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The Wrocław Tower in Nysa is a 33-meter high, Gothic defensive structure dating from the mid-14th century. Due to the color of the facade, it is also called the White Tower.
It is one of two – next to the Ziębice Tower – medieval towers, which together with the walls formed a closed circuit with rounded corners around Nysa.
During the modernization of the city walls in connection with the Turkish threat in the 16th century, the tower was built up and equipped with artillery positions.
The Wrocław Gate Tower constituted an independent defense center, accessible only through an entrance opening at the height of the crown of the city walls. This opening has been preserved to this day, as has a short section of the defensive wall adjacent to the tower. The passage in the ground floor of the tower was probably broken through in the second half of the 19th century, along with the start of the demolition of fortifications. In the early 1930s, a richly carved portal from the 17th century, coming from the market tenement house No. 18 called Under the Patrician, was embedded in it. In this decorative frame, there is bas-relief plant decoration and the head of St. John the Baptist and bas-reliefs depicting angels. Passing under the tower passage, one can see a round hole at the top – it is a souvenir of the former prison room. Like in many cities, there was a so-called dungeon in the ground floor of the tower. Prisoners were lowered into it through the mentioned hole, serving time appropriate to the offense.
Practical information:
Opening hours:
in the months of March, April, October, from Monday to Friday from 8:00 AM to 3:30 PM and on Saturdays from 9:00 AM to 1:30 PM;
in the months from May to September from Monday to Friday from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM and on Saturdays and Sundays from 9:00 AM to 1:30 PM.
Paid admission. Sightseeing time: 1 hour.
Paid parking spaces by the town square.
