Warsaw Barbican

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The Warsaw Barbican is a historic semicircular fortified outpost and one of the few remaining relics of the medieval defensive walls that once surrounded Warsaw, Poland.

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Label Occurrences
Warsaw Arsenal 2
Warsaw Barbican canonical 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf barbican
fortification
historic monument
architect Giovanni Battista Venanzio NERFINISHED
Jan Baptist the Venetian NERFINISHED
architecturalStyle Renaissance military architecture
builtBy King Sigismund I the Old NERFINISHED
builtIn 16th century
category Barbicans (fortifications) NERFINISHED
City walls in Poland
Renaissance architecture in Warsaw
Tourist attractions in Warsaw
condition reconstructed
constructionEnd 1542
constructionStart 1540
country Poland
destroyedDuring Warsaw Uprising NERFINISHED
World War II NERFINISHED
hasFeature battlements
defensive walls
gate passage
towers
hasNearby Old Town Market Place NERFINISHED
Royal Castle in Warsaw NERFINISHED
city walls walkway
hasSignificance one of few remaining relics of Warsaw medieval defensive walls
heritageStatus historic monument of Poland
historicalEra Renaissance
locatedBetween Old Town and New Town of Warsaw NERFINISHED
locatedIn Masovian Voivodeship NERFINISHED
Poland
Warsaw
Warsaw Old Town NERFINISHED
locatedOn Nowomiejska Street NERFINISHED
material brick
namedAfter Warsaw NERFINISHED
openToPublic yes
partOf UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Centre of Warsaw NERFINISHED
Warsaw city walls NERFINISHED
medieval fortifications of Warsaw
reconstructedBy Polish conservation authorities
reconstructionBasedOn 17th‑century drawings
reconstructionEnd 1954
reconstructionStart 1950
shape semicircular
touristAttraction yes
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1980
usedFor city defense
control of access to the city

Referenced by (3)

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

Warsaw Old Town area hasPart Warsaw Barbican
subject surface form: Warsaw Old Town
Ratusz Arsenał metro station near Warsaw Barbican
this entity surface form: Warsaw Arsenal
Ratusz Arsenał metro station namedAfter Warsaw Barbican
this entity surface form: Warsaw Arsenal