Bishop Nankier Square in Wrocław

Bishop Nankier Square is an elongated square in Wrocław's Old Town, lying within the medieval layout of the city and surrounded by one of the densest clusters of sacred monuments in the centre.

Location and layout

The square links Szewska street in the west with Piaskowa street and measures about 200 metres in length. It lies on land that in the Middle Ages belonged to the oldest, fortified part of Wrocław.

Sacred monuments on the square

At number 15 stands the fourteenth-century Cathedral of St Vincent and St James together with the monastery and monastic complex of the Premonstratensians. At number 16 is the Church of St Clare and St Hedwig with the adjoining monastic complex of the Poor Clares. At number 17a stands the thirteenth-century Church of St Matthias, and next to it, at number 17, the building of the Jesuit pastoral centre. At the junction of the square with Łaciarska street the former rectory building of the Church of St Vincent has also survived.

Secular buildings

At number 1 stands the Palace of the Dukes of Opole, erected around 1363-1369. At number 8 is the House of the Trzebnica Nuns from the first half of the thirteenth century. Nineteenth-century townhouses have also survived on the square, including the Townhouse Under the Golden Basket at number 7 and the former building of the Imperial Chamber at number 4.

Nearby

From here it is close to the Tumski Bridge and the Archcathedral of St John the Baptist, and in the other direction to the Market Square and the Market Hall in Wrocław.

Practical information

• Location: Old Town in Wrocław, between Szewska street and Piaskowa street
• Walking access from the Market Square, towards Ostrów Tumski
• Churches, monasteries and townhouses from several centuries are packed into a short stretch of the square, so it's worth walking slowly