Once the Main Market Square was densely built-up. There was a town hall, a granary, the pillory and the municipal scales, the guardhouse and several wells.The Main Market was a venue for significant state ceremonies.
Cracovians call this site"the town's salon". For many it is hard to imagine a day without at least as short visit to the Main Market Square".
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| The largest medieval square in Europe ( 210x212 metres ). |
The Main Square, which was laid out in 1257 according to the Magdeburg Law, has preserved its dimensions to this day, covering area of 4 hectares, 3 acres, and 34 square metres. But its plan, now, almost eight-hundred-years' old, still reminds us of the compromise that the original bold planners had to face when confronted with the existing realities.
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| Flowers have been sold on Cracow's Main Market Square for almost five hundred years. |
That is a very large square and it does look lovely. Amazing how flowers have been sold there for all those years.
ReplyDeleteYes flowers are beautiful and it is a nice tradition
DeleteIt would be fun to hire one of those beautiful carriages to be taken around for sightseeing.
ReplyDeleteCynthia, of course you can hire a carriage and take a ride around the Market Square. It is very popular with tourists. It is a great fun, believe me.
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