Old Town Hall - Torun, Poland - Gothic Architecture on Waymarking.com

The Torun Town Hall is one of the largest brick buildings of this type in Europe and the most important monument of the Torun Old Town.

For centuries, it was the administrative and commercial center of the city, with fairs, tributes to rulers, knights' tournaments and even public executions of convicts taking place nearby.

The town hall was built in the Gothic style at the end of the 14th century, including a tower built over a century earlier, which was additionally raised and decorated with a tin dome. In this way, a one-story building with a spacious courtyard was created, imitating the best examples of Flanders architecture. Its interior was filled every day with crowds of stallholders, merchants, councilors and thugs. The tower housed a treasury, city archives and a prison, while beer and wine were served in the spacious cellars. On the ground floor there was a cloth hall, bread benches, dozens of small stalls and a courtroom, while on the first floor there was a city council meeting room and a large Burges' Hall, where Polish kings were often hosted.

The Old Town Hall was the seat of Torun's municipal authorities until the mid-20th century, but sometimes its rooms were turned into soldiers' hospitals during wars. Today, the building is the main seat of the District Museum.

source: (visit link) (in Polish)

Date Built: 14th century

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This category is focused only to original Gothic architecture, not to pseudo-Gothic, neo-Gothic or Gothic Revival. You can not find this kind of architecture outside of "Old World", moreover this architecture appeared in ca XIIth century (early Gothic) and the last buildings are from cca XVIth (late Gothic) century...

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