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University of Wroclaw: A document of foundation of the University in Wroclaw by the Polish King Ladislaus Jagellon was first announced on 20 July 1505. Unfortunately because of the protest of the University of Cracow the project was rejected by the Pope Julius II and the actual inauguration didn’t take place until 20 July 1702 when the Emperor Leopold I founded the Jesuit Academy with all the privileges of other European Universities. In 1811 the Leopoldina Academy joined the University of Viadrin in Frankfurt Oder forming the University of Silesia (of Frederic Wilhelm) with 5 faculties: catholic theology, evangelic theology, law, medicine and philosophy. From 24 August 1945 the University became a part of the Polish National Academic Institutions. 15 November 1945 a Polish professor Ludwik Hirszfeld gave the first lecture and on 9 June 1946 an official inauguration of the University of Wroclaw took place.
        
Leopoldina Hall, it is located in the University main building and it was created 15 XI 1702. It was named after its founder, the Emperor Leopold I. It is one of the biggest Baroque and most representative interiors of this kind in Poland. In the Leopoldina Hall illusionist frescoes made by J.Ch. Handke, sculptures by F.J. Mangoldt and stucco works made by I.A.Provisore can be admired.
        
Oratorium Marianum: located in theUniversity main building. Originally it was a chape, later converted to the Musical Room hosting the very famous musicians like Liszt or Paganini.
        
Church of the Holy Name Jesus (Kosciól Imienia Jesus): it is located next to the main University building and it was constructed in 1689-1698 by the Jesuits and it represents the baroque style.
       
Library Ossolinskich, (Ossolineum), was founded for the Polish nation in 1817 by Józef Maksymilian Ossolinski and it was officially inaugurated in Lvov (Ukraine) in 1827. It was one of the most important Polish cultural centres and only the Library Jagiellonskich in Cracow had a bigger collection. From the moment it was set up to 1945 the Library was located in the convent and the Carmelites Church in Lvov. Before the Second World War Ossolineum owned 220 000 of books, 6 000 of manuscripts, 9 000 autographs, 2 000 diplomas and 3 000 maps. It also had a complete collection of Polish newspapers and magazines from XIX and XX century.
During the German Occupation (29 June-27 July 1944) the Library Ossolinskich was incorporated to the Library of State of Lemberg and in the same year of the occupation of Lvov by the Soviet Army, the Germans moved the large part of the collection to the Library Jagielonskich in Cracow and later to the village of Adelin in Lower Silesia. In 1947 the collection was moved again this time to the Library Ossolińskich in Wroclaw. Poland also managed to recover a large part of the collection from the Soviet Union and another part of the collection stayed in Lvov.
At present, the museum has in its collection the manuscripts of the most famous writers and poets in Poland: Adam Mickiewicz, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Wladyslaw Reymont, Juliusz Slowacki and Stefan Zeromski.
        
Indoor Market(Hala Targowa) was a project of Richard Pluddemann and it was constructed in 1906-1908. The exterior of the building was similar to the design of the Stock Exchange in Amsterdam and the interior represented the Modernist style. The full renovation was completed in the 80’s and since then it is one of the biggest indoor markets in Wroclaw.
     
National Museum of Wroclaw was opened to public in 1948. Its collection of medieval art is one of the most interesting in Europe. It also presents the examples for the Polish Art from XVII-XIX century (the ones that arrived in Poland from Lvov ad Kiev after the World WarII) and some 20 000 pieces of contemporary Polish Art.
        
Panorama Raclawicka, located in the Slowacki Park is a giant rotunda displaying the panoramic painting 120 meters by 15 meters painted by Jan Styka and Wojciech Kossak. It represents the battle of Raclawice in 1794 in which the Polish Army led by Tadeusz Kosciuszko defeated the Russian troops. The painting dates back to 1893 and it took 9 months to complete it. Initially it was displayed in Lvov until the Second World War broke out and during the war it was secured in a store room. In 1980 it was recuperated to be displayed in the specially constructed rotunda and since then it the one of the most visited tourist attractions in Wroclaw.
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