Old Town Market Place, Warsaw
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Warsaw's Old Town Market Place (Rynek Starego Miasta) is the center of the Old Town of Warsaw, capital of Poland.
The Rynek has been rebuild in 17th- and 18th century style in the 1970s, after being completely demolished during the Second World War. Nowadays, it is mostly a place for tourists.
The four sides of the square have their own names:
- Strona Dekerta, the north side, which is where the Warsaw Historical Museum is located. The entrance is in a house called 'Under the Negro' (Pod Murzynkiem), named after a sign placed above the doorway in the past.
- Strona Barssa, the east side, where the Mickiewicz Museum, honouring the Polish writer Adam Mickiewicz, is.
- Strona Hugo Kołłątaja, the west side, named after one of the authors of the Constitution of May 3, 1791
- Strona Zakrzewskiego
