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The Old Town Square [Stary Rynek]

The Old Town SquareThe Old Town Square was the centre of old Poznań, and to this day is rich in historic architecture, museums and restaurants. Around 60 per cent of the old town was flattened during WWII, though most of the houses were meticulously rebuilt in the 1950s following Baroque and Renaissance styles. Aside from the two concrete carbuncles planted needlessly in the middle, the town square remains one of the most picturesque in Central Europe. Behind the town hall lies the City Scales building that once housed the hardware for weighing merchandise on its way to the market.
Keep your eyes peeled for several interesting buildings that rim the Rynek:
Stary Rynek 43 – Poznań’s oldest chemist, Under the White Eagle has been operating since 1564.
Stary Rynek 48 - Originally built in the 12th century the house boasts the oldest gothic cellars in the city. During the 16th century it was residence of town mayor Kacper Goski. Author of Plague in the Air, Goski also dabbled in astrology. His unlikely, but ultimately accurate, prediction of the Turkish defeat at the Battle of Lepanto immortalized him across Europe.
Stary Rynek 50 - Worth noting for its gothic façade and the small portico over the doorway. During a bawdy drinking bout King August II of Saxony tumbled out of the window; the roof broke his fall and saved his life. Nearby a tablet marks the level that floodwaters reached in 1736.
Stary Rynek 52 - Once owned by Mikołaj Ridt, the trader was apparently turned into a werewolf after a foul-mouthed outburst directed at a neighbouring convent. Following war damage the house was rebuilt in 1945 in renaissance style.


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