MobileBookMalborkCastle
CastleoftheTeutonicOrderinMalbork
Gdańsk
MobileBookMalborkCastle
CastleoftheTeutonicOrderinMalbork
MalborkCastleisthelargestbrick-builtcastleintheworld
ItwasoriginallybuiltbytheTeutonicKnights,aGermanRomanCatholicreligious
orderofcrusaders,TheOrdernameditMarienburg(Mary’sCastle).
In1466,thecastlebecamepartofRoyalPrussia,aprovinceofPoland.Itserved
asoneoftheseveralPolishroyalresidences,interruptedbyseveralyearsof
Swedishoccupation,andfulfillingthisfunctionuntilPrussiaclaimedthecastleas
aresultoftheFirstPartitionofPolandin1772.
MalborkCastlewasbadlydamagedin1945byanexplosionbuthassincebeen
repaired.
Theoutwallsandmoats
Maingate
CourtyardinMiddleCastle
Mary,MuseuminMiddleCastle
TeutonicOrdernamedthecastleMarienburg(Mary’sCastle).
MuseuminMiddleCastle
MuseuminMiddleCastle
MuseuminMiddleCastle
TheOrderoftheTeutonicKnightswascreatedbyGermanknightswho
accompaniedFrederickBarbarossaontheThirdCrusade(1189–1192).
ThoughfoundedtoprotectChristiansintheNearEast,theOrderturnedits
attentiontoeasternEuropeandin1226attackedthepaganPrussiansofeastern
Europe.TheintentionwastoconvertthePrussianstoChristianityandprotectthe
landsoftheChristianPolishprinces.
TheconstructionofMalborkCastlebeganin1274.
TheAcrefellin1291,theOrder’sheadquartersweremovedfromVeniceand
establishedatMalborkin1309.
Atthepeakoftheirpower,theTeutonicknightscontrolledabout120castles.
In1525duringtheProtestantReformation,theGrandMasteroftheTeutonic
Knights,Albert,secularizedtheorder’sPrussianterritory,becomingAlbert,Duke
ofPrussiaineasternPrussia.
TheBattleofGrunwaldisapaintingdepictingtheBattleofGrunwaldandthe
victoryofthealliedCrownoftheKingdomofPolandandGrandDuchyof
LithuaniaovertheTeutonicOrderin1410.
MalborkCastle1945
StatuesatCourtyardinMiddleCastle
TherightsidestatueistheGrandMasteroftheTeutonicKnights,Albert.He
secularizedtheorder’sPrussianterritory,becomingAlbert,DukeofPrussiain
easternPrussia.
TheIronCrosswasusedasthesymboloftheGermanArmy，itwasultimately
derivedfromthecrosspattéeusedbytheTeutonicOrder
Refectory,MiddleCastle
ThekingschairsinRefectory,MiddleCastle
Thechapel
Thesummerhall,GrandMasterPalace
GrandMasterPalace
GrandMasterPalace
GrandMasterPalace
Shells
TheUpperandMiddleCastles,separatedbymultipledrymoatsandtowers.
inchapel
Gravestonesinchapel
Theflourmill
UpperCastle
WaterwellinUpperCastleCourtyard
UpperCastle
Mainchapeldoor
Mainchapel
Mainchapel
ViewfromtheUpperCastleTower
TheMiddleCastleanditscourtyardseenfromtheUpperCastleTower
ViewfromtheUpperCastleTower
InUpperCastle
InUpperCastle
UpperCastleTower
BrickGothicGrandMaster’sPalace
MalborkCastlefromtheNogatRiver
Gdańsk
GdańskisaPolishcityontheBalticcoast.ItisPoland''sprincipalseaport
Thecity''shistoryiscomplex,withperiodsofPolishrule,periodsofPrussianor
Germanrule,andperiodsofautonomyorself-ruleasa"freecity".Betweenthe
worldwars,theFreeCityofDanzigwasinacustomsunionwithPoland
TheMilchkannentorisacitygateontheGdańsk.Theroundbasqueswerebuilt
inthe15thcentury
GreenGate.ItwasinspiredbytheAntwerpCityHall,ItissituatedbetweenLong
MarketandtheRiverMot?awa.Itwasbuilttoserveastheformalresidenceofthe
Polishmonarchs
TodaytheGreenGatehousestheNationalMuseuminGdańsk.Exhibitions,
meetings,conferencesandshowsareheldhere.
Theblackcraneonrightside
CraneisoneofthebranchesoftheCentralMaritimeMuseuminGdanskandthe
largestandoldestsurvivingportcraneofmedievalEurope
FountainoftheFourQuartersandRoyalChapel,BasilicaofSt.Maryin
background
FountainoftheFourQuarters
RoyalChapel-thebaroqueCatholicchapelattheMainTowninGdansk
St.Mary''sChurchisaRomanCatholicchurchinGdańsk,Poland.Its
constructionbeganin1379,or1343
GreatArmoryinGdansk,TheArmorywasbuiltintheyears1602-1605.
Thegroundfloorofthebuilding,withanareaof1819squaremeterswithavault
for15granitepillars,occupiedashoppingmall,ontheupperfloorshousedthe
AcademyofFineArts.Surfacecellarsis1528squaremeters.
PrisonTower-wasestablishedaspartofthemedievalfortificationsoftheMain
CityinGdansk.TogetherwiththeTortureChamberandconnectingthemso.The
neckisasetoftheGateway(barbakan).
PortaAlta-aRenaissancecitygateinGdansk,themaingatewaytothecity
TheGoldenGateislocatedatoneendofLongLane.Itwascreatedin1612–14
inplaceofa13th-centurygothicgate.ThearchitecturalstyleofthegateisDutch
mannerism.
GdańskMainTownHallisahistoricRatusz,builtattheintersectionoftheLong
LaneandLongMarket.ItisoneofthefinestexamplesoftheGothic-
Renaissancehistoricbuildingsinthecity
GdańskMainTownHallinGdańskhousestheHistoryMuseumoftheCityof
Gdańsk.
Neptune''sFountainislocatedintheLongMarket,bytheentrancetoArtusCourt.
TheArtusCourt,usedtobethemeetingplaceofmerchantsandacentreof
sociallife.TodayitisabranchoftheGdańskHistoryMuseum.
BarrackruinsatWesterplatte.
WesterplatteisapeninsulainGdańsk,Poland,locatedontheBalticSeacoast
mouthoftheDeadVistula.From1926to1939itwasthelocationofaPolish
MilitaryTransitDepot(WST),sanctionedwithintheterritoryoftheFreeCityof
Danzig(nowGdańsk).
ItisfamousfortheBattleofWesterplatte,whichwasthefirstclashbetween
PolishandGermanforcesduringtheInvasionofPolandandthusthefirstbattle
oftheEuropeantheaterofWorldWarII.
WesterplatteMonumentinmemoryofthePolishdefenders
WesterplatteMonument
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