Old Town historically the oldest part of Lublin. From 23 February 2006 the administrative district of Lublin, which also included allotments "Pidzamche" on the east side al. The Union of Lublin. May 16, 2007, the band architecture and urban planning was included in the list of historical monuments. Cracow Gate entrance gate to the Old City, the residue ramparts of the fourteenth century and one of the most recognizable symbols of the castle. It was staged in the Gothic style, and was given the eighteenth century baroque figure. Every day at noon it was enacted bugle Lublin out of the music signal is played with the New Town Hall, which is located vis-à-vis the Cracow Gate. Grodzka Gate - the city gate, the remainder of the first masonry elements of the castle walls, built in 1342, the authorization of Casimir the Great. Current monument has the shape given to it in 1785 by the court architect of King Stanislaw August Poniatowski, Dominik Merlini, and its appearance is the result of renovation of the eighteenth century. Grodzka Gate was also known as the Jewish Gate, because it was going on between the Old Town and the Jewish Quarter. Gothic tower reconstructed in the 80s Twentieth century and being, with a part of the city walls, fortifications testimony Gothic Old Town. Tower was built in 1341 with walls of stone and brick revetment. Fish Gate the fifteenth-century door completely reconstructed after World War II. She was once owned by landlords and Market 5 Grodzka 2, which is adjacent. It leads to Square Fish, where he formerly held a brisk trade. Trinitarian Tower neo-Gothic bell tower is the highest point of altitude historic Lublin. The observation deck at a height of 40 meters offers a vast panorama of the city. Name of the tower comes from the law oo. Trinitarians who have stayed at pojezuickich monastic buildings, located near the tower. Currently in its interior houses the Museum of the Archdiocese. Included in the buildings of the Jesuit college. Short Square a central place in Lublin, connecting old town with streets: Royal, Krakow Suburb and Lubartowska. On its edge is Cracow Gate and New Town Hall. Square was founded in 1611 after backfilling rozplantowaniu moats and ramparts. The funds raised in this way, the square formed a convenient place fair, which traded in grain, using the then measure - a bushel; square called the Korce. The current name refers to the 600th anniversary of the granting Lublin city rights by King Ladislaus the Short in 1317. The Parish Church Square - square in the center of the Old Town. In the years 1936-1938 there unearthed the foundations of the parish church of St. Nicholas. Michael the Archangel. In 2002, the foundations were restored. The present parish church square is a popular venue for concerts and meetings of Lublin. Castle, the Chapel of the Castle - originally built in the twelfth century, in the thirteenth century, was added to the Romanesque donjon (tower residential and defensive), rebuilt several times during the German occupation prison was located there, and later on the same goals Castle settled in the NKVD, it was only in the mid- 50th In the twentieth century, created a museum. The castle chapel church. St. Trinity built a foundation of Casimir the Great is one of the most important monuments in Poland, covered Russo-Byzantine frescoes from 1418, created at the request of Wladyslaw Jagiello. Crown Court - was built in the late fourteenth century, was originally used as a town hall, from 1578 housed the Crown Court, the highest court for the nobility of Lesser Poland and Rus, in the eighteenth century, rebuilt in neoclassical style by Dominik Merlini, now there is a registry office. Townhouses Old Town dozens of baroque and classical buildings such as the market was rebuilt many times. There remained no traces of the Gothic predecessors of these objects. In later years, Renaissance decor disappeared, but a few remained intact objects. Enjoy as this can be one of the most beautiful baroque markets in Poland. Since the restoration work is underway that aim to beautify the central point of the Old Town. Among the dozens of beautiful houses can be distinguished: The building Klonowica (No. 2) - Its facade is decorated with sgraffito medallions with images of famous people associated with Lublin: Sebastian Klonowic, Biernat of Lublin, Jan Kochanowski, who died in Lublin and Vincent Fields. Tenement House of the Lubomelski (No. 8) - preserved Renaissance portal and marked with the date 1540 precious wall paintings of a secular. Its facade has a very specific shade of red. At the height of the building is built in the Renaissance style facade attic.

• published: 16 Aug 2013
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