Description of the attraction
The market square of Wroclaw is famous for its most beautiful bourgeois houses, differing from each other in color, shape of the facade, stucco and paintings on the walls. Each of these mansions, in addition to the official number, has its own name: the house "Under the Blue Sun", the house "Golden Dog" and so on. These names came from the decoration of the houses. It is quite logical to assume that an image of a dog can be found on the Golden Dog house. This small mansion, located in the northeastern corner of the square, was built in the 13th century in the Gothic style and later rebuilt in the Baroque style.
The narrow four-storey building on the side of the Market Square has a magnificent facade decorated with stucco molding. The rectangular window frames are decorated with angels and triangular and semicircular pediments. The house has an attic floor. The characteristic element of the upper part of the façade is a baroque pediment with rounded edges.
One of the architects who directed the reconstruction of the building was the famous master Jan Jerzy Kalzbrenner, who also rebuilt three more houses in the Market Square.
For the first time, the house "Golden Dog" is found on the plan of Wroclaw in 1562, drawn up by Weiner and Vberus. Later we see a mention of this structure in the Hogenberger documents dated 1713. In the same year, the restoration of the medieval building in the Baroque style took place. In 1730, an image of a dog appeared on the pediment of the building, after which the mansion was named. In addition, a new portal with columns has been created.
The house was badly damaged during the bombing of the Second World War. From it only fragments of walls, a stone entrance and basements remained. In 1994, the mansion was rebuilt.
