Kraków has two planned central squares. The Rynek was laid out in 1257, on a grid, when the town got its charter. Plac Centralny was laid out in the 1950s, on a grid, six kilometres east. I saw both on Saturday, about two hours apart.













Kraków has two planned central squares. The Rynek was laid out in 1257, on a grid, when the town got its charter. Plac Centralny was laid out in the 1950s, on a grid, six kilometres east. I saw both on Saturday, about two hours apart.












