Barbican (Kraków)

E408284

barbican city gate fortified outpost medieval fortification tourist attraction

Barbican (Kraków) is a well-preserved medieval fortified outpost and gateway that once formed part of Kraków’s historic defensive walls.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Barbican of Kraków	5
Kraków Barbican	3
Barbican (Kraków) canonical	1
Brama Krakowska (Polish)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	barbican ⓘ city gate ⓘ fortified outpost ⓘ medieval fortification ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Gothic architecture ⓘ
builtBy	John I Albert ⓘ surface form: King John I Albert
builtFor	defense of Kraków ⓘ protection of St. Florian's Gate ⓘ
builtUnderAuthorityOf	King John I Albert of Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	Buildings and structures in Kraków ⓘ City walls in Poland ⓘ Gothic architecture in Poland ⓘ
connectedTo	Florian Gate ⓘ surface form: St. Florian's Gate
constructionStart	late 15th century ⓘ
country	Poland ⓘ
currentUse	museum space ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
defensiveSystem	outer gateway to the city walls ⓘ
hasFeature	defensive walls ⓘ embrasures ⓘ gateways ⓘ moat ⓘ seven turrets ⓘ
hasInteriorCourtyard	yes ⓘ
hasMoat	yes ⓘ
hasShape	circular ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Historic Monument of Poland ⓘ UNESCO World Heritage Site buffer zone of Historic Centre of Kraków ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Middle Ages ⓘ
inception	circa 1498 ⓘ
locatedIn	Kraków ⓘ Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ Poland ⓘ
locatedNear	Floriańska Street ⓘ Planty Park ⓘ
materialUsed	brick ⓘ stone ⓘ
numberOfTurrets	7 ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
operator	Museum of Kraków ⓘ surface form: Historical Museum of the City of Kraków
partOf	Old Town of Kraków ⓘ surface form: Historic Centre of Kraków Old Town of Kraków ⓘ surface form: Kraków Old Town Kraków city walls ⓘ
significance	one of the best-preserved barbicans in Europe ⓘ one of the few remaining relics of Kraków's medieval fortifications ⓘ
usedFor	ceremonial entries to the city ⓘ city defense ⓘ control of access to Kraków ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Old Town → hasPart → Barbican (Kraków) ⓘ

subject surface form: Old Town (Kraków)

Florian Gate → connectsTo → Barbican (Kraków) ⓘ