The Freedom square (formerly known as the Lower Market or German Grosser Platz, or Velké náměstí) is the main square in Brno in the center of the historical center of the city (the cadastral area of the City of Brno). It originated in the 13th century at the site of the crossing of three business trips and thus gained a roughly triangular shape. At present, 7 streets emerge. Masaryk Street from the south connects the square with the main railway station and Zámečnická in the west with the neighboring Dominican square. In the northwest, the streets of Central Street and Česká Street, which leads north to the Constitutional Court and the regional office at Žerotínovo náměstí. To the north, Rašínova Street leads to the churches of St. James and St. Thomas in Moravian Square. In the direction of Běhounská Street. To the east, Kobližna is the only street on Malinovské náměstí.

History

Freedom Square is the imaginary center and center of the city. The first mention of it dates back to the 13th century, when it was named Forum Inferius, which soon translated into Czech as the Lower Market. During the Middle Ages, wealthy burghers and noblemen built houses here, and the significance of the square grew. In 1679 a plague column was built, which soon became the dominant of the square. In 1869 the church of St. Nicholas, his last remnants ceased after the raid in 1945. At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries the square was extensively rebuilt, many houses were demolished and rebuilt in the Neo-Renaissance style. In 1929 a large functionalist building of the Moravian Bank with the Beta passage grew on the west side of the square according to the design of architect Bohuslav Fuchs.

In 1901 the square was traversed in the north-south direction by a tram line from the main railway station to Moravské náměstí, which was followed by several tracks from Šilingrova náměstí (from the west to Zámečnická street) and from Kobližná street (from the east). Only the first of the north-south routes is preserved.

The last reconstruction of the square took place in 2006, when the square was completely precast, a bronze fountain with the verse of Jan Skácel, repaired a plague column, the location of the former church of St. Nicolas and newly planted several trees. Before the reconstruction began, collectors were built in the underground. In 2010, an astronomical clock was placed in the square, but in reality it is not an astronomical clock in the true sense of the word, but a special clock made of African granite in the shape of a charge to remind of the siege of Brno in 1645.

Resources

https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brno