Store Torv (Big Square), originally used as military drilling grounds.
During the course of the 1800s, the square gradually developed as the low half-timbered buildings were replaced by multi-storey brick buildings,
especially in the years 1880 to 1900, at the same time that Store Torv became part of the town’s business centre.
More buildings were added, e.g. after the 1945 bombings.
The fountain was dedicated in 1908 at the same time that running water was installed in Rønne. Soluret (Sun Dial, 2000) by sculptor Jun-Ichi-Inoue.
The square’s oldest building is the listed courthouse (and former town hall and gaol) at Store Torv 1, on the east side of the square.
It was built in 1834, according to drawings by Major Henning Pedersen.
Danske Bank’s building on the west side of the square (Store Torv 12) was built in 1921–23, according to drawings by renowned architect Kay Fisker,
who together with Aage Rafn had won an architectural competition in 1916 for the construction of station buildings on the Almindingen Forest – Gudhjem railway line.

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