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One of the water gates of the Main Town of Gdańsk, located on the Motława River. It has late Gothic forms, probably built in the last quarter of the 15th century. In the basement there is a passage above which the coats of arms are placed: from the Motława side the coat of arms of the Commonwealth, which is bowed on the sides, the Gdańsk coat of arms and the Royal Prussia coat of arms, while from the Mariacka street, the Gdańsk coat of arms held by two lions. The gate was destroyed in 1945, but it was rebuilt in 1958-1961 connecting its rooms with the neighboring House of the Nature Society. At that time it was put into use at the Archaeological Museum. In 1998, a plaque commemorating Alexander von Humboldt and his connections with Gdańsk, including his honorary membership in the Gdańsk Nature Society, was laid on the Motława side.