Milk can door

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Milchkannentor around 1790, view from the Mottlauufer to the gate on the Speicherinsel.

The Milchkannentor is a city ​​gate on Gdańsk's Speicherinsel . The round bastions were built in the 15th century .

The higher bastion is 28 m high, 13 m, its walls are 4 m thick. It is covered with a conical tile roof. The lower bastion is only 10 m high and 8 m wide. It is covered with a flat monopitch roof.

The towers were damaged in World War II . The Gdansk artists' cooperative "Arpo" rebuilt it in the 1980s. At that time the towers were connected with a wooden gallery.

  • Milk can door

  • Small milk can

  • Big milk can

  • Coat of arms on the large milk can

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  • Maria Bogucka: Das alten Danzig , Koehler and Amelang, Leipzig 1987, ISBN 3-7338-0033-8
  • J. Friedrich, Gdańskie zabytki architektury do końca XVIII w. , Gdańsk 1995, ISBN 83-7017-606-2

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Commons : Milchkannentor  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 54 ° 20 ′ 50 ″  N , 18 ° 39 ′ 35.6 ″  E