Ratslavitskaya Panorama in Wroclaw - one of the few places in the world where you can see a relic of the mass culture of the XIX century. Monumental canvas (15 x 114 m) due to a combination of special artistic and technical operations, "transfer" the viewer into another reality and another time. Panorama is the first and only surviving to this day creation of this kind.

Initiator of Ratslavitskoy panorama was a famous painter Jan Styk Lviv (1858-1925), who invited for cooperation battle-eminent Wojciech Kossak (1857-1942) , helps them as well:

The painting represented the battle of Polish rebels under the leadership of national hero Tadeusz Kosciuszko (1746-1817) under Ratslavitsami (with famous kosinerov), which was played April 4, 1794 near Krakow, Russian troops, commanded by Gen. Tormasov. oetomu organized in 1894 in Lviv National Exhibition was a good pretext to implement a project Joints. Specially woven fabric bought in Brussels and iron construction project rotunda Louis Ramulta - in Vienna. The building of the rotunda, located in Striysky park in Lviv was ready to iyule1893.

Legendary creature was written in just 9 months, between August 1893 and May 1894. Grand opening was held on June 5, 1894. From the outset, this painting enjoyed a tremendous interest among the audience and immediately became the main magnet attracting Lviv large number of tourists. After World War II, in 1946, along with part of the picture assembly Ossolineum came to Wroclaw. Here, numerous commissions have made a huge effort to conserve cloth accordingly and expose it. Expectations of many Poles have come true only after the events of August 1980.

Re Ratslavitskaya panorama becomes accessible to visitors from June 14, 1985. Main picture of old Lviv become since then the main attraction of Wroclaw. Modern visitors can also participate in the extraordinary spectacle of illusion. Among the many guests visiting Panorama also: Pope John Paul II, Queen Beatrix of Holland and Czeslaw Milosz.