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Fortifications
Złotoryja
The round stone tower with brick battlements stands by a busy street a few minutes from the market square and is the best preserved part of Złotoryja's medieval fortifications. Its entrance is not at street level but 6.6 metres up – the wa…
Technical monuments
Złotoryja
Złotoryja takes its name from gold, panned here as early as the Middle Ages, and its 13th-century Latin name was Mons Aurum, Gold Hill. The Aurelia mine lets you go underground on the slope of St Nicholas Hill and see what the local hunt f…
Churches & monasteries
Złotoryja
Złotoryja holds the oldest town charter in Poland, granted in 1211 by Duke Henry the Bearded, and its parish church is only a little younger. The Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary is one of only about twenty town parish churches in…
Old towns & squares
Złotoryja
Legend has it that after the plague of 1553 only seven men survived in Złotoryja, and on Christmas Eve they met in the market square to sing hymns together. Ever since, a shared town Christmas Eve on the square has been a tradition, revive…
Nature
Złotoryja
About 15.5 million years ago a volcano was active on the edge of today's Złotoryja. The cone is long gone, but its vent remains, and quarry walls have sliced through it like a knife. As a result, Wilcza Góra, also called Wilkołak, offers a…