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Floriańska appears on the 1257 plan of the extended city. It marks the beginning of the Royal Road in Kraków and stretches from the north-western end of the main square, Rynek Główny, to the landmark St. Florian’s Gate, a distance of 335 meters. In 1882, the first horse tram line started. In 1901 it was transformed into the electricity ...
It was built around 1300, although the top is a later addition. The adjoining walls, together with two towers, have also been left standing. The Florian Gate together with the nearby Barbican form part of a museum called the City Defence Walls, and one admission ticket covers entry to both.
Luckily preserved throughout Kraków’s development St. Florian’s Gate used to be the city’s main gate, the most representative and the most important Porta Gloriae. The first written mention of the gate itself dates to the year 1307, but it is important to remember that Kraków received the permission to erect city walls from Leszek the ...
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Known by the name Brama Florianska in Polish, St. Florian’s Gate is a Gothic tower in Krakow’s Old Town district. It was a part of the city’s defense and one of many fortifications built to ward off attacks by invaders. Built in the 14 th century, it was the main point of entry to the Old Town. It was also the point of entry for Polish ...
St. Florian's Gate or Florian Gate in Kraków, Poland, is one of the best-known Polish Gothic towers, and a focal point of Kraków's Old Town. It was built about the 14th century as a rectangular Gothic tower of "wild stone", part of the city fortifications against Tatar attack.
