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Built in 1612 on the site of a 14th-century Gothic gate. It is the work of architect Abraham van den Blocke, Jan Strakowski also participated in the construction. Built in the style of Dutch Mannerism. It is a kind of magnificent triumphal arch with two floors of columns through which royal processions once entered Gdańsk. In 1957 the building was rebuilt after the war damage. In the frieze on the front wall there is a quotation from Psalm 122: ES MVSSE WOLGEHEN DENEN DIE / DICH LIEBEN ES MVSSE FRIEDE SEIN INWENDIG IN DEINE MAVREN VND / GLVCK IN DEINEN PALASTEN PSA - 122 ("Let peace, let those who love you peace. Let peace. will be in your walls, and security in your palaces! "). On the gate from the side of Długa Street, on the other hand, there is a Latin inscription: Concordia res publicæ parvæ crescunt - discordia magnæ concidunt ("By agreement, small republics are growing - by great disagreement they fall"). Figures from the west symbolize the aspirations of the... wyświetl cały opis

Built in 1612 on the site of a 14th-century Gothic gate. It is the work of architect Abraham van den Blocke, Jan Strakowski also participated in the construction. Built in the style of Dutch Mannerism. It is a kind of magnificent triumphal arch with two floors of columns through which royal processions once entered Gdańsk. In 1957 the building was rebuilt after the war damage. In the frieze on the front wall there is a quotation from Psalm 122: ES MVSSE WOLGEHEN DENEN DIE / DICH LIEBEN ES MVSSE FRIEDE SEIN INWENDIG IN DEINE MAVREN VND / GLVCK IN DEINEN PALASTEN PSA - 122 ("Let peace, let those who love you peace. Let peace. will be in your walls, and security in your palaces! "). On the gate from the side of Długa Street, on the other hand, there is a Latin inscription: Concordia res publicæ parvæ crescunt - discordia magnæ concidunt ("By agreement, small republics are growing - by great disagreement they fall"). Figures from the west symbolize the aspirations of the townspeople: Pax ("Peace"), Libertas ("Freedom"), Fortuna ("Happiness") and Fama ("Fame"). From the east (from Długa Street) one can see figures symbolizing civic virtues: Concordia ("Zgoda"), Iustitia ("Justice") ', Pietas ("Piety") and Prudentia ("Prudence").

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