Krakow Travel Video - Barbican and St. Florian's Gate

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???? In my new Krakow travel video, I want to present you a Krakow must-see: the Barbican and the Florian's Gate, two objectives you have to see when visit Krakow, Poland. This all the remains of the old defense walls of the old Krakow.
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"By the beginning of the 19th century, the expanding city had begun to outgrow the confines of the old defensive walls. The walls had been falling into disrepair due to lack of maintenance after the Partitions of Poland. As a result, Emperor Franz I of Austro-Hungary ordered the dismantling of the old fortifications. However, in 1817 Professor Feliks Radwański of Jagiellonian University managed to convince the Session of the Senate of the Republic of Kraków to legislate the partial preservation of the old fortifications, namely, the Florian Gate and the adjoining Barbican, one of only three such fortified outposts still surviving in Europe.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planty_Park
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"A barbican (from Old French: barbacane) is a fortified outpost or gateway, such as an outer defense to a city or castle, or any tower situated over a gate or bridge which was used for defensive purposes.
Usually, barbicans were situated outside the main line of defenses and connected to the city walls with a walled road called the neck. In the 15th century, with the improvement in siege tactics and artillery, barbicans lost their significance. However, several barbicans were built even in the 16th century.
Fortified or mock-fortified gatehouses remained a feature of ambitious French and English residences into the 17th century."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbican
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???? Filmed with Sony AX100
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???? Music: Boreal by Asher Fulero from YouTube Audio Library
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