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Technique:<\/strong> brick and mortar, concrete<\/p>\n

Object: <\/strong>The structure consists of two authentic fragments of walls: the brick wall of the Gda\u0144sk Shipyard and the concrete Berlin Wall. These fragments are joined by a floor arrangement with the inscription Drogi do wolno\u015bci<\/em>. Roads to freedom<\/em>. The text is written on the pavement in various languages and leads to Solidarity Square (Plac Solidarno\u015bci).<\/p>\n

A plaque placed on the Gda\u0144sk Shipyard wall contains the text: \u201cFragment of the wall of the Lenin Gda\u0144sk Shipyard, through which Lech Wa\u0142\u0119sa got through to participate in the strike that ended on 31 August 1980 with the signing of agreements between the protesters and the communist authorities. That day marked the beginning of the creation of the Solidarity movement, which contributed to the fall of communism in Poland and Europe\u201d. The text on the plaque next to the Berlin Wall fragment reads: \u201cA fragment of the Berlin Wall, a symbol of the division of Europe into free and enslaved, whose fall on 9 November 1989 became a sign of German unification and the restoration of European unity\u201d.<\/p>\n

There is a similar installation in Berlin, with a fragment of the Gda\u0144sk Shipyard wall placed next to the remains of the Berlin Wall.<\/p>\n

Place:<\/strong> A section of Wa\u0142y Piastowskie Street. The name of the street, Wa\u0142y Piastowskie, comes from the former municipal embankments (wa\u0142y<\/em> in Polish). The maps of Gda\u0144sk from 1792\u20131795 confirm that there used to be a moat here (part of the city\u2019s fortifications). On maps from 1904\u20131911, in the present shipyard area, the moat is filled in and the only trace of the embankments are today\u2019s Wa\u0142y Piastowskie, Gazownicza and Podstocznia streets.<\/p>\n

Waly Piastowskie connects Podwale Grodzkie and Jana z Kolna streets as well as the Solidarity Square. Along its axis stands a modernist building that still serves as the seat of the Solidarity Trade Union. This is why it was chosen as the location of fragments of the brick wall of the Gda\u0144sk Shipyard and the concrete Berlin Wall, both of which witnessed the collapse of the post-war division of Europe.<\/p>\n

Information about the author: <\/strong>\u2013<\/p>\n

Condition of the object:<\/strong> good, a fragment of the Gda\u0144sk Shipyard wall was damaged in 2014 as a result of a car crash and rebuilt in 2015<\/p>\n

Owner\/guardian:<\/strong> Fundacja Centrum Solidarno\u015bci (Solidarity Centre Foundation)<\/p>\n

Author of the entry:<\/strong> inventory made by the Gda\u0144sk University of Technology team, description of the place: Jacek Dominiczak, additional information: Ma\u0142gorzata Paszylka-Glaza<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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