Brama Floriańska, Kraków.

Bas-relief of St. Florian, on his Gate.

Brama Floriańska, north exit toward the Barbican.

The Florian Gate (St. Florian's Gate, Floriańska Gate) in Kraków, Poland (Polish: Brama Floriańska w Krakowie), named after St. Florian, is one of the best known Gothic towers in Poland, and a focal point of Kraków's Old Town. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 350 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1048 × 1796 pixel, file size: 404 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Brama FloriaÅ„ska / Gate of St. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 350 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1048 × 1796 pixel, file size: 404 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Brama FloriaÅ„ska / Gate of St. ... Wawel Hill, Old Town, Kraków. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2448 × 3264 pixel, file size: 3. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2448 × 3264 pixel, file size: 3. ... Bas relief is a method of sculpting which entails carving or etching away the surface of a flat piece of stone or metal. ... St. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2448 × 3264 pixel, file size: 4. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2448 × 3264 pixel, file size: 4. ... Barbican in Kraków The Barbican of Kraków (Polish: Barbakan Krakowski) is one of the few remaining relics of the complex network of fortresses and defensive barriers once encircling the city. ... Wawel Hill, Old Town, Kraków. ... St. ... View of Old Town Kraków from Wawel hill Stare Miasto (literally Old Town in Polish) refers to the central historical district of any Polish city, although the most prominent example is the one in Kraków, the acknowledged cultural capital of Poland. ...

The Florian Gate was built about the 1300s as a rectangular Gothic tower of wildstone,^[1] part of the city fortifications developed under the watchful eye of Prince Leszek Czarny who issued his permit in 1285. The Gate was manned by the Krakow's Furriers Guild in anticipation of the Turkish attack on the city. According to records, by 1473 there were already 17 towers defending the city. A century later, there were 33 towers. Also, in 1565–1566 the city arsenal was built next to the Florian Gate. Centuries: 13th century - 14th century - 15th century Decades: 1250s 1260s 1270s 1280s 1290s - 1300s - 1310s 1320s 1330s 1340s 1350s Years: 1300 1301 1302 1303 1304 1305 1306 1307 1308 1309 Events and Trends MARF Categories: 1300s ... Interior of Cologne Cathedral Gothic architecture is a style of architecture, particularly associated with cathedrals and other churches, which flourished in Europe during the high and late medieval period. ... Categories: Poland-related stubs | Polish monarchs | Dukes of Sieradz-Leczyca ... For broader historical context, see 1280s and 13th century. ... Events Ottoman sultan Mehmed II defeats the White Sheep Turkmens lead by Uzun Hasan at Otlukbeli Axayacatl, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan invades the territory of neighboring Aztec city of Tlatelolco. ... // Events March 1 - the city of Rio de Janeiro is founded. ... Events January 7 - Pius V becomes Pope Selim II succeeds Suleiman I as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Religious rioting in the Netherlands signifies the beginning of the Eighty Years War in the Netherlands. ... View of the Entrance to the Arsenal, by Canaletto, 1732. ...

The Gate tower is 33.5 metres tall, with the top Baroque helmet constructed in 1660 and renovated in 1694, adding one meter to its height. It is the only city gate of the original eight city gates built in the Middle Ages not dismantled during the 19th century "modernization" of Kraków. The adjoining walls together with two additional smaller towers had been preserved and today host the street display of amateur art available for purchase. Adoration, by Peter Paul Rubens. ... // Events January 1 - Colonel George Monck with his regiment crosses from Scotland to England at the village of Coldstream and begins advance towards London in support of English Restoration. ... Events February 6 - The colony Quilombo dos Palmares is destroyed. ... Categories: Stub ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ...

An 18th century bas-relief of St. Florian adorns the south wall. The tower's north side is decorated with a stone eagle carved in 1882 by Zygmunt Langman, based on a design by the renowned Polish painter Jan Matejko. Inside the gate is an altar with a late-Baroque copy of a classicist painting of Piaskowa Mother of God. At the Floriańska Gate Kraków's Royal Road begins. Through it entered the kings and princes, foreign envoys and guests of distinction as well as coronation processions and parades. They marched up Floriańska Street to the Main Market Square, and on down Grodzka Street to the Wawel Royal Castle. (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... Bas relief is a method of sculpting which entails carving or etching away the surface of a flat piece of stone or metal. ... St. ... Year 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Jan Matejko , self-portrait. ... Adoration, by Peter Paul Rubens. ... Classicism, in the arts, refers generally to a high regard for classical antiquity as setting standards for taste which the classicist seeks to emulate. ... Royal Coronations at Wawel Cathedral, Kraków, Poland: 20 January 1320 - WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw I the Short and his wife Hedwig. ... Rynek Główny. ... Wawel (Polish Wzgórze wawelskie or for short Wawel) is the name of a lime hillock situated on the left bank of the Vistula in Kraków, Poland at an altitude of 228 metres above sea level. ...

By the beginning of the 19th century the expanding city had begun to outgrow the confines of the old city walls. The walls had been falling into disrepair for a hundred years already due to lack of maintenance after the Partitions of Poland. The stagnant moat fed by the Rudawa River was a dump for illegal garbage and posed health concerns for the city. Such dire circumstances inspired Emperor Franz I of Austro-Hungary to order the dismantling of the city walls. However, on January 13, 1817, Professor Feliks Radwański of Jagiellonian University managed to convince the Session of the Senate of the Republic of Kraków to legislate the partial preservation of the old fortifications, namely, the Florian Gate and the adjoining Barbican. Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... The defensive wall of Braşov, Romania. ... The Partitions of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Polish: Rozbiór Polski or Rozbiory Polski; Lithuanian: Lietuvos-Lenkijos padalijimai, Belarusian: Падзелы Рэчы Паспалітай) took place in the 18th century and ended the existence of the sovereign Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. ... The moated manor house of Baddesley Clinton in Warwickshire, England Moats (also known as a Fosse) were deep and wide water-filled trenches, excavated to provide a barrier against attack upon castle ramparts or other fortifications. ... Francis I in Austrian coronation regalia, 1832 Austrian thaler of Francis II, dated 1821. ... Austria-Hungary, also known as the Dual monarchy (or: the k. ... January 13 is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1817 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Jagiellonian University (Polish: Uniwersytet JagielloÅ„ski, often shortened to UJ) is located in Krakow, Poland, and has been ranked by the Times Higher Education Supplement as the best Polish university. ... The Free City of Kraków (Polish: Wolne Miasto Kraków), also known as Republic of Kraków (Rzeczpospolita Krakowska), was a city-state created by the Congress of Vienna in 1815 and controlled by its three neighbors, Russia, Prussia and Austria until 1846. ... Barbican in Kraków The Barbican of Kraków (Polish: Barbakan Krakowski) is one of the few remaining relics of the complex network of fortresses and defensive barriers once encircling the city. ...

Medieval city walls

The inner city wall was about 2.4 metres wide and 6–7 metres high. There was also the outer, lower wall, ten meters ahead of it. The walls were interrupted by defensive towers, which were 10 m high. In the 19th century — just before they were demolished by the city — there were 47 towers still standing. Now there are only three Gothic towers left in all of Kraków: the Carpenters, the Haberdashers and the Joiners Towers, connected to Florian Gate by the several-dozen-meters-long stretch of walls. Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Selected references

1. ^ Wild stone, a typical feature of 14th century architecture in Kraków, refers to red granite

• About Florian Gate at www.cheapflights.com.pl
• About Florian Gate and the city walls at www.krakow4u.pl in Polish only.

External links

• About Florian Gate at www.cracowonline.com

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