Dom Schlutera description and photos - Poland: Gdansk (Topic)

Dom Schlutera description and photos - Poland: Gdansk. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Dom Schlutera.

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Beer Street, located right in the center of the historic quarters of Gdansk, is famous for its most beautiful Baroque and Renaissance houses, richly decorated with frescoes, commemorative inscriptions, stucco coats of arms and so on. One of these houses is called Schluter's mansion. It is notable for the fact that it was able to survive during the Second World War, therefore, it is an original historical building, and not a copy of it. Illustrations of Schluter's house are often shown as a scientific aid to students of architectural faculties, because this building is made in a whimsical style that combines the features of Mannerism and Baroque.

A multi-storey representative building in the center of the Gluvne Miasto district was erected in 1638-1640, according to the official version, for Hans van Enden, but in fact for Andreas Schluter Sr., after whom he later received his name.

The grandiose building is decorated with floral ornaments and stucco images of animals. For example, here you can see the figure of a lion standing on its hind legs, and with its front legs supporting a large stone ball. Researchers believe that this is an integral part of the coat of arms of Hans van Enden. The magnificent portal was made in the early Baroque style. It is adorned with Atlanteans, mummers and symbolic characters, who probably personify various virtues. On a strip of frieze, you can see the decor in the form of sculptures of small heads in turbans and laurel wreaths. Visually, the facade of the building is divided into three levels. The most notable decorations of Schluter's mansion are medallions, symmetrically placed on all levels. They depict rather recognizable portraits of Alexander the Great, Hercules, the Polish rulers Sigismund III and Vladislav IV. In addition to these historical and mythical personalities, the medallions are painted with portraits of sages, knights, representatives of various nations.

The US Consulate is located next to Schluter's house.

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