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Greatest Old Towns in Poland [74]
@pawian, then there wouldn't be place for much of anything else because that green patch with the pond was taking most of the space. There was a patched up, uneven road around it with pavements and that was it. It wouldn't be a proper city's main square then, but a tiny park-like area. As that lady at the beginning of the interview (that I linked to in my previous post - it's the second link) said there are concerts taking place there nowadays, including the New Year's Eve concert. I also personally don't miss that shabby looking "Nazi pool" (it was old and the city had problems with its upkeep anyway).
Also, Rafał Zamojski in the interview (in the first link that I posted) said that such were the restoration guidelines at that time - restorers wanted to retain the medieval setup of old towns and that meant almost no greenery. Take a look at the main squares of such old cities like Kraków, Warsaw or Poznań - there's almost no greenery there. According to Zamojski those guidelines are changing though, because the restorers realised that besides being true to history main squares should be also functional and people-friendly :)
Btw, even though I think that restoration was a must, I don't like how it was done, I don't like the surface of the main square and some other things. I wish they kept those trees, but put them on the sides of the place rather than in the middle. But, at least, it does look like the city's main square and I wouldn't want to go back to what was before. As I already wrote - not far from
rynek right in the city centre there's one of the oldest parks in Poland:
pl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_miejski_im._Stanis%C5%82awa_Staszica_w_Kielcach
There's a big pond with benches around it in that park, it's surrounded by trees (big weeping willows are my favourite :)), the water streams in the fountain are so high that when it's windy it blows a wet breeze in your face from its direction lol You can sit there and relax, eat an icecream from the sweet-shop at Staszic Street and watch kids feeding the ducks :):
m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=262469144976042&id=2029898670636227
My cousin who lives in Wrocław was always saying how green Kielce was in comparison to Wrocław, so I guess we shouldn't be complaining too much :):
youtu.be/dDQ03WxsuxU
Woah, sorry for the long post... You know what, my comment about Sienkiewicz Street in the riddle thread and my posts here made me realise that even though Kielce isn't anything special or a tourist attraction I actually love my city ;D :)))
