Old and New Town

Behind the intersection with ul. Long, to the right, there is a baroque rector's church. Holy Spirit and the monastery of Fr.. Pauline family built in the years 1707-17, in place of the previous one, wg proj. Józef Piola and Józef Belotti. Father Augustyn Kordecki, famous during the defense of Częstochowa during the Swedish invasion in 1656 r. From 1711 r. Every August, the Warsaw pilgrimage to Jasna Góra sets out from in front of this church.

Before us is the Gothic-Renaissance Barbican – fortification demolished at the end of the 17th century. The New Town Gate. Built of brick in the middle of the. XVI w. wg proj. John the Baptist of Venice has the form of a huge bastion ended with a semicircle. It had two drawbridges, one inside, the second before him. At the end of the 16th century. has been slightly rebuilt (m.in. the renaissance attic has arrived). In the 18th century. partially demolished, and in the interwar and postwar period, incomplete reconstruction of the walls was carried out. Then we turn right, walking along ul. Podwale along the medieval city walls and the moat or along the route between the walls. Medieval city walls were built in the middle of the. XIV c. and expanded in the 15th century. and a half. XVI w. They were arranged on an oval plan and ran from the castle along ul. Podwale, Mostowa, Brzozowa and Kanonia. It was in them 6 bram: Cracow, knightly, Side, Prochowa, Nowomiejska and Gnojna, as well as a wicket (White). They were approx. 1200 m in length and encircled the area of ​​approx. 8,5 ha. They consisted of two parallel lines of brick walls (excluding the section along the Vistula River, where there was only one string). A moat was dug outside the walls, through which the bridges were placed at the gates. In the north. At the corner of the walls there was the Marshal's Tower, which served as a watchtower. At the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. were largely demolished, and in the 1930s. partially reconstructed.

At the wall from the side of the moat at the exit of ul. The narrow Danube is exposed in 1983 r. a charming statue of the Little Insurgent by Jerzy Jarnuszkiewicz. It commemorates the scouts who fought in Warsaw with the Nazi occupiers.

We continue along ul. Podwale. At the exit of ul. On Piekarska there is a monument to Jan Kiliński – shoemaker, who led the inhabitants of Warsaw during the Kościuszko Uprising. Brown, a monument standing on a high plinth, made according to project. Stanisław Jackowski, was unveiled in 1934 r. and stood on Krasiński Square. From 1959 r. in the current place. Somewhat deep, in the building at ul. Piekarska 20 there is a Museum of Fine Arts and Crafts. The facility presents items of goldsmith and engraving art as well as a collection of old clocks. We continue along the city walls. On the left side, in the background, the Baroque Morsztyn Palace, erected in 1 half. 17th century. In the 18th century. was extended according to the design. Jakub Fontana in the Baroque-Classicist style at the own expense of the then owner, Bishop A. Mlodziejowski. W 2 half. 18th century. it housed the embassy of the Russian Empire. W 1 half. XIX w. was rebuilt according to the design. Fryderyk Albert Lessel for Fryderyk Potocki. After the destruction during the Warsaw Uprising, it was partially reconstructed. Another palace adjoins the palace – Branicki, late baroque, built in 1 half. 18th century. wg proj. J. With Deyba. Currently, it is the seat of the authorities of the capital city of Warsaw.

Moving on, we come to the gothic bridge over the moat called the Krakow Gate Bridge. It is a two-span gothic building erected in 2 half. XV w. on the extension of the Krakow Gate. Ma 16,5 m in length and 8 m wide. It was discovered in 1977 r., and reconstructed in the years 1982-83. We come back to the Zygmunt Column.

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