Travel Guide
Baroque City Gates
There are two Baroque city gates in Szczecin: The Baroque Harbour Gate and the Royal Gate. They are the remnants of massive Prussian fortification which surrounded the city until 1873.
1) The Baroque Harbour Gate (by 1945 Berliner Tor) was designed by Gerhard Cornelius van Wallrave (the gate itself) and Bartolome Damart (decorative sculptures) and erected between 1725 and 1727. The Gate is very richly decorated. Above the passage, there are two sculptures of angels playing trumpets; between them there is the shield with the monogram of the king Friedrich Wilhelm I at it. Above, there is the bas-relief depicting the panorama of Szczecin and the god of river Odra, Viadrus. At the top of the Gate, there is an oval shield with the coat of arms of Prussia and the royal crown.
2) The Baroque Royal Gate stands in the South end of Holdu Pruskiego Square.The sculptures located at the gate portray Mars with sword and shield, Hercules with club and lion's skin as well as arms, arm-ours, shields and flags. In front of the gate you will find a richly decorated street lamp made in 1895, the only one of that kind preserved in Szczecin. The Gate was renovated in 1994. Since 2000, "Brama Jazz Cafe" has been run there.
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