Stagiewna Gate in Gdansk

Before the construction of defensive walls in the Lower Town, the gate along with the Dog's Rampart served a defensive function at the eastern exit of the city. The name of the rampart referred to the dangerous dogs from the city pound, which guarded the Granary Island at night. Built in the 15th century, the gate tower was named because of its resemblance to a giant milk jug. In the 19th century, there were plans to demolish the gate and run a street through it, but violent social protests prompted the authorities to change the road route, bypassing the monument with an arc. On the gate's wall, there is a Heraldic Triad depicting the coats of arms of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Gdańsk, and Royal Prussia. On the quay wall, you can see a very damaged marker of one of the floods.