roclaw was a strongly fortificated city, at least to
the moment, when French armies captured the city and when in 1807 on
Napoleon Bonaparte's order the municipal walls started to being
destroyed. Only small fragments were kept on back of the Odwach Market
Hall, near the municipal moat on Dominican square, and the arsenal,
which was recognized as useful. There is practically no trace of the
Swidnicka Gate today, the only thing that is left is the XVIII century
Odwach building, formerly the base of the municipal guard. The Odwach
was rebuilt around 1844 in the neorenaissance style, it was patterned
after the architecture of the Renaissance Florence and it contains at
present a gallery of art. In it's closest neighborhood there is a XIX
century small tower with a barometer and a clock.
