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Nov 15, 2023 · Floriańska Gate. ul. Floriańska , Old Town 15 Nov 2023. Across from the Barbican - to which it was once connected via drawbridge over the city moat - stands the iconic Floriańska Gate. Erected in 1307, this Gothic gateway tower and its adjacent towers (plus the Barbican) are almost all that remains of the city's ancient defences which once ...
The gate itself is not worth much. It has a copy of black madonna czestochowa inside and sometimes a band plays music nearby. That being said its part of the "royal way" that runs
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Walking from St Florian’s Gate towards the Main Market Square, it’s worth paying attention to individual townhouses and their architectural details: The house at No. 45 is the famous Jama Michalika, a stomping ground of the Young Poland movement. In 1895 Jan Michalik, a confectioner from Lviv, opened his business here; although he called it ...
The St Florians Gate is further to the old city than the Barbican fortress - it is the real city gate once you had entered through the fortress. It was built in the Middle Ages to prevent attacks from outside enemies; and named after the saint who is also the namesake of the church a bit further north.
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Kraków, Poland, Europe. Kraków. This 12th-century church’s location was chosen by the oxen that carried the remains of St Florian from Rome. When the beasts would go no further, it was interpreted as a sign of a holy site. In 1582, the church survived a fire that swept through the city; since then, St Florian has been a patron saint of ...
