Głogów – to fill the void:
about a city that has been creatively rebuilt

All meetings are conducted in Polish

There is no other city in Poland that has been so badly affected by the devastation of World War II as Głogów. The town was renamed Festung Glogau at the end of wartime operations, which condemned it to great devastation. The bombardment lasted for a week and a half, and expert calculations indicate that 95% of the city’s pre-war buildings were wiped out.

The post-war period was not kind to Głogów either, the town waited for reconstruction. Only the discovery of copper deposits in its vicinity in the 1960s gave impetus to the town’s revival. In 1983, the restoration of the Old Town began, based on the historic street plan. It happened to be rebuilt in a particularly interesting period in architecture when the large-panel system technology began to be combined with a traditional, historicizing style. Postmodernism, which was entering its golden age in Poland, also left a strong imprint on the buildings’ form. On our trip to the town, located more than 100 kilometers from Wrocław, we will take a look at the retroversion’s characteristic colorful facades and ornate decorations created less than 20 years ago.

Event’s partner: Narodowy Instytut Architektury i Urbanistyki