Poznań ©Yuriy Buriak
The Town Hall building was built in the Renaissance style in 1550-1560. Due to a fire and a hurricane, it was destroyed and modified several times, elements of other architectural styles were added.
Poznań ©Yuriy Buriak
Poznań ©Yuriy Buriak
There are four fountains on the square, just like in Lviv.
Old Fountain Proserpine ©Yuriy Buriak
©Yuriy Buriak
The main decoration of the square are colorful trading houses of the 15th century. They are narrow because of the land price and the tax on windows.
Poznań ©Yuriy Buriak
In addition to the houses of merchants, there are nobility houses, which already have three or four windows.
Poznań ©Yuriy Buriak
Poznań ©Yuriy Buriak
Poznań ©Yuriy Buriak
And there are several palaces; you will recognize them by five or more windows.
Poznań ©Yuriy Buriak
Ordinary houses in the old town.
Poznań ©Yuriy Buriak
Poznań ©Yuriy Buriak
There is also a castle in the old town, the oldest royal residence in Poland. It was built in 1959, according to the drawings of the 15th century. The tower can be visited for a small fee.
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Photo taken by every tourist in Poznan. View of the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Relentless Help. Baroque style building of the 17th century.
Poznań ©Yuriy Buriak
Church of St. Mary Magdalene ©Yuriy Buriak
In the courtyard behind the basilica, you can find a Jesuit College.
Poznań ©Yuriy Buriak
Here we found designer wooden benches, which were built on the site of the former parking lot. I just doubt that this public space was designed properly and therefore, there is nobody here.
Poznań ©Yuriy Buriak
Poznań ©Yuriy Buriak
On Freedom Square, on the border of the old city, there is a futuristic fountain (Fontanna Wolności), popular with children and young people.
Poznań ©Yuriy Buriak
In 1968, an interesting infrastructure project was completed in Poznan to change the riverbed of the Warta River. On the map of 1924 it can be seen that the water was close to the old city.
Map of Poznan (1924) ©vintage-maps-prints.com
The result of the changes is clearly visible in the satellite image of 2020. Now there is a park and a parking lot on the site of the old riverbed, where we left the car. Here we also spent the night in the City Solei Boutique hotel (booking.com), which we recommend due of its convenient location and designer rooms.
Poznan satellite image (2020) ©@
Getting there: Poznan is conveniently located on the central highway of the country and can be reached by car from Warsaw and Berlin in 3 hours. The paid parking closest to the old town is N 52 24.523 E 16 56.380, but free parking can be found around the old town. Poznan is located on the railway line Berlin (3 hours) - Warsaw (3 hours) - Lviv (13 hours) - Kyiv (17-20 hours). You can also take a bus from the Western Bus Station in Warsaw.
