This picture was taken about one year ago during our short visit in Poznań, Poland. Aleje Marcinkowskiego, founded in 18th century, is one of the most representative streets in Poznań. Some people say that the avenue was modeled after Berlin’s Unter den Linden. It featured a post office building (you can see it on the right) and a stop of postal coaches which served as the main mode of transportation until Poznań was incorporated into the railroad network. Some of its most notable sights today are the Kronthal Fountain which replaced the former main waterworks well funded by Count Edward Raczyński in 1847 and the contemporary monuments of Karol Marcinkowski (one of the authors of the idea of organic work; the monument has been created by Stanisław Radwański), the mythical Golem by David Černy, which you can see in the center of the picture, and Stela by Heinz Mack.*
*source: http://kocham-poznan.wikia.com/
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