All roads in Krakow lead to the Market Square (Rynek Glowny). It arose according to the plan of 1257, according to which a square square was to become the center of the city. And three straight streets would diverge from it in different directions. Thus, the whole city was divided into squares, like a chessboard. Today, the Market Square hosts all the main events in the life of the city - from fairs on the occasion of Christmas or Easter, to meetings and rallies.
What to look for in the area?
- Cloth rows - once they traded cloth here, now there are trading rows;
- Town Hall Tower - at one time the city treasury was kept here;
- Mary's Church. Be sure to listen to the trumpeter, who plays his own melody every hour and waves affably from the bell tower to all those gathered in the square;
- Monument to Adam Mickiewicz, a famous Polish poet.
By the way, a funny tradition is associated with the monument - schoolchildren and students, 100 days before the exams, jump around the monument on one leg. The number of laps that you will be able to skip is perceived as a prediction of the grade on the exam : )
What to look for in the area?
- Cloth rows - once they traded cloth here, now there are trading rows;
- Town Hall Tower - at one time the city treasury was kept here;
- Mary's Church. Be sure to listen to the trumpeter, who plays his own melody every hour and waves affably from the bell tower to all those gathered in the square;
- Monument to Adam Mickiewicz, a famous Polish poet.
By the way, a funny tradition is associated with the monument - schoolchildren and students, 100 days before the exams, jump around the monument on one leg. The number of laps that you will be able to skip is perceived as a prediction of the grade on the exam : )
Translated automatically from Russian. View original
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