Poland Lower Silesian Voivodeship Poland
Ostrów Tumski, Wrocław
Historic island and the oldest part of a major Polish city, featuring a cluster of religious buildings including a Gothic cathedral.
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The very oldest corner of the Old Town is Ostrow Tumski. It’s a serious stunner to behold. Capping what was once an islet on the side of a babbling river, it’s crowned by the dagger-like spires of the mighty Wroclaw Cathedral. Around those swirl cobbled streets and ancient inn houses dressed in ivy vines and flowers. Archaeological digs have indicated human habitation going back beyond the 9th century, and the remains of a Piast dynasty church. Visitors coming in winter can look forward to perhaps the most magical sight of all: when Tumski glows with after-dark lanterns in snowfall and mists.
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