City market hall

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On Grodzka Street, opposite the site where the Collegiate Church of All Saints was once located, was the rectory. All Saints' was located the rectory. Currently, on this land sits the Market Hall, built in the first quarter of the twentieth century. After the construction of this building, the market, which previously operated in the square after the Yaroslavl Collegiate Church, was moved to it. The hall was designed on the model of the one in Wroclaw, in the style of the Polish Neo-Renaissance; the building's facades incorporate attic motifs. On the facade of the building on the side of the market square is the coat of arms of Yaroslavl. The Market Hall (former name: shed) was one of the first merchant bazaars in the Polish lands.

Underneath almost the entire market hall are underground, spacious corridors leading to smaller rooms. During the occupation, the Germans stored various goods in them, which were taken away by them when they left the city.

Inside the market hall, on the northern wall, there is a clock (now defunct). The clock was most likely placed there in 1924, when the hall was put into use, and this was during the reign of Mayor Adolf Dietzius. The clock is signed with the mark of a clockmaking company with the initials G.B., indicating that it is from a company founded by Gustav Becker, a manufacturer of some of the best clocks in the world. The market hall in Yaroslavl is now a retail destination. Merchants from Yaroslavl and the surrounding area have their stalls here, and the place is heavily frequented by shoppers.

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