The Century Hall is one of the monumental symbols of Wroclaw. This is a large visual-sports hall built in the style of modernism in the early 20th century and listed in the World UNESCO heritage. Centennial Hall is located in Schitnitsky Park. The architect was the German architect Max Berg.
At the end of the 19th century in Wroclaw there was a need to build large exhibition hall. Of the 43 projects submitted was selected project max berg. Despite the great cost, construction began in 1911. Built Hall was in the end of 1912.
The Century Hall is a unique building that at that time It had the largest reinforced concrete floors in the world. Innovative (at that time) solutions used in the construction of the Hall, served as a model for the development of reinforced concrete construction.
The Century Hall is a monumental dome construction, 42 meters high. The diameter of the dome is 67 meters, and a maximum width of 95 meters. The area of the Hall is 14000 meters It can accommodate about 10,000 people.
Now there are exhibitions, opera performances and sports competition.
Hall Interior
Nearby is the Wroclaw Zoo, Japanese Garden and Wroclaw fountain.
Wroclaw Fountain
Wroclaw Fountain – the largest multimedia fountain in Poland built in 2009. The area of the fountain is almost 1 hectare. More than 300 cranes are used in its construction, and powerful pumps able to throw a stream of water to a height of 40 meters.
Particularly impressive is the Wroclaw fountain at night, when he lit by over 800 colored lights. The fountain runs from March to October. Multimedia shows are held on weekends at 21.30.
