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Tarnów - Market Square
The Market Square began to take form during the development of the city in 1330 and was later improved with the addition of the surrounding Renaissance tenement houses erected between the 16 th and 18 th centuries.
The House no. 20 was founded in 1565 under Renaissance influence and belonged to wealthy Scottish merchants at this time. In the 17 th century it became the location of an Arian's chapel until the end of the 18 th century when it was the loza masonska. Currently, the Tarnow Regional Museum occupies this historical structure.
The House no. 21 was built at approximately 1568 in the Renaissance style; it also currently serves as a component of the Tarnow Regional Museum.
The Town Hall |
The House no. 20 and 21 |
The Town Hall is a Gothic building rebuilt under Renaissance influence at the end of the 16 th c. The main structure is 18 meters high and supports a 30 meter tower that has a staircase at its southern face. The
The Town Hall |
top half of the building is crowned with a brick ridge that is decorated with stone volutes, pinnacles, and grotesque mascarons. Finally, the Town Hall contains a Renaissance portal inscribed with the Leliwa crest and a Latin inscription reading, "DOMINUS CUSTODIAT INTROITUM ET EXITUM TUUM," or may God guard your entrance and exit.
Half-Bastion is the semi-circle shaped tower built in the first half of the 16 th century that composes part of the lower outer city wall.
The Florentine House was founded at the end of the 16 th century and it stands as an example of urban Renaissance architecture with an overhanging front fasade.
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