Panorama of the Battle of Racławice
Panorama de la Batalla de Racławice
Panorama of the Battle of Racławice (ul. Purkyniego 11 50-155 Wroclaw) – located nearly 4 hours southwest of Warsaw (via Route E30), this exhibition hall pays tribute to the Panorama of the Battle of Racławice in Wrocław, an impressive relic of 19th-century century mass culture, is one of only few examples of this genre preserved in Europe. The large painting (15x114m) ‘transfers’ the viewer into an altogether different time, a reality of its own, by artfully combining painterly devices (special kind of perspective) and technical effects (lighting, artificial terrain, dark and usually tortuous passage to the viewing platform). Panorama of the Battle of Racławice is the oldest and only extant example of panorama painting in Poland. Admission: 25 ZŁ (regular), 18 ZŁ (reduced – seniors, students, disabled)(family: parents and children). Free for children under 7 years. Times vary – see its website for an updated schedule: www.panoramaraclawicka.pl