A park on the edge of the Old Town covering 5.74 ha, bordering the Museum of Architecture and the Panorama of the Battle of Racławice, with a section of the former town moat.
Juliusz Słowacki Park lies in the Old Town area, on the edge of what is known as the New Town, partly on the site of the former town moat, a section of which once carried the waters of the Oława into the Oder. It covers 5.74 hectares and borders directly on the Museum of Architecture and the Panorama of the Battle of Racławice, which stand surrounded by the park's greenery.
The park was named by a resolution of the Wrocław City Council of 9 October 1993, concerning the names of parks and wooded areas in the city. Before that, the area operated under other names linked to the history of this part of the city and its former fortifications.
The park stretches between Modrzewskiego, Purkyniego and Słowackiego streets and the street leading from the Bridge of Peace to Plac Społeczny, by Plac Powstańców Warszawy. The Old Town Promenade, a section of the ring of greenery surrounding the historic centre of Wrocław, runs through the park.
The park is surrounded by buildings of historical and cultural significance. To the east, across the street, lies the square in front of the Provincial Office building. To the south it borders the former post office building, which houses the Museum of Post and Telecommunications. To the north, across Purkyniego street, stand the buildings of a former school and the Academy of Fine Arts, with the city's riverside areas along the Oder beyond.
The park's tree cover includes maples, horse chestnuts, limes, oaks, hornbeams, beeches, ashes and willows, while among the shrubs grow forsythia, mock orange, black elder, rhododendrons, mahonias, yews and junipers. Despite its central location, tawny owls and beech martens have been recorded in the park, and more than 30 bird species have been observed here.
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