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bloodyhellboy 19 hours ago
Latarnia Morska Gdańsk Nowy Port It was built between 1893 and 1894, replacing an older lighthouse. It consists of an octagonal tower that tapers toward the top, topped by a gallery with intricately wrought-iron railings. The lighthouse is modeled after a now-demolished lighthouse in Cleveland, United States. It was the first lighthouse on the Baltic Sea to use electric light[2]. The Gdańsk Nowy Port Lighthouse also served as a harbor pilot tower and, from 1893, featured a "Time Ball" at its summit. The raising and dropping of the ball every noon allowed navigators of ships anchored in the harbor roadstead to calibrate their marine chronometers, which in turn enabled them to accurately determine their vessel's position while at sea. The ball was later removed, but it was reconstructed and returned to the top of the lighthouse in 2008[2]. On September 1, 1939, a shot fired from a window in the lighthouse served as a signal to the soldiers aboard the battleship *Schleswig-Holstein* to begin the bombardment of Westerplatte. Moments later, two cannon shots were fired from Westerplatte; the first missed, but the second struck the lighthouse building, destroying a heavy machine-gun position. Traces of this impact—visible as patches of new, lighter-colored brick—can still be seen today[3]. The lighthouse was taken out of service in 1984, following the commissioning of a new lighthouse in the Port of Gdańsk’s Northern Harbor (*Port Północny*). Its current private owner has since renovated the structure and, as of 2004, opened it to the public[3]. On April 1, 2008, a reconstructed Time Ball was installed at the top of the lighthouse. The openwork, spherical structure is made of stainless steel, measures 1.7 meters in diameter, and weighs 70 kilograms. A four-meter-tall mast was erected 30 meters above the ground[4]. The mechanism was put into operation on May 21, 2008; since then, its descent has marked the hours of 10:00, 12:00, 14:00, 16:00, and 18:00. Only a few such examples have survived to the present day[5]. In March 2010, the lighthouse was a recipient of an award in a competition organized by the General Conservator of Monuments, earning the title of "Well-Maintained Monument" (Zabytek Zadbany)[6].
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bloodyhellboy 20 hours ago
Najbardziej wzruszający moment wiecu po śmierci prezydenta Adamowicza w Gdańsku Jan 14, 2019 GDAŃSK Wiec przeciwko przemocy i nienawiści po śmierci prezydenta Gdańska Pawła Adamowicza miał niezwykłą oprawę. Na koniec wiecu zabrzmiała pieśń 'The sound of silence' autorstwa Simon and Garfunkel, w wykonaniu Disturbed. Gigantyczny tłum gdańszczan zastygł w milczeniu opłakując swojego prezydent. * Wszystkie hejterskie, nienawistne, obraźliwe komentarze pod tym filmem będą kasowane. DOŚĆ! Nienawiść bierze się ze słów, a potem przechodzi od słów do czynów ... Demonstration against the violence and hatred after the death of President of Gdańsk Paweł Adamowicz had an amazing setting. At the end of the rally the song 'The sound of silence' by Simon and Garfunkel sounded, performed by Disturbed. The gigantic crowd of the inhabitants of Gdańsk stopped in silence, mourning their president. * All hateful, offensive comments under this video will be deleted. ENOUGH! Hatred comes from words and then goes from words to deeds ...
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