Then and now
Old postcards beside today’s photographs. How much has changed in a hundred years – and how much has stayed the same?
Market Square
More than a hundred years on, and the square has almost the same proportions. The puddled paving is gone, but the cobblestones remain, and the lime trees of 1877 have grown into mighty trees.
Today’s photograph was taken from a different spot from the postcard.
Then: unknown author · Public domain · Now: Andrzej Harassek · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Market Square →
The convent above the valley
The outline of the Poor Clares’ convent and the tower of the parish church rise above the valley just as on the postcard of 1910 – only the fields have given way to houses.
Today’s photograph was taken from a different spot from the postcard.
Then: unknown author · Public domain · Now: Ffolas · CC BY-SA 3.0 pl · Convent of the Poor Clares and Holy Trinity Church →
St Elizabeth’s Church
In 1916 the way to the parish church led across meadows and along fences. Today the town surrounds the church, but its tower is still the landmark of Stary Sącz.
Today’s photograph was taken from a different spot from the postcard.
Then: unknown author · Public domain · Now: Henryk Bielamowicz · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Church of St Elizabeth of Hungary – the parish church →
Tower of the convent walls
The tower from the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries survived fires and wars. In the early 20th century wooden cottages huddled against it – today it stands amid greenery.
Today’s photograph was taken from a different spot from the postcard.
Then: unknown author · Public domain · Now: Andrzej Otrębski · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Convent of the Poor Clares and Holy Trinity Church →
Panorama of the town
From afar Stary Sącz can still be recognised by its church towers. The little town has grown, but it has not lost its silhouette.
Today’s photograph was taken from a different spot from the postcard.
Then: unknown author · Public domain · Now: Ffolas · CC BY-SA 3.0 pl