Town Centre

22. Former Royal Building Construction School


23. Corpus Christi Church - This is the second biggest Gothic church in Poznań after the Cathedral. It was founded by King Wladyslaw Jagiello in 1406. The construction of this out-of-town church was slow and took until 1470. On the chancel walls are large portraits of the church's founder, Wladyslaw Jagiello, and his wife Jadwiga, dating from 1665. Legend has it that it marks the spot where the three Sacred Hosts were found at the end of the 14th century.


24. St Martin Church - The parish of St Martin was created in the first half of the 13th century, even before the city was established. The adjacent hamlet, known by the name of Saint Martin, was not incorporated into the city until the end of the 18th century. The present Gothic structure comes from the early 16th century.


25. University Library - Built in the so-called Kaiser Wilhelm style as a Royal Library. Designed by Karl Hinckeldeyn. Today it houses the University Library.


26. Cyryl Ratajski Square - On the square stood the statue of Perseus and Andromeda, which the German Empress Victoria gave to the city during her visit to Poznań in 1888. The statue was part of the fountain on the Royal Square (now Cyryl Ratajski Square)


27. Church of the Holy Saviour - Fryderyk Wilhelm IV funded the church for the evangelic parish of St. Paul established in 1868. It is one of the best examples of Neo-Gothic architecture in Poland. The distinctive feature of the church is a spire: a tondo with a sculpture of Christ's head above the main portals.

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