Bridge Gate


Part of the old city walls and the last Gothic gate to be built, a 700m-long bridge was constructed here between 1497 and 1500 and survived for over three centuries – hence the name. Interestingly, when built, the bridge was only one of two that traversed the Vistula (the other was in Kraków).


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