Mark Meek's Ideas: Southern Poland

This is the colorful old city of Poznan with it's Thirteenth-Century Town Hall. The Town Hall is the building with three floors of columns. Poznan has Poland's original cathedral where the first ruler of the country and his son are buried.

It has been a vital city since the beginning of the country. Cathedral Island could be considered as the center of early Poland but the capital was later moved to Krakow.

These images of Poznan Town Hall, and the square in which it is located are from Google Street View and Google Earth.

From Google Street View this is Poznan Cathedral.

There are multiple scenes following. To see the scenes, after the first one, you must first click the up arrow, ^, before you can move on to the next scene by clicking the right or forward arrow, >, After clicking the up arrow, you can then hide the previews of successive scenes, if you wish.

https://www.google.com/maps/@52.4075173,16.9345806,3a,75y,36.79h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s5WZzXGqgBUNtJwL1dhEwpA!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D5WZzXGqgBUNtJwL1dhEwpA%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D24.522543%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656

Lodz is not a medieval city but a product of the Industrial Revolution. It is the manufacturing center of the central part of Poland. The following scene scenes begin in a complex know. as the Manufaktura.

https://www.google.com/maps/@51.7801211,19.4486664,3a,75y,99.65h,90t/data=!3m5!1e1!3m3!1sE0QoDvd7XvhOezpOx5tj2w!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DE0QoDvd7XvhOezpOx5tj2w%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D105.36427%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfotra

This is central Lodz.

https://www.google.com/maps/@51.7630922,19.4576907,3a,75y,121.13h,90t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipMpqFLf0BUQGiNmHDO39QkqakasfISciysUbr5A!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipMpqFLf0BUQGiNmHDO39QkqakasfISciysUbr5A%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya143.01723-ro0-fo100!7i9300!8i4650

Wroclaw is a medieval city of Bohemian origin. It has been part of many empires before coming back to Poland. This is Wroclaw Old Town Hall in Market Square. These two scenes are from Google Earth and Street View.

https://www.google.com/maps/@51.1093909,17.0319891,3a,75y,16.88h,103.7t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sMkNN3tj7Cbh61ph7OqbakA!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DMkNN3tj7Cbh61ph7OqbakA%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D292.1768%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656

Mostly modern Katowice is another city that was a product of the Industrial Revolution.

https://www.google.com/maps/@50.2597807,19.0215675,3a,75y,351.81h,90t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipNh4CnB7lKv_-62tgV4RbHiLje0_fiylhX2w7dg!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNh4CnB7lKv_-62tgV4RbHiLje0_fiylhX2w7dg%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi0-ya320.74133-ro-0-fo100!7i10240!8i5120

Here is Wawel Cathedral, in the city of Krakow, and the adjoining Royal Castle. The first two images are from Google Earth and Street View.

https://www.google.com/maps/@50.0543759,19.9354427,3a,75y,180h,90t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipNpAguCygH3UghlugkOsD9CHWUWuN765MNTGNuS!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNpAguCygH3UghlugkOsD9CHWUWuN765MNTGNuS%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-3.2776892-ya79.89717-ro7.3906584-fo100!7i7776!8i3888

Krakow is a very old city that was the capital of Poland for more than five hundred years. The capital was moved to Warsaw because Poland and Lithuania formed a union and Warsaw was halfway between Krakow and Vilnius. Krakow was the focal point of the Polish Renaissance during the Jagellonian Dynasty. Wawel Cathedral was the royal coronation cathedral and was where Pope John Paul preached his first sermon. The enclosed fortress was the center of Poland in the same way that the Moscow Kremlin is of Russia.

This is Main Square of old Krakow. The first two images are from Google Earth and Street View.