The market square dates back to the 18th century. Its main buildings were the Town Hall (not preserved), built in 1752, and the pharmacy, which has been operating in this building since 1810 and continues to this day. The square was bounded by one and a half storey wooden and stone buildings with outbuildings. These were mainly merchants’ and craftsmen’s dwellings, stables and market stalls. The main building, the town hall, was located at the eastern end of the square. It was a free-standing two-storey building, with customs, weighing and weights rooms on the ground floor, and later also shops. The square was located on the main thoroughfare, the postal road from Riga to Moscow. In 1923, the Latvian Society House was opened on Riga Street opposite the Market Square. In 1990, the town square was renamed 18 November Square. There is a recreation area here, where a fountain in the shape of the city coat of arms and the Little Market Street, which in the evenings turns into an illuminated fairy-tale valley, delight holidaymakers. In the central square, on the wall of the former cinema in Riga Street, large-format old photos of Krāslava are displayed.

Photos from the archive of Krāslava TIC.