Poznan Market Square With Gabled Houses And A Statue Editorial Image

The Old Market Square Stary Rynek is the large square on which the Old Town neighbourhood is centred. The sides of the square measure approximately 140 metres 460 ft. There is a group of buildings in the central part of the square, chief of which is the Old Town Hall Ratusz. On each side of the square are tall rows of former tenement houses kamienice, many of which are now used as restaurants, cafés and pubs often with outdoor tables on the square itself. The square was originally laid out in around 1253, with each side divided into 16 equal plots, and many changes to architectural layout and style were made over the centuries.