St. Florian's Gate
St. Florian's Gate or Florian Gate (
History
The tower, first mentioned in 1307, had been built as part of a protective rampart around Kraków after the Tatar attack of 1241 which destroyed most of the city.
The Gate tower is 33.5 metres tall. The Baroque metal "helmet" that crowns the gate, constructed in 1660 and renovated in 1694, adds another metre to the height of the gate. Brama Floriańska is the only city gate, of the original eight built in the Middle Ages, that was not dismantled during the 19th-century "modernization" of Kraków. The adjoining city walls and two additional, smaller towers had been preserved and today host street displays of amateur art available for purchase.
The south face of St. Florian's Gate is adorned with an 18th-century
Royal Route
Kraków's
By the beginning of the 19th century, the expanding city had largely outgrown the confines of the old
City walls
Until the 19th century, Kraków had massive
Gallery
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St. Florian's Gate seen from the Barbican -
St. Florian's Gate and the defensive walls -
St. Florian's gate at dusk -
The Princes Czartoryski Family Chapel -
A chapel inside St. Florian's Gate -
APiast Eagle designed by Jan Matejkoover the entrance to the gate -
A bas-relief depicting Saint Florian, (18th century)
See also
Notes
- ISBN 978-1-74104-861-2. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ^ "Wild stone" was red granite, used in 14th-century Kraków architecture.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-59880-590-1. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ISBN 978-88-476-2075-9. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
External links
Media related to Florian Gate in Kraków at Wikimedia Commons