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Naturalists' House, St. Mary's Gate, and 13 Mydlarska Street
Scale: 1/200
Skill Level: medium
Size (LxWxH): 241x89x175 mm (9x3x6 inch)
The second kit in the historic Gdańsk waterfront series in 1:200 scale: Featuring the ornate Naturalists' House, Gothic St. Mary's Gate, and 13 Mydlarska Street, complete with an integrated quay section.
Carrying catalog number JSC 205, this kit represents the second installment of the Gdańsk harbor panorama in a completely revised new edition. Parallel to the Crane Gate kit, this release has been thoroughly upgraded with refined details and an authentic quay section with streetlamps.
The kit combines three distinctive waterfront structures on a shared base: the architecturally renowned Naturalists' House with its slender observation tower, the 15th-century St. Mary's Gate (Brama Mariacka), and the historic residence at 13 Mydlarska Street. Designed to align with the Crane Gate (JSC 202) and the upcoming JSC 211, it forms an essential segment of the continuous 93 cm harbor display along the historic Motława embankment.
| Product type | Papermodel |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | JSC |
| Scale | 1/200 |
| Difficulty | medium |
| Sheet size | DIN A4 |
| Sheets | 6 |
| Parts | 154 |
| Length | 241 mm (9.49 inch) |
| Width | 89 mm (3.5 inch) |
| Height | 175 mm (6.89 inch) |
| Bauanleitung | English, Polish, Pictures |
Technical data:
- Type: Historic architectural ensemble (water gate, patrician residence, merchant townhouse)
- Location: Gdańsk, Poland (Motława waterfront / Długie Pobrzeże)
- Construction eras: St. Mary's Gate 15th century; Naturalists' House approx. 1597–1599; 13 Mydlarska Street 18th century
- Architectural styles: Brick Gothic (St. Mary's Gate), Dutch Mannerism / Late Renaissance (Naturalists' House), Baroque (13 Mydlarska Street)
- Key features: Octagonal viewing tower with 142 steps, ornate relief gables, gateway to historic St. Mary's Street
- Destruction and reconstruction: Heavily damaged in 1945; rebuilt during the 1950s and 1960s
- Current use: Archaeological Museum in Gdańsk (Muzeum Archeologiczne w Gdańsku)
This row of buildings ranks among the most celebrated architectural treasures in Gdańsk. The Naturalists' House (Dom Przyrodników) was built at the end of the 16th century in the Dutch Mannerist style. Its most prominent feature is an octagonal tower rising over 30 meters, accessed by a winding flight of 142 steps, which historically served as an astronomical observation tower. Today, the complex houses the Archaeological Museum in Gdańsk.
Directly adjoining is St. Mary's Gate, a 15th-century fortified water gate that opens onto the world-renowned St. Mary's Street (Ulica Mariacka), celebrated for its traditional elevated terraces and amber boutiques. The ensemble is completed by the 18th-century merchant house at 13 Mydlarska Street. Following extensive wartime devastation in 1945, these historic landmarks were painstakingly restored to their original appearance during the post-war decades.