Kraków In Your Pocket - Floriańska Gate

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Marking the edge of old town is Floriańska Gate. Completed in 1307 the gateway is one of the few surviving parts of the ancient defences that once circled the old town. Thirty-three metres tall, and topped with a Baroque roof that was added in 1657, the gate marks the main entrance into the old city, and was the original starting point for what was dubbed the Royal Road. It was through this gate that visiting kings, queens and nobility would enter the city on their way to Wawel. A painstaking program of renovation has left the gate looking sparkling new, and the immediate environs play home to dozens of open-air displays by aspiring local artists.
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