The City of Nicholas Copernicus

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February 10th 2008

Published: March 10th 2008

Torun is a city in northern Poland, on the Vistula River. The medieval old town of Toruń is the birthplace of Nicolaus Copernicus. It was inscribed onto the World Heritage List of UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1997. Torun is one of the few Polish cities which were not destroyed in World War II. The buildings you see here are as old as they look. Everybody knows the story of the rat catcher o... Read Full Entry

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Dwor Artusa - Artus Court

Neo-renaissance building from the end of the 19th century built at the place of an earlier gothic Hall of Artus and two neighbouring tenement houses. It used to be the seat of the brotherhood of Saint George, gathering rich patricians of the city. Since 1995 the building is the seat of "The Hall of Artus" Culture Centre and the Chamber Orchestra of ToruÅ. There is a shop with the famous ToruÅ gingerbread cakes on the ground floor.

Part of the pretty borders of the city

Torun streets

Kopernika

Torun streets

Krzywa Wieza - Leaning Tower

Originally a triple-wall defensive tower from the 14th century. As a result of ground giving it is leaned about 1,4 m out of the vertical.

Krzywa Wieza - Leaning Tower

Originally a triple-wall defensive tower from the 14th century. As a result of ground giving it is leaned about 1,4 m out of the vertical.

Spichrz Barokowy - Baraoque Granary

One of the most interesting granaries in Poland. Dating back to the first half of the 17th century, with characteristic window frames in the shape of sacks of grain.

Krzywa Wieza - Leaning Tower

Originally a triple-wall defensive tower from the 14th century. As a result of ground giving it is leaned about 1,4 m out of the vertical.

Passage between the old city wall and the Baraoque Granary

Spichrz Gotycki - Gothic Granary

Gothic granary from the second half of 14th century,. representing the high level of warehousing architecture from the period when trade flourished in Torun.

Leaning Tower from far

Very characteristic windows from 13th-14th century Poland

A balcony for a hammock! (no ground)

Brama Klasztorna - Monastery Gate

Built in the first half of the 14th century. It was built up around 1420. It was adapted to housing needs in the 19th century. It is one of three still preserved town gates and one of the eight gates which guarded the entrance to the Old Town in the Middle Ages.

Leaning Tower from distance

City walls

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Torun streets

One of the defense Towers nicely decorated from the period

Brama Zeglarska - Sailor's Gate

Built in the middle of the 14th century. It lead to the waterside of the Vistula river, to the port. During the 18th century it housed a prison; in the 19th century it was designated for housing.

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