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Sierpień 09, 2019

Auschwitz tours – showcases of the city

Auschwitz is the city founded over 800 years ago. The town with a rich history it is easy to notice in different monuments and places, which can be easily named as showcases of Auschwitz.

Auschwitz tours – the Main Square

auschwitz tourDeciding on Auschwitz tours with https://www.seekrakow.com/en/auschwitz-birkenau/, it is worth to start sightseeing this beautiful city from the Main Square. The Main Square is inscribed in the relic’s list, because its urban arrangement was made at the turn of the 14th and early 15th centuries. The main market square was laid out in14th century, but nowadays it is just a market. The Main Square is historic, even though it is presentable. Revitalisation processes were finished in 2014. Because of them the Main Square regained a little its prewar style and it perfectly corresponds with the design of 19th-century townhouses’ walls.

Auschwitz tours – sacred monuments in Auschwitz

The oldest sacred monument in Auschwitz is The Chapel of St. Jack Odroważ. The Chapel was built in 14th century and preserved as a remains of the local Dominikans’ convent building. It is worth to look at the Chapel for a while also becasue of its great presentation, which was regained after restoration work finished in 2018.

Choosing Auschwitz tours, it is also worth going to the North from the old town, where is located the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The Church was repeatedly blackened by fire. Therefore the particular elements of the Church are from different periods.