Toruń of Nicholas Copernicus

and gingerbread...

Route I – Old Town
sightseeing time: 2 hours

1. The Town Hall  - gothic-baroque building from XIII to XVIII century. Former administrative and trading centre, now turned into a museum. It presents an opportunity to climb a 40 metre tower.
   
   

2. Artus Court - build in 1891 in place of a court, is nowadays a "Cultural Centre".
   
   

3. Nicolaus Copernicus Monument from 1853.
   
   

4. A house under the Star - one of the grandest baroque apartment houses in Toruń dating from XVII century.
   
   

5. Neogothic post office building from late XIX century.
   
   

6. Holy Spirit Church – built in 1756 by lutherans from Toruń, currently used by jesuits.
   
   

7. Rafter's fountain - from the beginning of XX century. Refers to a legend about expelling frogs from the city.
   
   

8. Saint Mary Church - franciscans’ three-aisle church with separate choir. Altar decoration from XVIII century, mannerist organs and pulpit, gothic benches in choir and tomb of Princess Anna Wazówna from 1636r.
   
   

9. Cezar's Arch - passages leading through apartment houses, constructed in the beginning of XX century to facilitate transport.
   
   

10. The Leaning Tower - one of many town walls towers. From XIV century, 1.4 meter horizontal deviation caused by unstable foundations.
    
    

11. Baroque Granary - eight storeys, from XVII century.
    
    

12. Gothic Granary from XIV century  - one of the most interesting building from that period in Toruń, with scalariform gable.
    
    

13. Monastery Gate - gothic, one of three such buildings surviving in Toruń.
    
    

14. Copernicus house - place of birth of the astronomer, currently a museum.
    
    

15. Saint John's Cathedral - old town church, now st. John the Baptiser and st. John the Apostle church, built from XIII till XV century, rich altar equipment and medieval frescos. A three-aisle building with separate choir.
    
    

16. Dąmbski Palace - baroque, from late XVII century, façade richly decorated with arabesques, reconstructed threshold.
    
    

17. Sailors Gate from XVI century – led to the Vistula River bank, to the harbour.
    
    

18. Red Granary - former house of rich patrician family from Toruń – the Eskens, now a division of District Museum.
    
    

19. Two restored neoclassical apartment houses.
    
    

20. One of the most beautifully restored gothic apartment houses in Toruń.
    
    

21. A big house  - blue house from late XIX century, built in a manner called "historicism".
    
    

22. Part of Szeroka street with numerous XIX century apartment houses.