Things to see and do Brzeg

The building itself is a magnificent example of Renaissance architecture, so its museum is a good excuse to visit the place. The beautiful façade is decorated with busts of members of the Piast family who lived there until the end of the dynasty in 1675. The exhibition presents the history of the region and of the Silesian Piast dynasties, as well as a beautiful display of Silesian sculptures and paintings, dating from the 15th to the 18th century.

This imposing brick church, south of the Rynek, was built between 1370 and 1427, but its towers were rebuilt after the Second World War (hence the difference in the color of the bricks). It is one of the largest Gothic churches in the Silesian region. The interior is covered with white stucco, to erase the traces of the fire that destroyed everything in 1945. During the centuries when the region was Protestant, it was transformed into a temple.

Built in the 16th century, in Renaissance style, it looks quite lonely in the middle of the Rynek, as the place was severely damaged during World War II, and Stalinist-style concrete buildings have been part of the scenery, since the 1950s. The original building was burned in the great fire of the city in the early 16th century. The present one was erected in the years 1569-1577 according to the design of the Italian architect Bernard Niuron and the construction of the building was led by the Italian builder Jakub Parr.