Photo: Sławomir Milejski, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl via Wikimedia Commons
Renaissance building from 1570s. It is one of the most valuable monuments of Renaissance architecture in Poland. The town hall is the seat of the municipal authorities of Brzeg and several other institutions.
Brzeg Town Hall is a Renaissance building designed by Bernard Niuron built between 1569 and 1577. It is considered to be one of the most important Renaissance monuments in Poland. In addition to its role as the seat of the municipal government of Brzeg, the building houses several other institutions.
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Kościół św. Mikołaja
Kościół Podwyższenia Krzyża Świętego
The church was built in the 1730s and the towers in the 1850s. The Roman-Catholic church was built for the Jesuits who came to the city in 1677 on the site of the Dominican monastery complex, which had been destroyed in 1545.
Also called the 'Silesian Wawel', this castle a 20th-century reconstruction of Renaissance castle. Some remaining original elements are considered to be one of the most magnificent Renaissance monuments in Poland. Inside the castle houses the Museum of the Silesian Piasts.
Brama Odrzańska
A gate in the fortification system of the city of Brzeg. Built according to the late Renaissance design by Italian architects Bernard and Peter Niuron in 1595. It was originally located at the bastion defending the Brest Castle from the Oder River. It is the last architectural remnant of the Brest Fortress. The gate was moved 250 m further from its original location in 1895 (along with the liquidation of the bastion) to the castle garden in the present Nadodrzański Park.