Poland

Krakow

This card of Krakow's market square is the largest medieval public square in Europe, dating back to the 1200s.    

In this photo you can see three of the major monuments of the square.  In the right hand side is the Town Hall Tower, the only part of the town hall remaining after the rest was demolished under Partition in 1820.  

The long, yellow structure is the Cloth Hall or Sukiennice.  Dating back to the Renaissance, the massive structure is the focal point of the square and houses a museum.  The downstairs area features a myriad of shops today selling trinkets and souvenirs from wood-carved boxes to amber jewelry, to even furs one can take home to make their own clothing.    

In the far left hand side behind the Sukienniece is St. Mary's Basilica.  The church, completed in 1347 features two towers.  Each hour a trumpeter comes out of the taller of the two and plays the hejnał, a shot trumpet call which breaks off abruptly in memory of a trumpeter killed in the 1300s while trying to warn the city of an impending invasion when an arrow pieced his throat mid-playing.   A short video of the playing of the song is in the video below.