About This Location
On Old Town Market Square, one townhouse is often remembered as the “Old Post Office”. It is a fitting place for a pause, because a simple wall plaque here tells the bigger story of what this square really is today. The inscription calls the Old Town Market Square a monument of national culture and the struggles of Warsaw’s people. It says the area was reduced to rubble by the fascist occupiers in 1944, and then raised from ruins and returned to the nation in the years 1951 to 1953. The words have the tone of their time, but the message is clear: the Old Town seen now is not a lucky survivor - it is a careful reconstruction. That is why this spot feels so symbolic. A post office is about messages, addresses, and continuity. And right here, in the middle of Warsaw’s most historic square, the plaque fixes the new Old Town to a precise timeline. It turns the facade into a reminder that behind the colorful paintings and restored details, the city had to be rebuilt, step by step, after total destruction.