At the very centre of the city, the market place is surrounded by Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque houses, most of which were badly damaged in 1945 but superbly restored after the war. In warm pastel hues, some of the façades are embellished by painti..

Standing at the centre of the Rynek, this is one of Poland’s finest town halls. Italian Giovanni Battista Quadro restored it in the Renaissance style after the fire in 1536. Each day when its bells strike noon, the Poznan goats emerge from the cloc..

Originally a Jesuit foundation, this monumental Baroque church comprising a nave and two aisles separated by Corinthian columns performs perfectly the role of giving its worshippers a foretaste of the glories of paradise. Stuccowork, paintings and gi..

The museum occupies an austere early 20C structure to which has been added a purist contemporary extension; the latter houses collections of contemporary pictures and sculpture. The original building has Romanesque and Gothic works, 15C-18C Italian, ..