Nowadays you can only see the ruins of the wall.
The building next to it is a fire station so you may say that it is a special place for the safety of the city also today.
I only hope that the fire brigade does not rely on these old fashion pumps.
If the walls would not be a protection enough, the people of Poznań made sure that they have two powerful guardians. They even put them in their coat of arms. And they did not chose modestly since they selected Saint Peter and Saint Paul.
Let's walk to the Market Square. It is surrounded by very nice residential buildings in vivid colours.
The most important building is of course the Town Hall, with its tall towers.
Now look carefully at the little door over the clock.
It is opening! And something is getting out of there!
These are goats!
And they do not seem too friendly to each other.
Around the Town Hall you can see several statues. Some are religious ...
... while others are definitely pagan.
In this building you will find the Museum of Literature.
Finally, a monument dedicated to a horse! It commemorates the fifteenth regiment of uhlans, the first regiment of cavalry in the Wielkopolska Uprising.
Though obviously, the most popular animal monument in Poznań is this one ...
Look at the clock on the wall, it is time that we move on.
Our next point of interest is round the corner. I will show it to you next week.
Koziolki (goats) are Poznan's hallmark. My name obliges - I am a great fan of towns celebrating goats. Poznan is second to Pacanów on my list.
ReplyDeleteIn medieval Poznan on each corner was a well where people could draw drinking water.
Later on when waterworks system was was introduced the wells were converted into fountains.
The most famous one is Proserpina fountain in front of the town hall. The figure of St John Nepomucen in the old market was erected to protect town from the flooding by Warta river (her old riverbed was very close to old market and had sharp bend there (Chwaliszewo/Garbary).
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