{"id":2697,"date":"2018-08-26T20:08:02","date_gmt":"2018-08-26T18:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/palinski.org\/?p=2697"},"modified":"2021-05-10T17:18:29","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T15:18:29","slug":"amber-museum-and-katownia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/palinski.org\/?p=2697","title":{"rendered":"Amber museum and Katownia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Katownia<\/a> was first a one of the gates leading inside the city, later expanded and served as a prison, court room, it had also a torture chambers. Now there is located Amber museum together with small museum of building history. Atop of tower is also a view point. In the same bulding, but at the ground floor is amber jewellery shop.<\/p>\n

Katownia is located in\u00a0Gda\u0144sk\u2019s Main City district at\u00a054\u00b020\u201959\u2033N 18\u00b038\u201950\u2033E.<\/p>\n

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Normal price 16<\/strong> z\u0142, reduced 8<\/strong> z\u0142.<\/p>\n

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Viewpoint, normal price 10<\/strong> z\u0142, reduced 5<\/strong> z\u0142.<\/p>\n

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You can also buy 90 day pass to all eight branches of Gda\u0144sk municipal museums, normal price 80<\/strong> z\u0142, reduced 50<\/strong> z\u0142.<\/p>\n

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On Wednesdays entrence is free. See https:\/\/muzeumgdansk.pl\/index.php?id=362&L=1<\/a> for current information.<\/p>\n\n

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The sightseeing begins with the amber museum.<\/p>\n

Amber is gathered in many places all around the world and each place has it’s own characteristic amber.<\/p>\n

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Amber is a resin that have fallen into a water and hardened. Sometimes an insect (in rare cases something bigger) falls into resin resulting in amber with preserved insect exactly how it looked millions of years ago.<\/p>\n

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Throughout history a jewellery was made out of amber. Because for a few centuries Gda\u0144sk was the wealthiest city in Poland (and the wealthiest city on Baltic sea and one of the wealthiest cities in Europe), many amber jewelers lived here.<\/p>\n

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Amber variation of Faberg\u00e9 egg.<\/p>\n

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At the highest floor of Prison Tower a viewpoint is located.<\/p>\n

East view: at the bottom of the picture we can see parts of Katownia building, close to the Katownia is Brama Wy\u017cynna<\/a> (High gate), the whole complex of buildings just beside the street is shopping mall.<\/p>\n

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Northern view: the most part of this view is a square called Targ W\u0119glowy, there is a scene and many merchants tents because i took the picture during St. Dominic’s Fair<\/a>. Behind the scene is theatre building (Teatr Wybrze\u017ce) and behind theatre you can see the tower of\u00a0St. Catherine’s Church<\/a> in which The Bell Tower Clock Museum is located. Four roofs together at the right side is\u00a0the\u00a0Grand Armory<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Western view: you can clearly see Z\u0142ota Brama<\/a> (Golden Gate) at which\u00a0Long Lane<\/a>\u00a0begins with Main City Town Hall<\/a> at the end of the street. On the left of Z\u0142ota Brama is The Court of St. George Brotherhood<\/a>. The big tower on the left is St. Mary\u2019s Basilica<\/a> bell tower. Smaller tower even further on the left is\u00a0St. John\u2019s Church<\/a>\u00a0bell tower.<\/p>\n

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There is no souther view as it is not available for the public.<\/p>\n

Katownia’s inner yard.<\/p>\n

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Katownia was first a one of the gates leading inside the city, later expanded and served as a prison, court room, it had also a torture chambers. Now there is located Amber museum together with small museum of building history. Atop of tower is also a view point. In the same bulding, but at the<\/p>\n

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