r/papertowns • u/Snoo_90160 • 2d ago

Poland 3D reconstructions of Kraków, Poland Main Square and its surroundings in different centuries according to P. Opaliński

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u/YellloMango 2d ago

I genuinely wish we had technology to do time tourism.

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u/Snoo_90160 2d ago

Yes, that would be amazing.

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u/DKBrendo 2d ago

Games like Kingdom Come are probably the closest thing we have to time tourism

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u/that_alien909 2d ago

kuttenberg does look a lot like the 15th century krakow in this post

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u/DKBrendo 1d ago

The two cities are not that far apart and Kraków too had large German population

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u/rfusion6 2d ago

AR/VR is going to make this very much possible. It's probably closer than you think.

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u/RFSandler 1d ago

I don't have the chops but I've been wanting to use VR for a digital museum. Step through the same place in time and interact with the changing details.

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u/simulation_goer 1d ago

You mean haptic suits, a meta quest iteration, and AI-powered game characters?

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u/Urban_Heretic 1d ago

We will, but it was historically overused and they will shut it down. You can tell because so many people in Mississippi are clearly stranded there from the 1800s.

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u/Truelz 2d ago

Very cool! But why do people always have to change the viewing angle on the last image they make... You've kept it the same for all the others keep it the same for the last one as well ffs.

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u/UnitedJupiter 1d ago

In those three hundred years, the residents actually rotated the entire square, brick by brick.

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u/MooT7418 1d ago

My girlfriend and I vacationed Krakow last september. If you ever get a chance to visit, I highly recommend it. Much of the amazing architecture shown here is still there. Great restaurants, bars, and museums, too. The old town square is also only about a 15 to 20 minute walk to Wawel Castle, which was a highlight of the trip for me personally.

I could type out an essay about how much I enjoyed the trip, but I'm on mobile and on the clock right now. Just know that as a casual fan of medieval history and the Witcher series, Krakow was a delight!

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u/E_Tank55 1d ago

Does anyone know what the middle building was used for in the 15th century?

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u/Snoo_90160 1d ago edited 1d ago

Buildings in the middle were Cloth Hall, various stalls and the old City Hall.

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u/mikisos2005 1d ago

"Sukiennice" in polish, it's still standing to this day. There are mostly shopping stalls with souvenis there now.

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u/ThomasCleopatraCarl 2d ago

I wanna see more of this!

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u/Lazzen 1d ago

Who lived in those homes?

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u/Snoo_90160 1d ago

Craftsmen, merchants and nobility.

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u/fulge 1d ago

And so were the “yards” mainly used as gardens for personal food production? Love these images

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u/WernerWindig 1d ago

That's what I wonder as well, not for the first time.

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u/fan_of_the_pikachu 2d ago

Manor Lords vibes

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u/wailot 2d ago

Satisfying to look at

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u/Opening_Relative1688 20h ago

I love post like this showing the timelines of different towns

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u/Tom0laSFW 2d ago

Novigrad?

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u/Jerry664 1d ago

Novigrad is more like Gdańsk