Pernstein Square / Pernštýnské námestí - Pardubice (East Bohemia) - Photos Then and Now on Waymarking.com

Thanks to protection and many reconstructions during the last 25 years looks main public space of Pardubice, Pernstein Square (Pernštýnské námestí), nowadays better than 110 years ago...

Pernstein Square), estabilished during Pernstein's construction of the city in the end of the 15th century, became soon after foundation a natural centre of Pardubice. Rectangular cobblestone paved square, 125 m long (W-E direction) and 45 m wide (N-S direction), is surrounded by dozens of historic town houses with late-Gothic cores and Renaissance or Baroque exteriors. These buildings create a key part of Pardubice UMR (Urban Monument Reserve / Mestská památková rezervace). In the middle of the square is located richly decorated Baroque Marian column (17th/18th century). The major part of the square northern front occupies monumental neo-Renaissance Town Hall, designed by Jan Vejrych, built in 1892-1894. The urban greenery is represented by 14 maple trees located mostly at the northern front and around the Marian column.