Gdańsk
Gdańsk is a city in the north of Poland in Pomeranian Voivodeship, near the place where the Vistula river meets the Baltic Sea. It is Poland's 6th largest city (population of 500 000 people) and the largest and most important sea port.[1]
It has existed since the 10th century and many times played a very important role in Poland's history. In the 19th century it was part of Prussia. This is where Solidarity, the movement which helped end Communist rule in Central and Eastern Europe, came to life.
Gdansk has a humid continental climate (Dfb in the Köppen climate classification).
Wikimania
The sixth Wikimania was hosted in this city in 2010.
Gdańsk Media
- Johannes Canaparius (Jan Kanapariusz) Gyddanyzc Gdańsk Danzig.jpg
A manuscript fragment featuring gyddanyzc
- Hala Targowa w Gdańsku podziemia.jpg
Excavated remains of 12th-century buildings in Gdańsk
- Gdanskmemorial.jpg
Monument to defenders of Polish Gdańsk also commemorates the victims of the 1308 massacre carried out by the Teutonic Order.
- Brama Zuraw W Gdansku (153003103).jpeg
Gdańsk Crane, the largest medieval port crane, was completed in 1444.
- Allegory of Gdańsk trade.jpg
Apotheosis of Gdańsk by Isaak van den Blocke. The Vistula-borne trade of goods in Poland was the main source of prosperity during the city's Golden Age.
- National Museum in Poznan - painting 3.JPG
An allegorical portrayal of wealth from 1604. The foreground features affluent citizens and the background presents the hyperbolized city with its landmarks, notably the Torture Tower and the Main City Hall.
- Flottwell Długa Street in Gdańsk.jpg
An early photograph of Langgasse, present-day Długa Street, 1855
- Danzig NARA-68155011.jpg
An aerial view of the historic city centre around 1920
- The Nazi-soviet Invasion of Poland, 1939 HU106374.jpg
The German battleship Template:SMS firing at the Polish Military Transit Depot in Westerplatte during the Battle of Westerplatte in September 1939
- Strajk sierpniowy w Stoczni Gdańskiej im. Lenina 07.jpg
The Gdańsk Shipyard strike in 1980
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References
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