2024

NEPTUNE FOUNTAIN

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Located in the noblest part of Gdańsk - the Long Market, at the entrance to the Artus courtyard - it was designed by Flemish architect Abraham Van Der Block. Construction began in 1606 on the initiative of Mayor Bartłomiej Schachmann and the local authorities, and was completed twenty-seven years later, in 1633. It represents Neptune, symbolizing Gdańsk's relationship with the sea. Legend has it that it was in this fountain, at the end of Neptune's trident, that Goldwasser vodka with 22-carat gold leaf was born!

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