GDANSK preview

this city is situated at the baltic coast, it was founded in 997 as a polish harbour town. from about 1250 onwards, german trades people settled in gdansk and became quite influential. later it became a member of the hanseatic league. after several wars, in 1793 gdansk (danzig) was annexed by the kingdom of prussia, within the second partition of poland. after worldwar-1, it became the "free city of danzig", an independent quasi-state under the auspices of the league of nations. finally, since the end of worldwar-2, it became again fully part of poland, and it played a crucial role in polands emancipation from the soviet union.
given the long and 'wild' history of gdansk, it is full of unique architecture; two distinctive views are shown below.