Market Square - Krakow, Poland
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N 50° 03.700 E 019° 56.260
34U E 423963 N 5546027
This old marketplace and its square are an icon of the city of Krakow.
The Market Square is also known as the Main Square.
Waymark Code: WMVBM6
Location: Małopolskie, Poland
Date Posted: 03/28/2017
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Wikipedia (
visit link) informs us:
The main square (Polish: Rynek Glówny pronounced ['r?n?k 'gwuvn?]) of the Old Town of Kraków, Lesser Poland, is the principal urban space located at the center of the city. It dates back to the 13th century, and at roughly 40,000 m2 (430,000 ft2) is one of the largest medieval town squares in Europe. The Project for Public Spaces (PPS) lists the square as the best public space in Europe due to its lively street life, and it was a major factor in the inclusion of Kraków as one of the top off-the-beaten-path destinations in the world in 2016.
The main square is a square space surrounded by historic townhouses (kamienice) and churches. The center of the square is dominated by the Cloth Hall (Sukiennice), rebuilt in 1555 in the Renaissance style, topped by a beautiful attic or Polish parapet decorated with carved masks. On one side of the cloth hall is the Town Hall Tower (Wieza ratuszowa), on the other the 10th century Church of St. Adalbert and 1898 Adam Mickiewicz Monument. Rising above the square are the Gothic towers of St. Mary's Basilica (Kosciól Mariacki). Kraków Main Square does not have a town hall, because it has not survived to the present day."