Gdansk Things to Do

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The gothic wooden figure is known as Anna-three-in-one. It was carved at the end of the 15th century.
Beneath the figure there is a predella from 1480 - 90. The three scenes from Mary's life shows the annunciation, the meeting of Mary and Elizabeth, and Mary praying over the child in the last scene.

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In a small room to the left from the main entrance can you find a replica of Hans Memling's painting "The Last Judgement". The original painting is now in the National Museum of Gdansk which is in the former Franciscan monastery close to the Holy Trinity Church in Stare Przedmiescie south of the old parts of the city.
The painting was created during the years 1467 - 1471.

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This chapel contains the Beautiful Madonna if Gdansk. It is a 2 meters high sculpture made of limestone in 1420.
The shrine where the sculpture sits was made in Gdansk between 1515 - 20.
Both the sculpture and the shrine are now put behind a cover of glass, which makes the pictures a bit blurred, unfortunately.
As you can see in pic #2 there are some painted medallions surrounding the sculpture. Two of them are original, one of which is shown on pic #4, while the others are reconstructions (one of them shown on pic #5).

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In the Salvator Chapel we find the Altar of St. Barbara. The figures are made of wood and the altar was commisioned by the shomakers guild. It stems from the period 1480 to 1500.
The wings are movable and have paintings on the back, showing scenes from the life of St Barbara.
There are four figures surrounding St Barbara: top left is John the Baptist, down left shows James, upper right is Hedwig of Silesia and down right - Thomas of Canterbury.

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There are two old chandeliers in the nave. The oldest one, known as the "Basket chandelier" was created in 1490 by a Master Andreas. Two texts can still be read, the upper one saying: "master andreas et rotild hanske", the other one saying "a d CCCCLXXXX master andreas".
The second picture shows the other chandelier, which was made in Gdansk in the first half of the 17th century.

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This is the second chapel along the wall on the left hand side after entering the church.
The wooden altar, that is known as the Twelve Apostles Altar, was made in 1430. There once was 12 figures depicting the twelve apostles, but nowadays only four of them remains.
On the north wall of the Trinity Chapel there are five alabaster plaques in a wooden frame. They are from 1420 - 30, made in England. The plaques are presently put behind a glass cover, thus making the pictures a little bit diffuse.

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In Jadwiga's Chapel we find Jadwiga's Altar. It was made in Gdansk 1435 - 40.

When an alarm system was installed in the chapel in 1988, some unknown wall paintings were uncovered. They had been whitewashed during the Reformation but are very clear in colour.

As you can see from pic #5, there is a fence before the chapel which makes it a little bit complicated to take good photoes. The objective must be thread through the holes in the fence which hampers the photoing ability a bit....

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The Main City Hall was originally built in 1379 - 1492 but was almost completely destroyed during World War II. It has been very carefully rebuilt. The tower is 80 metres high and on top there is a replica of the golden king Sigismund August statue from 1561. Believe it or not - the statue is man-sized! The tower also hosts a clarion of 37 bells, inaugurated on New Year's Eve 2000.
Inside the Town Hall can we today find the Gdansk History Museum.

In the last picture you see two pieces of measures, special for Gdansk.