Lower Silesia, lowlands

Legnica Field

Legnica Field – museum of the Battle of Legnica and the Minor Basilica of St. Jadwiga – the baroque pearl of Lower Silesia

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Price list

museum normal ticket
6 1.4person
museum reduced ticket
4 1person
museum, Saturday
free of charge / included
basilica, brick
10 2.4person

Opening hours / opening dates

Wednesday - Sunday
11:0017:00

Information

in Legnicki Pole you should see two objects
Museum of the Battle of Legnica – a lost battle between Christian troops (Polish, German, Czech) and Mongolian in 1241.
attractive multimedia exhibition, a lot of reading :-)
Minor Basilica of St. Jadwigi, post-Benedictine monastery – one of the finest examples of Baroque architecture in Lower Silesia
for visiting the museum or basilica you will receive a sticker to the Passport of the Discoverer of the Land of Extinct Volcanoes
other attractions near Legnica

Museum of the Battle of Legnica in Legnicki Pole, photo. Darius Berdys.

Military details from the relief of Vienna.

Frescoes by Kuzma by Damian Asam from 1733. “The Finding and Exaltation of the Cross”.

The body of Henry the Pious after losing the battle with the Tatars in a painting by Francis de Backer.

Basilica of St. Jadwiga in Legnicki Pole.

In the Battle of Legnicki Pole, chemical weapons were used for the first time. Mongolian troops sprayed “some yellow substance” at the Polish troops from highly suspended horse skulls. It is a pity that there were no chemical formulas at that time.