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 by Dagon
The Royal Road starts at Upland Gate - After this gate (there, where now is very big street) was a city moat.
Then is place, where was city prison and the house of torturer. Here were prisoners kept and here took from them picecs of information. Now this building is under renowation, but later there will be Gdansk Amber Museum.
The next stop should be Golden Gate - beautiful gate, on which top are 8 figures. these 4 on the outside are showing atribiutes of the city - glory, wealth, freedom and peace. On the second side - inside the city - atributes of citizents - piety, justice, harmony, and prudence.
Than we can see Lond Street, which ends on Main City town hall. While walking the Long Street, watch on the tenement houses, this was the representative road of Gdansk - here were living the richest.. There is also Uphagen Tenement which now is a museum. You can watch, how people lived in Gdansk (of course, rich ones :)
Than we've got Long Market. Here are some of the most representative buildings of Gdansk. Here is Artus Mansion, A Golden Tenement, Neptun Fountain. Here were also living some kings and other very important people coming to Gdansk.
The Royal Road finishes on Green Gate, which now is a big gallery. Leave a Comment
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 This is the roof of this
church :) by Dagon
It is 105 meters long, and 41 to 66 meters wide. The roof is 28 meters above the floor. The tower has got 82 meters (there is very good view for the city).
The tower would be bigger, but during building this church, the city was under Teutonic Knights reign. They builded castle in Gdansk and didn't want any building beeing higher, that their castle towers. This castle was completly destroyed after the moment, when Gdansk came back to Poland.
There are many important pieces of art. For example:
- main altar from XVI century
- astronomy clock from XV century
- many smaller altars on the walls
With St. Mary church are connected many legends and if somebody is intrested in them, just write to me. I'll try to write some of them. Leave a Comment Directions: It's one of the easiest buildings to find in the city. You can see it nearly from every place of main city (especially from Long Street and Long Market).
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St. Mary's Church is said to be the largest brick church in the world. Its Gothic interior has a capacity of up to 25.000 people and it is home to an enormous astronomical clock (1464). The history of the church dates back to the 14th century, but as with most other buildings of the city centre it was severely damaged in WWII.
I highly recommend climbing the more than 400 steps up to the top of the 78 m tall tower. The effort will be rewarded with breathtaking views over Gdansk. Leave a Comment Address: St. Mary's Church, ul.Podkramaska 5, GdanskDirections: St. Mary's Church is situated in the heart of the Old Town.
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 Neptune Fountain by Ekaterinburg
Behind the Neptune Fountain, the white building with green windows is Artus Court, formerly a sort of Chamber of Commerce for the merchants of Gdansk,and now a museum. Again, this building is an eclectic mix'em-gather'em of stylistic elements. The large gothic windows are impressive . Address: Dlugi TargPhone: 767-91-80Directions: Quite close to the Town HallOther Contact: Artus Court Museum, DlugiTarg
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 by Carletto76
You can find there the Great Mill (Wielki Mlyn), which is the biggest medieval mill in Europe, and was originally built in the mid 14th century. Now it holds a commercial centre inside.
Other important buildings in this part of the town are the Old Town Hall as well as St.Bridget's Church, the stronghold of Solidarność movement during communist era. Leave a Comment Directions: From the Main Town, cross the Raduna canal and you get into the Old Town.
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The Crane is probably Gdansk's most famous landmark. It was completed in 1444, but seriously damaged during WWII and restored between 1955 and 1962.
It used to be the largest crane of its kind in the world. The Crane served to handle heavy goods and to erect masts on ships. It was operated by men walking inside the huge wooden wheels.
Nowadays the Crane is part of the Central Maritime Museum.
Directions:
The Crane is located on the bank of the river Motlawa; just in the heart of the touristy city centre of Gdansk. Leave a Comment Address: The Crane, ul.Szeroka 67/68, Gdansk
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 The Motłava canal and the
Żuraw Gdań by Carletto76
There are 2 canals in Gdańsk, Raduna and Motłava, and along this second one you can see some of the most picturesque building of the town, and also its most famous landmark, the "Żuraw Gdański", i.e. the huge wooden crane, the biggest in medieval Europe.
But in the Main Town you will also find Gdańsk most beautiful and famous street, the Ulica Długa and the Długi Targ, the main square with the town hall Leave a Comment Directions: Set between the 2 canals and the Stare Miasto (Old Town).
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 by Landad
Today the fair is highlight for tourists and also for inhabitants, it connects the business fair with rich program of cultural performance and sports. Calendar of event includes wide fan of gala, concerts and competitions.
The city is possessed for 3 weeks by three indivisibly: Neptune, Hermes and Muses of Apollo. There are a lot of mercantile stalls and theatrical corpse in the streets. Can be heard old marine music and gypsy romance, old Gdansk music and charming old instruments. The smell of overseas sweets is implicated with local bread. Everyone will dig out nice reminder into an artist stall or on valuable old things trade. Swing of Gdansk fair is compared with so loud European performances as Munich Oktoberfest or Hamburg Weinachtsmarkt. Cheerful, culturally and tasty.
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 Ulica Długa by Carletto76
Every house here is worth a deep looking at, they are all beautiful and perfectly restored.
Close to the western end the street gets wider becoming the big square Długi Targ, where the town hall of the 14th century (rebuilt after WWII) is really impressive Leave a Comment Address: Ulica Długa and Długi TargDirections: Go west from the waterfront through the Upland Gate (Brama Wyżynna).
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The Monument to the fallen shipyard workers consists of three monumental steel crosses (42 m, 139 tons).
It was built in 1980 to commemorates the shipyard workers who were shot by the communist regime during a strike in 1970. The erection of the memorial was one of Solidarity's (Solidarnosc) main demands in 1980. The monument is surrounded by several memorials and plaques which are dedicated to the victims of the street protests.
Directions:
The Monument to the fallen shipyard workers stands at the Solidarity Square (Pl. Solidarnosci), which is located near the gates to the Gdansk Shipyard (Stocznia Gdanska). Leave a Comment
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