Historic sites
Legnica has its own, specific and exceptional history. Its traces can be found in its urban layout, historic sites, the inimitable climate of the City park or the picturesque District of Tarninów.
The most imposing historic sites come from the Baroque period, including St John’s Church, the Mausoleum of the Silesian Piasts, the Palace of the Lubiaż Abbots (now the Copper Museum) or the Knights’ Academy, which has regained its splendour and importance in the cultural map of the City following its comprehensive renovation, since it is here that the events of the greatest importance for the City take place.
The oldest historic site is the Piast Castle, one of the first masonry castles in the Polish lands. For more than 750 years it was held by the Piast dukes who governed these lands for centuries. The Churches of the Holy Virgin Mary and St Peter and Paul (now the cathedral) and fragments of defensive walls also come from the Middle Ages.
The “herring stalls” characteristic of Legnica have also been preserved from the Renaissance period. It was in that period, too, that the Caste was rebuilt. These changes, along with sculpted decoration, have remained until today.
The imposing public buildings, including the Theatre, the New Town Hall, the Masonic Lodge (which now houses the Legnica Public Library), or the Churches of St Hyacinth and the Holy Trinity, are a testimony to how the City greatly flourished at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.
More information, including a photo gallery, can be found here.
