The
Gothic architecture arrived in
Poland in the first half of the 13th century with the arrival of the
Dominican and
Franciscan orders. The first elements of the new style are evident in the foundation of the Dominican
Trinity church in
Kraków (1226–1250),
[Marek Strzala]
Stroll through the historic Kazimierz area.
''Krakow Info.com'' (Internet Archive). Retrieved . built by Bishop
Iwo Odrowąż. Rebuilding of the
Wrocław Cathedral, started in 1244, was another early manifestation of the Gothic style. The earliest building in Poland built entirely in the Gothic style is the
chapel of St. Hedwig in Trzebnica (1268–1269), on the grounds of a Cistercian monastery.
Gothic architecture was proceeded by the
Romanesque style, and some Romanesque buildings still survive, mostly in the north and west of the country (see
here). Most Gothic buildings in Poland are made of
brick
A brick is a type of block used to build walls, pavements and other elements in masonry construction. Properly, the term ''brick'' denotes a block composed of dried clay, but is now also used informally to denote other chemically cured cons ...
, and belong to the
Baltic Brick Gothic
Brick Gothic (german: Backsteingotik, pl, Gotyk ceglany, nl, Baksteengotiek) is a specific style of Gothic architecture common in Northeast and Central Europe especially in the regions in and around the Baltic Sea, which do not have resourc ...
, especially in northern Poland (see
Significant Brick Gothic buildings in Poland). Nonetheless, not all Gothic buildings in Poland are made of brick. Many buildings, e.g. the
Wawel Cathedral in Kraków are mostly stone-built. Poland also has some Gothic
fieldstone churches, mostly of relatively small size. The centres of Polish Gothic are Kraków,
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 ...
,
Toruń and
Wrocław.
The reign of king
Casimir the Great
Casimir III the Great ( pl, Kazimierz III Wielki; 30 April 1310 – 5 November 1370) reigned as the King of Poland from 1333 to 1370. He also later became King of Ruthenia in 1340, and fought to retain the title in the Galicia-Volhynia Wars. He w ...
was the time of the greatest flowering of gothic architecture in Poland. A similar development took place in the late Gothic phase, during the reign of
Casimir the Jagiellonian.
In the region of
Lesser Poland (in the south) buildings were built of brick with stone blocks used for some details. Churches built in the area are often two-nave, there are also some basilicas with relatively short aisles.
Silesian Gothic resembles solution found in Lesser Poland, with some influence from
Bohemia
Bohemia ( ; cs, Čechy ; ; hsb, Čěska; szl, Czechy) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. Bohemia can also refer to a wider area consisting of the historical Lands of the Bohemian Crown ruled by the Bohem ...
. As in Lesser Poland, Silesian Gothic buildings were mostly made of brick, with stone being used for details. One of the characteristics is the location of the tower – at the intersection of the transept of the church choir, on the south-east. The architecture of the northern Poland was strongly influenced by the
Teutonic Order state buildings and
Hansa
Hansa may refer to:
Places
*Hanseatic League, a 13th–17th century alliance of European trading cities
*Hansa (shopping centre), in Turku, Finland
*Hansa-Park, a German attraction park
*480 Hansa, a main-belt asteroid, a minor planet orbiting th ...
cities. Churches in
Pomerania were largely made of brick and were built as
hall churches with tall towers, while basilicas were much less common. No new local form of the Gothic style developed in
Mazovia, and Mazovian architecture dominated by simplified forms of Gothic styles found elsewhere.
Castles
Beginning in the 13th century, royal and ducal castles were being modernized, expanding functionality of existing buildings (
Wawel Castle,
Legnica Castle). Construction of new castle began. As this initially required consent of the ruler, the oldest castles were state-built. Initially, in the 13th century, the characteristic elements of the locks were placed in a role within the wood-earth castles, so the first castles were irregular in shape (e.g., in
Opole
Opole (; german: Oppeln ; szl, Ôpole) ;
* Silesian:
** Silesian PLS alphabet: ''Ôpole''
** Steuer's Silesian alphabet: ''Uopole''
* Silesian German: ''Uppeln''
* Czech: ''Opolí''
* Latin: ''Oppelia'', ''Oppolia'', ''Opulia'' is a city loc ...
). After the mid-13th century abandoned the construction palatiów to be connected rather with the earlier epoch. Regular shape of castles spread throughout the Polish Kingdom in the reign of Casimir the Great, and built them into this shape, even in areas of previous castles (Rawa, Łęczyca, Koło). Castles and monasteries built by Joannites (Stare Drawsko,
Łagów,
Swobnica
Swobnica (formerly german: Wildenbruch in Pommern) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Banie, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland.
Geography
The village lies approximately south-west of ...
,
Pęzino
Pęzino (formerly German ''Pansin'') is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stargard, within Stargard County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately east of Stargard.
For the history of the reg ...
) and the Teutonic Order, in the state created by them in Prussia (Malbork,
Radzyń Chełmiński,
Niedzica) and bishops (in Lipowiec). The castles were built or final defense towers (known as stołp) and residential towers (donżon).
The best preserved Gothic castles are:
* in
Lesser Poland:
Chęciny
Chęciny (Yiddish: חענטשין – Khantchin or Chentshin) is a town in Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, southern Poland, with 104,361 inhabitants as of December 2021. It was first mentioned in historical documents from 1275, and ...
,
Odrzykoń
Odrzykoń is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wojaszówka, within Krosno County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Wojaszówka, north of Krosno, and south-west of the regio ...
,
Czorsztyn,
Niedzica, Kazimierz Dolny,
Bobolice,
Będzin, Lipowiec,
Ogrodzieniec and others on
Trail of the Eagles' Nests
The Trail of the Eagles' Nests ( pl, Szlak Orlich Gniazd) of south-western Poland, is a marked trail along a chain of 25 medieval castles between Częstochowa and Kraków. The Trail of the Eagles' Nests was first marked by Kazimierz Sosnowski. Si ...
* in northern Poland: built by the Teutonic Order in
Malbork
Malbork; ;
* la, Mariaeburgum, ''Mariae castrum'', ''Marianopolis'', ''Civitas Beatae Virginis''
* Kashubian: ''Malbórg''
* Old Prussian: ''Algemin'' is a town in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. It is the seat of Malbork County and has a ...
,
Nidzica
Nidzica (former pl, Nibork; ) (Old Prussian: Nīdaspils) is a town in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship of Poland, lying between Olsztyn and Mława, in Masuria. The capital of Nidzica County, it had a population in 2017 of 13,872.
History
Th ...
, Golub, Radzyń Chełmiński,
Gniew; or on their strongholds modeled (usually built on the estates of bishops) in
Kwidzyn, Lidzbark Warmiński,
Olsztyn,
Reszel.
* in
Mazovia: Castle in
Ciechanów,
Czersk,
Liw.
* in
Greater Poland
Greater Poland, often known by its Polish name Wielkopolska (; german: Großpolen, sv, Storpolen, la, Polonia Maior), is a Polish historical regions, historical region of west-central Poland. Its chief and largest city is Poznań followed ...
: Castle in the
Koło,
Szamotuły
Szamotuły (german: Samter) is a town in western Poland, in Greater Poland Voivodeship, about northwest of the centre of Poznań. It is the seat of Szamotuły County and of the smaller administrative district Gmina Szamotuły. The population was ...
,
Gołańcz
Gołańcz (german: Gollantsch) is a town in Wągrowiec County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,349 inhabitants (2004).
History
Gołańcz was first mentioned in a document from 1222. It was granted town rights in the 14th century. I ...
,
Łęczyca.
* in
Lower Silesia:
Siedlęcin Tower,
Bolków
Bolków (german: Bolkenhain) is a town in Jawor County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district ( gmina) called Gmina Bolków and part of the '' Neisse-Nysa-Nisa'' Euroregion.
Overvi ...
,
Chojnik
Chojnik Castle (pronounced , german: Kynast, 1945–1948 pl, Chojnasty) is a castle located above the town of Sobieszów, today part of Jelenia Góra in southwestern Poland. Its remains stand on top of the Chojnik hill () within the Karkonosze N ...
,
Żmigród,
Świny
File:Bobolice, Zamek (II).JPG, Bobolice Castle
The Bobolice Castle is a 14th-century royal castle in the village of Bobolice, Poland. The complex is located within a semi-mountainous highland region called the Polish Jura.
History
The castle in Bobolice was built by King Casimir III the Great ...
File:20140619 Zamek Ogrodzieniec 3703.jpg, Ogrodzieniec Castle (partially rebuilt)
File:Chęciny - zamek...jpg, Castle in Chęciny
Chęciny (Yiddish: חענטשין – Khantchin or Chentshin) is a town in Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, southern Poland, with 104,361 inhabitants as of December 2021. It was first mentioned in historical documents from 1275, and ...
File:20150411 Zamek w Będzinie 5554.jpg, Będzin Castle
File:Zamek książąt mazowieckich w Czersku 1.jpg, Masovian Dukes Castle in Czersk
File:Zamek w Ciechanowie.jpg, Masovian Dukes Castle in Ciechanów
File:Zamek Królewski w Łęczycy.jpg, Royal Castle in Łęczyca
File:646547 Lidzbark Warmiński zamek biskupi 02.JPG, Castle of Warmian Bishops in Lidzbark Warmiński
The Lidzbark Castle ( pl, Zamek w Lidzbarku, german: Burg Heilsberg), officially known as Lidzbark Bishops' Castle, is a fortified castle and palace from the 14th century located in the town of Lidzbark Warmiński, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in ...
File:Gniew zamek z rogu.JPG, Teutonic Castle in Gniew
File:Zamek w Nidzicy.jpg, Teutonic Castle in Nidzica
File:Zespół Zamku Krzyżackiego MALBORK 01.jpg, Teutonic Ordensburg in Malbork
Malbork; ;
* la, Mariaeburgum, ''Mariae castrum'', ''Marianopolis'', ''Civitas Beatae Virginis''
* Kashubian: ''Malbórg''
* Old Prussian: ''Algemin'' is a town in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. It is the seat of Malbork County and has a ...
File:KP, Olsztyn, zamek2.JPG, Castle of Warmian Bishops in Olsztyn
File:Radzyn zamek gotycki.jpg, Teutonic Castle in Radzyń Chełmiński
File:Wawel Kurza Stopka tower.PNG, Medieval parts of Wawel Castle in Kraków
Town halls
A town hall called
Ratusz was a symbol of a city's power in the Middle Ages. Around the town hall were other buildings associated with the function of the urban organism: hall, municipal building, weight, merchant stalls and pillory. Examples of unconverted later Gothic town halls include the
Wrocław Town Hall
The Old Town Hall ( pl, Stary Ratusz, german: Breslauer Rathaus) of Wrocław stands at the center of the city’s Market Square (''rynek''). The Gothic town hall built from the 13th century is one of the main landmarks of the city.
The Old To ...
, the Old Town Hall in Toruń and town halls in Chojna, Gdańsk and Szczecin.
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the Gothic tower of
the Ratusz town hall in
Kraków has survived.
[Kamil Janicki]
Co się stało z krakowskim ratuszem?
Ciekawostki turystyczne. The gothic town hall on the Old Town Market Square in Warsaw was demolished in 1820.
File:Wroclaw-Rathaus.jpg, Wrocław Town Hall
The Old Town Hall ( pl, Stary Ratusz, german: Breslauer Rathaus) of Wrocław stands at the center of the city’s Market Square (''rynek''). The Gothic town hall built from the 13th century is one of the main landmarks of the city.
The Old To ...
File:Torun Ratusz Staromiejski 2010 03 04 7189.JPG, Toruń Old Town Hall
File:Chojna ratusz.jpg, Chojna Town Hall
Chojna (german: Königsberg in der Neumark; csb, Czińsbarg; la, Regiomontanus Neomarchicus "King's Mountain in the New March") is a small town in northwestern Poland in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship. It lies approximately south of Szczec ...
File:Orneta, ratusz.jpg, Orneta Town Hall
File:Ayuntamiento Principal, Gdansk, Polonia, 2013-05-20, DD 05.jpg, Gdańsk Town Hall
Gdańsk Main Town Hall is a historic Ratusz located in the Gdańsk Main City borough of Śródmieście. It is one of the finest examples of the Gothic-Renaissance historic buildings in the city, built at the intersection of Ulica Długa and Dłu ...
File:Krakow-ratusz2.jpg, Kraków Town Hall
File:SM Pasłęk Ratusz (3) ID 645083.jpg, Pasłęk Town Hall
File:Kamień Pomorski ratusz (6).jpg, Kamień Pomorski Town Hall
File:RatuszNaRynkuSiennym02.jpg, Szczecin Town Hall
File:Malbork 3036.JPG, Malbork Town Hall
File:Morąg, ratusz.JPG, Morąg Town Hall
File:StRatuszSrodaSlaska.jpg, Środa Śląska Town Hall
File:Sandomierz - Ratusz.jpg, Sandomierz Town Hall
Sandomierz Town Hall – a building raised shortly after the Lithuanian Invasion in 1349. Formerly Gothic, the town hall had an octagonal tower. The southern side (with the sundial), being the oldest was built at the turning point of the fourteen ...
File:Lwówek Śląski Ratusz (3).JPG, Lwówek Śląski Town Hall
File:2012-04 Głubczyce 22.jpg, Głubczyce Town Hall
File:Brama KrakowskWln.JPG, Wieluń Town Hall
File:Olsztyn. Stary Ratusz.JPG, Olsztyn Old Town Hall
File:Ratusz w Tarnowie, Rynek (-) 2 pavw.JPG, Tarnów Town Hall
File:Niederlausitz 08-13 img11 Gubin (PL).jpg, Gubin Town Hall
File:Namysłów Ratusz 01.JPG, Namysłów Town Hall
Namysłów Town Hall was built in the second half of the fourteenth century. Formerly built in Gothic style but then built into the Renaissance style, in 2002 the town hall was renovated. Today it is recognised as one of the most beautiful cultural ...
File:Żnin, Wieża ratuszowa.jpg, Żnin Town Hall
File:Stargard Szczec ratusz (3).jpg, Stargard Town Hall
File:Trzcinsko ratusz kolb8433.JPG, Trzcińsko-Zdrój Town Hall
File:Brodnica, Duży Rynek (cropped).JPG, Brodnica Town Hall
Houses
Existing settlements received in the 13th and 14th centuries tracking new laws (usually based on
Magdeburg Law). Urban area is usually divided grid of streets perpendicular to the plot by creating a chessboard layout. Residential buildings, in the upper reaches is still built of wood or timber-framed art. In order to prevent the transmission of fire during the fire, often the wall was increased at the border of two adjacent parcels and tracts of gable roof receives addressed to the agent. Facades of houses stepped or triangular peaks. Houses of rich burghers sometimes received in the form of a richer decor. More often it was a topic mimicking polychrome wall, and wimpergi tracery. An example of building in the Gothic style is the house of Copernicus in Torun, in Sandomierz Długosz House, oldest building of Jagiellonian University – Collegium Maius, building on ul. Łazienna 22 in Toruń.
File:CopernicusHouse.jpg, Copernicus House, Toruń
File:Wislica Dom Dlugosza 20070825 1509.jpg, Długosz House, Wiślica
File:Gdansk DomSchlieffow.JPG, Schlieff Tenement 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 ...
File:Stary Rynek 50 51 Poznań.JPG, Houses in Old Market, Poznań
File:Dwór mieszczański, od strony bulwaru filadelfijskiego.jpg, St. George Guildhall in Toruń
File:Stargard Szczec kamienica gotycka (2).jpg, Protzen House, Stargard
Stargard (; 1945: ''Starogród'', 1950–2016: ''Stargard Szczeciński''; formerly German language, German: ''Stargard in Pommern'', or ''Stargard an der Ihna''; csb, Stôrgard) is a city in northwestern Poland, located in the West Pomeranian V ...
Town walls and town gates
The city walls surrounded, sometimes in place of the earlier shafts and such investment is carried out for many years, making frequent upgrades. Older consolidation often was increased. The sequence is often interrupted by walls tower. Cities sometimes receive a new, second belt walls (e.g., Wrocław, Toruń). Leading to the ornate gates of cities often preceded the late Gothic period barbakanami connected with them neck. First this form of defense on Polish soil was established in Toruń – Barbican Starotoruński of 1426, the best preserved in Poland barbican Barbican in Kraków. To this day preserved fragments of walls, of which most survived the gate, for example, in
Szydłów
Szydłów is a fortified town in Staszów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in southeastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Szydłów. It lies approximately west of Staszów and south-east of th ...
,
Sandomierz, Kraków
St. Florian's Gate and the
Kraków barbican. Significant parts of the walls have been preserved in
Stargard
Stargard (; 1945: ''Starogród'', 1950–2016: ''Stargard Szczeciński''; formerly German language, German: ''Stargard in Pommern'', or ''Stargard an der Ihna''; csb, Stôrgard) is a city in northwestern Poland, located in the West Pomeranian V ...
,
Pyrzyce,
Byczyna, Toruń. In
Chełmno and
Paczków city walls are preserved almost in its entirety.
File:Szydlow 20060619 1304 1.jpg, Kraków Gate, Szydłów
Szydłów is a fortified town in Staszów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in southeastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Szydłów. It lies approximately west of Staszów and south-east of th ...
File:Brama florianska.jpg, St. Florian's Gate, Kraków
File:Olsztyn, Wysoka Brama..jpg, High Gate in Olsztyn
File:Legnica, Brama Głogowska i wieża Świętej Jadwigi Zamku Piastowskiego -Aw58- 24.03.2012 r..JPG, Gothic towers in Legnica
Legnica (Polish: ; german: Liegnitz, szl, Lignica, cz, Lehnice, la, Lignitium) is a city in southwestern Poland, in the central part of Lower Silesia, on the Kaczawa River (left tributary of the Oder) and the Czarna Woda (Kaczawa), Czarna Woda ...
File:Wieża Katowska, Prudnik 2018.11.05 (03).jpg, Katowska and Mała Towers with a fragment of the town wall, Prudnik
File:Brama Mostowa, Toruń.JPG, Mostowa Gate in Toruń
File:2015 Brama Wodna w Bystrzycy Kłodzkiej 02.jpg, Water Tower in Bystrzyca Kłodzka
Bystrzyca Kłodzka ( cs, Kladská Bystřice, german: Habelschwerdt) is a historic town in Kłodzko County, in Lower Silesian Voivodeship in southwestern Poland. It is the administrative seat of Gmina Bystrzyca Kłodzka. As of December 2021, the ...
File:635489 Gdańsk Brama Mariacka 04.JPG, St. Mary's Gate 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 ...
File:Barbakan w Warszawie - 03.jpg, Barbican in Warsaw
Churches
Gothic churches can be found all over Poland, especially in major cities of late medieval Poland, including
Kraków,
Wrocław,
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 ...
. The
St. Mary's Church in Gdańsk is the largest brick church in the world. The Pelplin Cathedral in
Pelplin,
Pomerania is one of the largest churches in Poland. Kraków's
St. Mary's Basilica and
Wawel Cathedral are among the most recognisable landmarks in all of Poland.
File:Wawel katedra2.jpg, Wawel Cathedral in Kraków
File:Poland-00756 - St. John The Baptist Church (31101183261).jpg, St. John's Cathedral in Warsaw
St John's Archcathedral ( pl, Archikatedra św. Jana w Warszawie) is a Roman Catholic church within the Warsaw's Old Town, Old Town precinct in Warsaw, Poland. The Brick Gothic structure stands on , adjacent to the Jesuit Church, Warsaw, Jesuit Ch ...
File:635422 Gdańsk-k.Mariacki 01.JPG, St. Mary's Church, Gdańsk
File:Katedra św. Jana Chrzciciela nr1 e83.jpg, Wrocław Cathedral
File:Krakow CorpusChristiChurch G28.jpg, Corpus Christi Basilica
The Corpus Christi Basilica (Polish: ''Bazylika Bożego Ciała''), located in the Kazimierz district of Kraków, Poland is a Gothic church founded by King Casimir III the Great in 1335.
History
The basilica was erected in stages beginning in 134 ...
in Kraków
File:Frauenburger Dom 2010.jpg, Frombork Cathedral
Frombork Cathedral or the Archcathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Andrew ( pl, Bazylika archikatedralna Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny i św. Andrzeja we Fromborku) in Frombork, Poland, is a Roman ...
File:Kraków - St. Mary Church 01.JPG, St. Mary's Basilica, Kraków
File:Kraków - Trinity Church 01.jpg, Dominicans Church, Kraków
File:Katedra p.w. Wniebowzięcia NMP we Włocławku1 N. Chylińska.JPG, Cathedral Church in Włocławek
File:Torun kosciol sw Jakuba od Szpitalnej.jpg, St. Jacob Church, Toruń
File:Torun kosciol ss Janow z mostu drogowego.jpg, Cathedral, Toruń
File:Wrocław Breslau Mary Magdalene Church.JPG, St. Mary Magdalene Church, Wrocław
ST, St, or St. may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Stanza, in poetry
* Suicidal Tendencies, an American heavy metal/hardcore punk band
* Star Trek, a science-fiction media franchise
* Summa Theologica, a compendium of Catholic philosophy an ...
File:Wroclaw- kosciol Michala Archaniola.jpg, St. Michael Archangel Church, Wrocław
598582 Wrocław Bazylika Elżbiety 01.JPG, St. Elizabeth's Church, Wrocław
ST, St, or St. may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Stanza, in poetry
* Suicidal Tendencies, an American heavy metal/hardcore punk band
* Star Trek, a science-fiction media franchise
* Summa Theologica, a compendium of Catholic philosophy an ...
File:Iglesia de la Santa Cruz, Breslavia, Polonia, 2017-12-20, DD 15.jpg, Holy Cross Church, Wrocław
File:Wroclaw swDorotyStanislawaWaclawa.jpg, St. Dorothea Church, Wrocław
File:Szydlow church 20060619 1235.jpg, St. Ladislaus Church, Szydłów
Szydłów is a fortified town in Staszów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in southeastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Szydłów. It lies approximately west of Staszów and south-east of th ...
File:Kolegiata Dobre Miasto 1.JPG, Collegiate church, Dobre Miasto
File:Brosen katarzyna.jpg, St. Catherine Church, Gdańsk
File:Pelplin bazylika.JPG, Cathedral, Pelplin
File:Saint John the Baptist church in Orneta.jpg, St. John the Baptist Church, Orneta
Other buildings
File:Gdańsk (DerHexer) 2010-07-12 072.jpg, St. George Manor, Gdańsk
File:Gdansk Wielki Mlyn.jpg, Great Mill, Gdańsk
File:2014 Kłodzko, most gotycki 01.jpg, Gothic Bridge on millrace, Kłodzko
File:Arsenał Miejski, Wrocław 1.jpg, Arsenal, Wrocław
File:Stargard Archiwum.jpg, Arsenal, Stargard
Stargard (; 1945: ''Starogród'', 1950–2016: ''Stargard Szczeciński''; formerly German language, German: ''Stargard in Pommern'', or ''Stargard an der Ihna''; csb, Stôrgard) is a city in northwestern Poland, located in the West Pomeranian V ...
File:2012.05.08 MALBORK (231).JPG, Palace Great Masters in Malbork
File:Malbork zamek 21.jpg, Refectary in Malbork Castle
File:SM Prudnik Wieża Zamkowa Woka 2018 (0) ID 628462.jpg, Wok's Tower, Prudnik
See also
*
Culture of medieval Poland
The culture of medieval Poland was closely linked to the Catholic Church and its involvement in the country's affairs, especially during the first centuries of the Polish state's history. Many of the oldest Polish customs and artifacts date fr ...
References
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Polish art