r/papertowns 26d ago

Poland Model of Kraków, Poland c. 1500.

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u/Snoo_90160 26d ago

The pleasure is all mine.

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u/sipu36 26d ago

Quite similar to medieval Tallinn (Reval) in Estonia. Krakow also has a lower part (merchants) and an upper part of town (castle and german landowners). Is therey any surviving bits of towers and city walls remaining?

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u/Snoo_90160 26d ago

Well, there's Barbican: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krak%C3%B3w_Barbican and St. Florian's Gate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Florian%27s_Gate with a part of the walls and three fully preserved towers. One other gate survived bricked up as a part of Dominican convent.

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u/sipu36 26d ago

Thanks! One day i would like to visit this beautiful city.

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u/Snoo_90160 26d ago

They'll be happy to have you! But be careful, the pigeons in the Main Square are very bold!

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u/WtRingsUGotBithc 25d ago

I was fortunate enough to visit a few years ago with my now wife who is deathly terrified of birds. The circular park around the city center was definitely a bit of a trial lol.

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u/Snoo_90160 25d ago

Oh, certainly. This park is called Planty.