Wrocław’s Curious Corners

The stops, in walking order

1. 1

   

   Stop 1: Amor na Pegazie

   ~3 min here

   Amor na Pegazie is the monument before you: a cast-bronze Cupid rides Pegasus above a limestone pedestal, created by Theodor von Gosen.

2. 2

   

   Stop 2: Mikołaj Kopernik

   ~3 min here

   The work before you dates from 1974.

3. 3

   

   Stop 3: chaczkar

   ~3 min here

   Here is the chaczkar: an Armenian stone memorial set in the small square by Janickiego Street, unveiled on the twenty-first of September, twenty twelve.

4. 4

   

   Stop 4: ruiny prawobrzeżnego zamku Piastów Śląskich

   ~3 min here

   What survives here does not all sit out in the open: part of the ruins lies in the monastery’s cellars, and you can visit that underground portion.

5. 5

   

   Stop 5: Święty Jan Nepomucen

   ~3 min here

   Before St Matthias Church stands Święty Jan Nepomucen, an eighteenth-century monument to Saint John of Nepomuk.

6. 6

   

   Stop 6: Papa Krasnal

   ~3 min here

   Papa Krasnal is a bronze monument to Wrocław’s Orange Alternative movement: a tiny gnome carrying a large historical charge.

7. 7

   

   Stop 7: Fontanna Niedźwiadek

   ~3 min here

   Pressed against the Old Town Hall’s southern wall, Fontanna Niedźwiadek is the Bear Cub Fountain, a rebuilt version of a fountain that stood here before the war.

8. 8

   

   Stop 8: Pod Murzynem

   ~3 min here

   Pod Murzynem is the historic townhouse on the corner of Kiełbaśnicza and Ruska streets, with a medieval lineage.

9. 9

   

   Stop 9: Krasnale Filharmonii Wrocławskiej

   ~3 min here

   These small figures are Krasnale Filharmonii Wrocławskiej, the Wrocław Philharmonic Dwarfs.

10. 10

    

    Stop 10: Gry i Komputery Minionej Ery

    ~1 hr here

    Gry i Komputery Minionej Ery is a Wrocław museum devoted to the story of games, consoles, computers, and retro computing.

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