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Urząd Miejski w Cieszynie

Czechia

You find the town hall at the corner where the southern side of the Rynek meets ulica Srebrna, and if you time it right you hear it before you look at it properly. At noon a bugle call, the hejnał, sounds from the tower. It was composed for the 1150th anniversary of Cieszyn's legendary founding. The building itself has been rebuilt and reworked so many times that its present style is usually summed up as baroque-classicist, and the façade you are facing is only the latest chapter in a long run of fires and fresh starts.

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