Toruń of Nicholas Copernicus

and gingerbread...

Route II – Old Town
sightseeing time: 4 hours

1. Old Town Market of dimensions 104 x 109 m – former trading centre, surrounded by numerous valuable monuments.
   
   

2. The Town Hall - gothic-baroque building, from XIII-XVIII century, former administrative centre, nowadays a museum presenting an opportunity to climb a 40 m tower.
   
   

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

4. Nicolaus Copernicus Monument from 1853.
   
   

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

6. 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.
   
   

7. Neo-gothic post office building from late XIX century.
   
   

8. Holy Spirit church – built in 1756 by lutherans from Toruń.
   
   

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

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

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

12. Baroque Granary eight storeys, from XVII century.
    
    

13. Gothic Granary from XIV century in Piekary 4, one of the most interesting buildings from that period in Toruń, with scalariform gable.
    
    

14. Monastery Gate - gothic, one of three such gates surviving in Toruń.
    
    

15. Copernicus house - in Kopernika street 15/17, according to tradition, one of the houses is the place of birth of the great astronomer, currently a museum.
    
    

16. Saint John's Cathedral - currently st. John the Baptiser and st. John the Apostle church, built from XIII till XV century as an old town church. Has rich altar equipment and medieval frescos. A three-aisle building with separate choir and star-shaped ceiling.
    
    

17. Dąmbski Palace - from the baroque period (1692). Facade decorated wit arabesque stuccos and restored threshold. (Żeglarska street no.8).
    
    

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

19. Red Granary in Łazienna 16 street- - former house of rich patrician family from Toruń – the Eskens, now a division of District Museum.
    
    

20. Bridge Gate from XV century – used to lead to a bridge on the Vistula River, is one of three best kept town gates in Toruń.
    
    

21. Teutonic Castle - ruins left from the castle destroyed by citizens of Toruń during the thirteen years war (1454-1466). The castle in Toruń was the first castle built in the Land of Chełmno, dates from XIII - XV century.
    
    

22. Former hospital of Peter and Paul in Wielkie Garbary street no. 7.
    
    

23. New Town Market of dimensions 95 x 95 m. Trade and handcrafts flourished here in the past. In the centre stands a neo-roman evangelist church from XIX century, now a “Tumult" cultural institution.
    
    

24. "The Blue Apron" Inn - according to tradition, it dates from 1489. (Rynek Nowomiejski no. 7).
    
    

25. Saint Jacob church - ranked among the most beautiful medieval churches in northern Poland. Visitors marvel at rich architectonic details: glazed colourful tiles, numerous pinnacles, arches and supports as well as the restored gothic porch.
    
    

26. Renaissance house - looks great after conservation. Rynek Nowomiejski (New Town Market) no. 23.
    
    

27. Mason's Inn - built in baroque manner, nowadays a worldwide known Children Fine Arts Centre and Gallery. Rynek Nowomiejski (New Town Market) no. 17.
    
    

28. The "Golden Lion" pharmacy - dates from the Middle Ages, partially rebuilt in XIX century (Rynek Nowomiejski no.13).
    
    

29. Apartment house – in Prosta Street – with secession facade from XIX century.
    
    

30. The seat Scientific Society in Toruń in Wysoka street no. 16 – is one of the grandest neoclassical buildings in Toruń.
    
    

31. St. Szczepan church – neo-gothic, from early XX century.
    
    

32. Theatre from 1904, secession style.
    
    

33. Collegium Maius of Nicolaus Copernicus University – neo-gothic building from early XX century.
    
    

34. Planetarium - former gas reservoir from late XIX century.
    
    

35. "Okrąglak" – a gaol built in the end of XIX century.