gda poland the renaissance gateway place known upland gate built 1575

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GdaÃâsk Poland - the renaissance gateway of the place known as the Upland Gate, built in 1575.

The Renaissance Upland Gate in GdaÃâsk, built in 1575, was the main entrance gate to the city, opening the so-called Royal Way; until 1895 it was within the sixteenth-century fortifications, between the Bastion of St. ElÃÂ¼bieta and the Kara Bastion; the massive form of the gate referred to the city gates in Antwerp based on Italian patterns; on the ground floor, four double Tuscan pilasters flank three semicircular passages - the middle one, the highest one, is intended for vehicular traffic, two side ones are intended for pedestrian traffic; on the eastern faÃÂ§ade, facing the Torture Chamber, there is a relief coat of arms of the German Empire, added during the partitions in 1884.