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Old Market Square, Bydgoszcz
Bydgoszcz Old Market square is an oblong place (about ), situated in the old town district of the city of Bydgoszcz. The City Hall flanks one of its side, and nearby is located Bydgoszcz Cathedral, St. Martin and St. Nicholas Cathedral. Location The Old Market Square marks the center of Bydgoszcz, Polish city established in 1346 by king Casimir III the Great. The place faces watercourses on both of its flanks: * Brda (river) river, 100 m from its northern frontage; * a leat channel ( pl, Młynówka ), originally dug to power mills (''Młyn'' in polish), running 150 m from its western frontage. Quaint and historic streets stem from this square: * Northbound towards Grodzka Street in Bydgoszcz, Grodzka street and Brda river: Mostowa street and Father Tadeusz Malczewski street; * Eastbound towards Podwale Street in Bydgoszcz, Podwale Street: Kręta street and Teofil Magdziński street; * Southbound towards Długa street in Bydgoszcz, Długa street: John II Casimir Vasa, John II Kazim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bydgoszcz
Bydgoszcz ( , , ; german: Bromberg) is a city in northern Poland, straddling the meeting of the River Vistula with its left-bank tributary, the Brda. With a city population of 339,053 as of December 2021 and an urban agglomeration with more than 470,000 inhabitants, Bydgoszcz is the eighth-largest city in Poland. It is the seat of Bydgoszcz County and the co-capital, with Toruń, of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. The city is part of the Bydgoszcz–Toruń metropolitan area, which totals over 850,000 inhabitants. Bydgoszcz is the seat of Casimir the Great University, University of Technology and Life Sciences and a conservatory, as well as the Medical College of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. It also hosts the Pomeranian Philharmonic concert hall, the Opera Nova opera house, and Bydgoszcz Airport. Being between the Vistula and Oder (Odra in Polish) rivers, and by the Bydgoszcz Canal, the city is connected via the Noteć, Warta, Elbe and German canals with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
