Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #5 in Gdansk, Poland
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7.5 km
77 m
Explore Gdansk in Poland with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Activities in GdanskIndividual Sights in GdanskSight 1: Kościół pw. Niepokalanego Poczęcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny
The Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a Roman Catholic parish church belonging to the parish of the same name. It is located in the Śródmieście district of Gdansk, in the Lower Town.
Wikipedia: Kościół Niepokalanego Poczęcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny w Gdańsku (PL)
Sight 2: Music Academy in Gdańsk
The Stanisław Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk is a Polish music academy in Gdańsk, Poland. The university is supervised by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.
Wikipedia: Akademia Muzyczna im. Stanisława Moniuszki w Gdańsku (PL)
Sight 3: Baszta Kotwiczników
The Anchor Tower – a historic fortified tower in Gdańsk, located in the Main Town on the Old Motława River, near Podwale Przedmiejskie.
Sight 4: Archeological Museum
The Archaeological Museum in Gdańsk is a local government cultural institution run by the local government of the Pomeranian Voivodeship.
Sight 5: Brama Chlebnicka
The Chlebnicka Gate is one of the historic water gates in Gdansk, on the Motława River. It is located at the Long Embankment, at the end of Chlebnicka Street in the Main Town.
Sight 6: St Mary’s Church
St. Mary's Church, or formally the Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is a Brick Gothic Catholic church located in central Gdańsk, Poland. With its volume between 185,000 m3 and 190,000 m3 it is currently one of the two or three largest brick churches in the world. Only San Petronio Basilica in Bologna, comprising 258,000 m3 is larger, Munich Frauenkirche and Ulm Minster also comprise 185,000 to 190,000 m3.
Wikipedia: St. Mary's Church, Gdańsk (EN), Website, Heritage Website
Sight 7: Stary Dom Ławy
The Old House of the Bench is a historic tenement house in Gdansk, Poland. It is located at the Long Market.
Sight 8: Lwi Zamek
Lewi Castle - a tenement house in Gdańsk, at 35 Długa Street.
Sight 9: Ratusz Głównego Miasta
Gdańsk Main Town Hall is a historic Ratusz located in the Gdańsk Main City borough of Śródmieście. It is one of the finest examples of the Gothic-Renaissance historic buildings in the city, built at the intersection of Ulica Długa and Długi Targ, in the most popular part of Gdańsk. The Main Town Hall in Gdańsk houses the History Museum of the City of Gdańsk.
Sight 10: Baszta Słomiana
The Straw Tower – a historic, octagonal fortified tower in the Main Town of Gdańsk.
Sight 11: Wieża Więzienna
The Prison Tower was built as an element of the medieval fortifications of the Main Town in Gdańsk. Together with the Torture Chamber and the so-called Neck connecting them, it forms the foregate (barbican) complex of Dluga Street.
Sight 12: Baszta Narożna
The Corner Tower – one of the towers of the medieval fortification system of Gdańsk, the oldest of the preserved. The neighbouring tower is the Schultz Tower.
Sight 13: St. Peter and Paul Church
The Church of St. Peter and Paul is a church in Gdańsk, Poland. It is a historic parish church of the Old Suburb. It belongs to the group of the largest Gothic churches in Gdańsk. Between 1590 and 1945 it was the main church of the Gdańsk Reformed Evangelicals. Religious services were held here in Polish, English, French and German. In 1958, by virtue of the decision of the authorities of the Polish People's Republic, it was handed over to Roman and Armenian Catholics.
Sight 14: Kościół pw. Świętej Trójcy
The church of the Holy Trinity in Gdańsk - a late -Gothic temple erected for Franciscans embedded in 1419 in Stary Przedmieście (Lastadia), the southern part of the historic Gdańsk. The church is part of the former monastery complex of the smaller conventual brothers, which consists of the chapel of St. Anna, a locking house and closer to the church from the southern side of the monastery buildings with a viridar. After the Reformation in 1522, the Gdańsk Academic Junior High School and the Library were founded here. After 1872, the headquarters of the City Museum, currently a branch of the National Museum. A valuable work of late -Gothic brick architecture, with characteristic stepped peaks of the facade of the nave and presbytery and small turrets contrasting with the massive block of the church.
Sight 15: National Museum in Gdańsk
The National Museum in Gdańsk, established in 1972 in Gdańsk, is one of the main branches of Poland's national museum system.
Sight 16: Bastion Wiebego
Wiebe's Bastion – an element of the modern fortifications of the Old Suburb in Gdańsk in the form of a bastion. Its construction in the 17th century is an early example of the use of a cable car. To this day, the relics of the building have been preserved.
Sight 17: Baszta Biała
The White Tower, also known as the White Tower, is a historic medieval tower in Gdańsk, Poland, located in the Old Suburb district.
Sight 18: Baszta Pod Zrębem
The Tower under the Log River, also known as the Trump Tower, is a historic late-Gothic tower located in the Old Suburb of Gdańsk, near the Motława River, preserved in ruins. The neighbouring tower is the White Tower.
Sight 19: Bastion św. Gertrudy
Bastion of St. Gertrudy - a Bastion of the Noviełło type, built in the years 1607–1638 in Gdańsk, the only preserved in the original shape and the last of the western fortifications. One of the fourteen similar bastions that the city was fortified in the 17th century, located in the old suburbs near the Lower City.
Sight 20: Szaniec Jezuicki
The Jesuit Rampart, less often known as the "Jesuit Fort" – a historic trapezoidal fort in Gdańsk. It was founded by the Prussians on the edge of the upland, in a place towering over the Old Scots, at Kolonia Anielinki Street. Since 1968, the rampart has been entered into the register of monuments.
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