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City walls of Gdańsk are mostly demolished defensive fortifications in The Lower City and fortifications
/ref> Most of the fortifications were demolished during the 1920s.
City walls of Gdańsk are mostly demolished defensive fortifications in Gdańsk
Gdańsk ( , also ; ; csb, Gduńsk;Stefan Ramułt, ''Słownik języka pomorskiego, czyli kaszubskiego'', Kraków 1893, Gdańsk 2003, ISBN 83-87408-64-6. , Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, ''Orbis latinus oder Verzeichniss der lateinischen Benen ...
(german: Danzig), Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
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Building of city walls in Danzig began in 1343. The main wall, moat and outer wall were completed in 1380. The medieval wall became obsolete during the 16th century due to the development of artillery. The city began to build a modern fortification in late 16th century and it took decades to finish. Danzig was surrounded by a bastion fort
A bastion fort or ''trace italienne'' (a phrase derived from non-standard French, literally meaning ''Italian outline'') is a fortification in a style that evolved during the early modern period of gunpowder when the cannon came to domin ...
and a stone lock was built in Motława
Motława (; csb, Mòtława) is a river in Pomerelia, Eastern Pomerania in Poland. The source is in Szpęgawskie Lake, northeast from the town of Starogard Gdański. It goes through Rokickie Lake to Martwa Wisła, a branch of the Vistula. The to ...
, which could be used to flood the surroundings of the city./ref> Most of the fortifications were demolished during the 1920s.
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