Masaryk Square in Ostrava

Today's centre of Moravian Ostrava consists mainly of Masaryk Square with its shops, cafés and restaurants.

The Old Town Hall, which today houses the Ostrava Museum with an exhibition on the history of the town, is of particular interest to tourists.

Music from the chimes in the tower of the museum building regularly echoes through the square. The square is dominated by a plague column and a statue of St. Florian, which was replaced for many years by a sculpture of a guy with a rifle on his back – a folk militiaman.

In the Middle Ages, the square was a marketplace and it is said that Charles IV himself granted the right to hold a sixteen-day market here in 1362. Today, markets are held here, especially before Christmas. The square is newly paved and brass plaques with thirty of the most important milestones in the town’s history are set into the stones. There is a modern fountain in the central part of the square, which spouts water directly from the pavement and is a common refreshment for children in summer. In the corner of the square, under the arcade leading to the Ostrava Museum, there is a statue of the first Czechoslovak president, T. G. Masaryk, who visited this place.

Masaryk Square is an ideal place to start exploring the interesting places of Ostrava.

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