Paczków

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Paczków is located in Lower Silesia region about 1:40 drive from Wrocław. It is often called Polish Carcassone due to its preserved town walls. Still, the entire Old Town complex is truly interesting and its urban layout is characteristic of Silesian cities based on a chessboard pattern. The townhouses in the Market Square represent the Renaissance, Baroque, Classicist and even Gothic styles. The oldest are from around 1500. The defense walls, which are 7 meters high, deserve special admiration. They are over 1,200 meters long and originally rose to a height of 9 meters. The wall has 24 old towers. The towers are fundamentally different from each other, some have the height of the defensive walls and others are much higher. In the very center of the town there is also an interesting 16th-century town hall with a Renaissance tower, which is one of the best-preserved buildings of this type in Lower Silesia. Next to the town hall, there is the monumental Gothic parish church of st. John the Evangelist. It is an incastelated church, it was given a defensive character. It is the most famous fortified temple in Central Europe and a textbook example of Gothic sacred architecture. Other interesting spots include the executioner house and the Gas Industry Museum.