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4 Market Square: South and East Sides

There are many stories about the Market Square.
According to one of the legends, Krakow’s pigeons
are the enchanted knights of Duke Henryk Probus,
who agreed to their metamorphosis in exchange for
gold that he needed to secure papal acceptance for
his coronation. The knights were supposed to regain
their human form after the coronation but the duke Madonna House
lost the gold and his knights are still awaiting the (Dom Pod
promised transformation. The legend about the two Obrazem)
brothers who built the St Mary’s towers is more Formerly the
popular. When the older mason completed the palace of a
wealthy burgher
taller tower he stabbed his younger brother to family called
death in order to prevent him from surpassing Cellari. The façade
his work but then, remorseful, killed himself. is decorated with
the Madonna
painted in 1718.
South Side
Wierzynek Restaurant

Hetman’s House
(Kamienica Hetmańska)
The Baroque portal leads Potocki Palace (Pałac Potockich)
to shops on the ground Behind the Neo-Classical façade the
floor, in which Gothic original interiors and a small arcaded
vaults with carved courtyard have survived.
keystones have survived.

Grey House (Kamienica Szara)
East Side

4 Market Square
This is one of a few houses with Art
Nouveau decoration. It was added
during the remodelling carried out
in 1907–8 by Ludwik Wojtyczka.