St. Florian's Gate

St. Florian's Gate, Kraków

St. Florian's Gate or Florian Gate (Polish: Brama Floriańska)[1] 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",[2] part of the city fortifications against Tatar attack.

  1. ^ Mara Vorhees, Georgetown University (2010). Krakow Encounter. Lonely Planet. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-74104-861-2. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Wild stone" was red granite, used in 14th-century Kraków architecture.

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