the main market square
within the square is the Adam Mickiewicz Monument, one of the best known bronze monuments in Poland and a favourite meeting place at the Main Market Square in the Old Town. The statue of Adam Mickiewicz, the greatest Polish Romantic poet of the 19th century, was unveiled on June 16, 1898, on the 100th anniversary of his birth, in the presence of his daughter and son. In 1940 the monument was destroyed by the Nazis following German invasion of Poland. It was not to be seen in the Square until its restoration in 1955. However, most of the figures were recovered from a Hamburg scrap metal dealer in 1946 which allowed the restoration of the monument's original appearance
