Market Square
Description:
Old Market Square is the third largest after Krakow and Wroclaw. In the Middle Ages, trade boiled here, negotiations were conducted, deals were concluded. It is on this square that the statue of St. John Nepomucen is located. In 1393, Archbishop Jan Nepomucen was executed by order of the Czech King Wenceslas – he was drowned in Vlatva. Poznań people sincerely believed that the stone St. Jan Nepomucen would rid their city of floods.