Zielona Brama

Zielona Brama - Green Gate. Built in 1564-1568. Rebuilt and restored in 1950-1953. The structure included state apartments repurposed as a museum in 1879 and as the National Museum in Gdańsk from 2004. At the east end of Długi Targ (Long Market). "The Lange-Markt is terminated on the E. by the Grüne Tor, erected in 1568, which contains the natural history and prehistoric collections of the West Prussian Provincial Museum".--Baedeker 1910. DSC_0039

Gdańsk Day 1

September 21st 2018
What a surprise was in store at Gdańsk. I knew something of Gdańsk and its history as the former Danzig. My impression had been of a heavily industrialized and port city. It was where the <em style="color:𱖊 font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" lang="pl">Solidarność movement had started among the shipyard workers in 1980. Our hotel, the Radisson Blue, was situated right o ... read more

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