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High Gate

2A Wały Jagiellońskie Street, Gdańsk, 80-887

High Gate
High Gate
High Gate
High Gate
High Gate

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This renaissance city gate was a main entry point to the city and marked the beginning of Gdansk’s Royal Route. High Gate (Polish: Brama Wyżynna) built in 1588 by Willem van den Blocke and up until 1895 is was part of larger fortified structure guarding the city. Today, however, Brama Wyzynna is a stand-alone historic landmark. Throughout the years the building undergone relatively little changes and for the first 290 years the gate remained in its original form. Brama Wyzynna is now part of Historic Museum of Gdansk and houses Tourist Information Centre.

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