Toruń łuk Cezara through time

Toruń 1880–2021 7 photos of this spot

7 photographs taken at the same spot in Toruń, spanning 1880–2021 — 1 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

A view of the Chełmińska Gate in Toruń, Poland, photographed from the north around 1880. The medieval gate was part of the fortifications built when Toruń was a Hanseatic League city, and the town's brick Gothic old quarter is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Torun Brama Chelminska od polnocy 1880 A view of the Chełmińska Gate in Toruń, Poland, photographed from the north around 1880. The medieval gate was part of the fortifications built when Toruń was a Hanseatic League city, and the town's brick Gothic old quarter is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Toruń łuk Cezara 2008 A view of Torun, Poland, photographed in 2008. The Gothic brick city on the Vistula River, birthplace of astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, has a medieval old town recognized by UNESCO.

Thorn im Winter 2013 - Altstadtmarkt 2013 Using the city's German name, this photograph shows Toruń's Old Town Market Square in winter 2013. Toruń's Gothic old town, birthplace of astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Thorn im Winter 2013 - zu Altstadt 2013 Another winter 2013 photograph shows Toruń's old town, a well-preserved medieval quarter on the Vistula River in northern Poland.

Stare Miasto, Toruń, Poland 2016 The Old Town of Toruń, Poland, a UNESCO World Heritage Site of Gothic brick architecture. Toruń was the birthplace of astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus in 1473.

Old town hall in Torun 2021 The Old Town Hall in Torun, Poland, photographed in 2021. Built in stages from the late fourteenth century, the Gothic brick building is one of the largest surviving town halls of its kind in Central Europe and stands in Torun's UNESCO-listed old town.

Old town hall in Torun 2021 Another view of the Old Town Hall in Torun, Poland, taken in 2021. Torun is best known as the birthplace of astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus in 1473, and its brick Gothic architecture, including this town hall, has survived largely intact since the medieval period.