Town Hall building

The Town Hall building, in the ancient Polish town of Torun, is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, like most of the attractions in this city. The town hall is located in the heart of the Market Square.

From the XIII century on the site of the Town Hall were located the houses of merchants and commercial rows, and at the end of the XIV century it was decided to build the Town Hall, and several houses were combined into a massive square with a courtyard. In the XVII century, another floor was built, corner towers appeared. The architecture of the Town Hall is made in the Gothic style.

In the XVIII century, the building of the town hall, which suffered in the war, was repaired, and the inner halls were decorated. Since 1861, the Town Hall building houses the Toruni Museum of Local Lore – the largest and oldest in the city. Locals consider the Town Hall a giant calendar: 4 walls are 4 seasons, 12 halls are 12 months, 52 rooms are 52 weeks, 366 windows are 366 days, one of which opens only in a leap year. Today, the Town Hall is an architectural monument of the Gothic style and is annually visited by many tourists.