Night photo along the Motława River is the Rybackie Pobrzeże (street) with Swan Tower (round cylindrical ancient structure), next is the Straganiarska Gate and the closest is the St. John's Gate in the Main Town of Gdansk, Poland. 972a
Swan Tower - a gothic historic tower in Gdańsk, being the northernmost element of the medieval fortifications of the Main Town .
It is located at the Fish Market, on the Motława River .
The tower was built on the foundations of the Fisherman's Bastion, erected in the second half of the fourteenth century by the Teutonic Order, together with the former castle in Gdańsk. The Fisherman's Bastion also controlled the port on the Motława River. The tower was destroyed by the inhabitants of Gdańsk in 1454, and then rebuilt and raised by one story, but the firing direction was directed at the neighboring Castle . It obtained the form of a brick truncated cylinder, covered with a conical ceramic roof.
When the tower lost its defensive significance, it was entwined with tight buildings of small tenement houses. In 1945 it was badly damaged. Due to the destruction of the residential buildings around it during World War II, the tower reappeared in the city's landscape. It was restored in 1967 [1] . Currently, it houses the seat of the Polish Maritime Club . In 2010, the construction of the Hilton Hotel was completed in the immediate vicinity of the tower. (Wikipedia)
Straganiarska Gate
Brama Straganiarska is yet another amazing piece of architecture in Gdansk.
Originally one of the water gates located at the end of Ul Straganiarska,built between 1481 and 1492 the gate has the coat of arms of Royal Prussia,Poland and Gdansk carved exquisitely in stone on the River Motława side.
Extensively destroyed during WW2 and rebuilt post war between 1956 and 1957 this gate now looks amazing and makes for some great photographic opportunities.
Easy to locate on Ul Straganiarska and most definitely well worth checking out. (Tripadvisor)
St. John's Gate
Brama Świętojańska
Świętojańska Gate - one of the historic water gates in Gdańsk . It is located at the exit of ul. Świętojańska, at the Rybackie Pobrzeże . The gate is almost entirely a modern reconstruction.
The gate was built in the Middle Ages, at the end of the 14th century. There are no accounts of its original appearance. It was probably a small, two-story building, covered with a steep ridge roof. In the 16th century, it lost its military significance and housed apartments and workshops. Rebuilt in the 19th century, it gained a classicist pediment located on the Motława side .
Completely destroyed during World War II (only the brick, pointed-arched passage of the gate from the river side survived, used during the reconstruction), it was rebuilt in 1976-1978, in a classicist form from the beginning of the 19th century . Currently, it is the seat of the Polish Association of Construction Engineers and Technicians .
Rybackie Pobrzeże
Rybackie Pobrzeże - a street in Gdańsk , part of the Fish Market located directly on the Motława River .
In the past, it was separated from the rest of the Fish Market by a frontage of houses, in which there were three passages: the Straganiarska Gate, the Tobias Gate and a narrow passage known as the "Butter Gate".
In its historical shape, preserved in many archival photographs, it was a place where fish were traded, both on a wooden pier and directly from the boats moored to the quay. The literature also features characteristic vendors from Rybackie Pobrzeże, who speak the local variant of the Low German language , in which there were many words of Kashubian origin.
After the destruction in 1945, now the Rybackie Pobrzeże does not clearly stand out from the Fish Market, but for people walking along the Motława River it is an extension of the Long Embankment .
Night photo along the Motława River is the Rybackie Pobrzeże (street) with Swan Tower (round cylindrical ancient structure), next is the Straganiarska Gate and the closest is the St. John's Gate in the Main Town of Gdansk, Poland. 972a
Swan Tower - a gothic historic tower in Gdańsk, being the northernmost element of the medieval fortifications of the Main Town .
It is located at the Fish Market, on the Motława River .
The tower was built on the foundations of the Fisherman's Bastion, erected in the second half of the fourteenth century by the Teutonic Order, together with the former castle in Gdańsk. The Fisherman's Bastion also controlled the port on the Motława River. The tower was destroyed by the inhabitants of Gdańsk in 1454, and then rebuilt and raised by one story, but the firing direction was directed at the neighboring Castle . It obtained the form of a brick truncated cylinder, covered with a conical ceramic roof.
When the tower lost its defensive significance, it was entwined with tight buildings of small tenement houses. In 1945 it was badly damaged. Due to the destruction of the residential buildings around it during World War II, the tower reappeared in the city's landscape. It was restored in 1967 [1] . Currently, it houses the seat of the Polish Maritime Club . In 2010, the construction of the Hilton Hotel was completed in the immediate vicinity of the tower. (Wikipedia)
Straganiarska Gate
Brama Straganiarska is yet another amazing piece of architecture in Gdansk.
Originally one of the water gates located at the end of Ul Straganiarska,built between 1481 and 1492 the gate has the coat of arms of Royal Prussia,Poland and Gdansk carved exquisitely in stone on the River Motława side.
Extensively destroyed during WW2 and rebuilt post war between 1956 and 1957 this gate now looks amazing and makes for some great photographic opportunities.
Easy to locate on Ul Straganiarska and most definitely well worth checking out. (Tripadvisor)
St. John's Gate
Brama Świętojańska
Świętojańska Gate - one of the historic water gates in Gdańsk . It is located at the exit of ul. Świętojańska, at the Rybackie Pobrzeże . The gate is almost entirely a modern reconstruction.
The gate was built in the Middle Ages, at the end of the 14th century. There are no accounts of its original appearance. It was probably a small, two-story building, covered with a steep ridge roof. In the 16th century, it lost its military significance and housed apartments and workshops. Rebuilt in the 19th century, it gained a classicist pediment located on the Motława side .
Completely destroyed during World War II (only the brick, pointed-arched passage of the gate from the river side survived, used during the reconstruction), it was rebuilt in 1976-1978, in a classicist form from the beginning of the 19th century . Currently, it is the seat of the Polish Association of Construction Engineers and Technicians .
Rybackie Pobrzeże
Rybackie Pobrzeże - a street in Gdańsk , part of the Fish Market located directly on the Motława River .
In the past, it was separated from the rest of the Fish Market by a frontage of houses, in which there were three passages: the Straganiarska Gate, the Tobias Gate and a narrow passage known as the "Butter Gate".
In its historical shape, preserved in many archival photographs, it was a place where fish were traded, both on a wooden pier and directly from the boats moored to the quay. The literature also features characteristic vendors from Rybackie Pobrzeże, who speak the local variant of the Low German language , in which there were many words of Kashubian origin.
After the destruction in 1945, now the Rybackie Pobrzeże does not clearly stand out from the Fish Market, but for people walking along the Motława River it is an extension of the Long Embankment .