The town of Kłodzko was first mentioned in AD 981 in a chronicle by Kosmas. In 1399 the Florian Psalter, one of the earliest books in the Polish language, was written there.
One way of entering the old town is over this gothic bridge built in AD 1390. Legend says that thousands of raw eggs were used to bind the masonry.
Fortunately it survived WWII intact, while all the other bridges in town were blown up by the Nazi Werwolf organization.
By the Church of the Immaculate Assumption, June 29, 2005.
Occupying a geographic location coveted by Poland, Bohemia, Prussia, Austria and even Napoleon Bonaparte, Kłodzko became a fortress with a town, rather than a town with a fortress.
Throughout the city's history, generations of merchants developed an extensive network of underground basements and tunnels. They were used for storage, and, in times of trouble, as a safe shelter from the artillery fire.
Going from one end of the town to the other through the tunnels is a creepy experience.
Here's a poor fellow who got lost and never made it.
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