Gdansk- City of Freedom!

Gdańsk

Its unusual location and more than a thousand years of history make Gdansk a distinct, decisive city with a strong and established position on the map of Europe. Called a city of freedom because of the events of August 1980, Gdansk is a modern European metropolis, a knowledge-based economy, a thriving center of culture, science, entertainment and sports, an attractive tourist destination and the world capital of amber. Its numerous monuments, interesting history and convenient location on the Baltic Sea make not only Gdanskers think it is the most beautiful and interesting city in Poland.

What is worth seeing in Gdansk? Here are some suggestions:

- Amber Museum

Gdansk is called the Amber Capital of the World. The world's largest amber fair, Amberif, attracts thousands of buyers from all over the world to the city every year. To learn about the history of amber, how it is processed and how it is used, visit the Amber Museum. There you can see prehistoric fauna and flora encased in amber, as well as amazing objects made from this material.

- Uphagen House - Museum of Bourgeois Interiors

The Uphagen House is the former home of Danzig councillor Jan Uphagen, where you will learn how wealthy Danzigers lived in the late 18th century. The credit for this goes to the owner, who was very keen that nothing was changed here after his death.

- Neptune's Fountain - this 650-kilogram statue can be considered the most distinctive landmark of Gdansk. Created in 1633, it stands in front of the Artus Court and for many is certainly a symbol of the city. The figure of Neptune alludes to Gdansk's relationship with the sea.

- Artus Court - for many years was one of the finest buildings of its kind in northern Europe. Artus Courts were established in large numbers throughout Europe and especially in Hanseatic cities, as meeting places for wealthy patricians, merchants and craftsmen, following the example of the legendary Round Table of King Arthur's knights. Gdansk's Artus Court was an important center of Gdansk's social and commercial life and the most democratic place in the country. The representative interior of the Court houses a huge 12-meter-high Renaissance tiled stove, the work of Georg Stelzener from the mid-16th century, decorated with tiles painted by Master Jost, which depict portraits of prominent European rulers of the time, coats of arms and personifications of virtues and planets. Artus Court is part of the Historical Museum of the City of Gdansk.

- Main Town Hall

The most magnificent and valuable secular building of old Gdansk, the seat of the city authorities. It was built from 1379 to 1492. The 80-meter-high tower's helmet, created by master Dirk Daniels of Zeeland, is crowned by a gilded metal statue of King Sigismund Augustus. Burned to the ground in 1945, it was rebuilt until 1970 and is now the headquarters of the Historical Museum of the City of Gdansk.

- Long Street and Long Market forming the Royal Route are among the most beautiful streets in Gdansk. They run perpendicular to the Motlawa River from Zlota Brama (Golden Gate) to Zielona Brama (Green Gate). Long Market in the 16th and 17th centuries served as a stock exchange. The wealthiest patricians of Gdansk, mayors, rich merchants lived here and almost every tenement house has its own interesting history. The oldest surviving houses were built as early as the Middle Ages, but most of the buildings date from modern times. The tenements on Dluga Street are typical Danzig houses with narrow facades crowned with gables or attics, richly decorated with coats of arms, allegorical figures and figures of ancient heroes. On Dlugi Targ Street rise the most important secular buildings of the Main City: the Main Town Hall and Artus Court.

- Zlota Kamienica

It is one of the most beautiful buildings in Gdansk. It was erected for Mayor Jan Speymann, a wealthy merchant and enlightened patron of the arts, and his wife Judith of Bahr. It was built before 1609, according to a design by Abraham van den Blocke, who was also the author of part of the sculptural decoration, completed by 1618. The tenement owes its fame to its rich façade - Golden Gate

Built between 1612-1614 according to a design by Abraham van den Blocke in the Renaissance style. The stone sculptures of the 1648 attic were made by Peter Ringering. They are allegorical representations of civic virtues: Prudence, Justice, Piety and Concord. Adjacent to the Golden Gate is the Court of the Brotherhood of St. George, built by J.Glotau in 1487-1494 in the late Gothic style.

- Crane

This is the largest port crane of medieval Europe, and one of the most characteristic buildings of Gdansk. Located on the Motlawa River, it was used for reloading goods and placing masts on ships. It also served as the city gate. It acquired its present form in 1442-1444. Inside it there is a reconstructed and active driving mechanism - a huge wooden wheel, once moved by the power of human legs. The crane is one of the branches of the National Maritime Museum.

- St. Mary's Basilica - known as the "crown of the city of Gdansk" is the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the largest brick Gothic temple in Europe, was built for 159 years in several stages between 1343 and 1502. Inside there are many excellent works of medieval and Baroque art, including a stone Pieta from about 1410, a copy of the Last Judgment painted by Hans Memling in 1472, an astronomical clock made in 1464-1470 by Hans Düringer, or the main altarpiece created in 1510-1517 by Master Michael of Augsburg.

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