragon…
Silesia
The centrepiece of Opole’s market square has a 64m-high tower modelled after that of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence; it looks a little overly grand here…
Silesia
Though badly damaged during WWII, Opole’s central market square was rebuilt after the conflict. It’s lined with handsome sand-coloured baroque and rococo…
Sudetes Mountains
Opposite the spa park and back from the main street, this small museum with interesting displays of historical toys is a good place to while away a wet…
Silesia
This attractive civic building, built in 1604 to house Nysa's official weights and measures, is a survivor of both the Napoleonic and Red armies; it…
Garrison Church of St Casimir the Prince
Katowice
A functionalist concrete-and-brick affair with lovely art deco interiors, it was built between 1930 and 1933 (the year before the skyscraper opposite,…
Silesia
Dating to the late 13th century, this Gothic cathedral just north of the Rynek features 73m-high towers and mostly baroque interior furnishing. The lovely…
Table Mountains National Park Ecocentre
Sudetes Mountains
This enthusiastically run centre brings the ecology of the Góry Stołowe National Park to life through a variety of interesting displays and a film that…
Sudetes Mountains
This tower on the north side of the Old Town was part of the medieval fortified city walls. You can climb it to take in the view – ask in the nearby…
Silesia
Now part of the University of Opole, this church is a relic of a former monastery and also spent time as a hospital. It's an interesting mix of…
Cathedral of SS Vincent and James
Wrocław
The Gothic Cathedral of SS Vincent and James was originally a Romanesque basilica, founded in the early 13th century. The largest church in the city, it's…
Sudetes Mountains
This 18th-century civic headquarters sits on the remains of several predecessors, most of which were victims of disastrous fires. Look for the stone…
Silesia
Visitors can climb this impressive 30m tower, built into the town walls in the 14th century. Ask for the key at the adjacent kiosk, on ul Armii Krajowej.
Sudetes Mountains
One of the most substantial structures in town is this impressive portcullised gate just south of the Rynek.
Silesia
Originally guarding a gate to Nysa's city walls, the white-plastered Wrocław Tower was built in the 14th century and added to in the 17th.
Katowice
In May 1940 popular British novelist PG Wodehouse, creator of the masterful valet Jeeves and his hapless employer Bertie Wooster, was captured by the…
Wrocław
This memorial marks the site of the New Synagogue, built in 1872. It was the country's second-largest synagogue, until it was torched on Kristallnacht (9…
Silesia
The most distinctive of the town's towers, the round Kłodzko Gate Tower guards the southwestern approach to the Old Town.
