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Natural Treasures of Europe
XX LO GDAŃSK
POLAND
IN GDAŃSK

3. Gdańsk shipyard is one of the biggest Polish shipyards and is located
in Gdansk on the left coast of Martwa Wisla. Our shipyard built over
1000 seagoing vessels, passenger ships etc. This shipyard is the cradle
of NSZZ „Solidarność”.

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5. Shipyard produces wind towers
foundations for the company GSG
Towers.

6. Center of culture and business.

7. WALESA’S WORKSHOP

8. WORKSHOP

9. CRANES AND SHIP

12. Monument To The Fallen
Shipyard Workers
The monument in the form of three
crosses with anchors,
commemorating the victims of
December 1970, which is located
near the gate of shipyard, near the
place where the first three fell dead,
unveiled 16 December 1980. It has a
42m and weighs 36 tones!

13. A growing part of the Gdansk shipyard is to be gained by private companies.
Financial status is deteriorating from year to year. Some of the parts were
destined for demolition.

14. March 1, 2013, the shipyard had the last launch. The passenger and car
ferry Bergensfjord was built for Norway.

15. The building is located in the European Solidarity Centre. The opening is
expected in the first half of 2014. There will be: interactive exhibition about
the history and ideas of Solidarity, archives, multi-purpose hall for 430 people,
a research center, a library of 100 thousand volumes and educational and
training center. For more information, please visit: http://www.ecs.gda.pl/

17. The Gdansk port is a major international transportation hub situated
in the central part of the southern Baltic coast, which ranks among
Europe's fastest growing regions. According to the strategy of
European Union the Port of Gdansk plays a
significant role as a key
link in the Trans-European
Transport Corridor No.
6 connecting the Nordic
countries with Southern
and Eastern Europe.

18. North Port

19. NO MORE WAR AGAIN

23. The Port of Gdansk consists of two principal
sections with naturally diverse operational
parameters: the inner port stretched along the
Dead Vistula and the port canal, and the outer
port affording direct access to the Gulf of
Gdansk.

33. Sources:
•www.wikipedia.pl
•http://www.portalsamorzadowy.pl/inwestycje/otwarcie-europejskiego-
centrum-solidarnosci-w-gdansku-w-2014-r,38333.html
•http://www.ecs.gda.pl/
•http://www.portgdansk.pl/o-porcie/informacje-ogolne
•http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stocznia_Gda%C5%84ska
•http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomnik_Poleg%C5%82ych_Stoczniowc%C3
%B3w
•http://www.gdanskshipyard.pl/en.html
•shipyard workers
All the photos in the presentation were taken on our own

34. XX Secondary School in Gdaosk, Poland
Supervision: Agnieszka Jackiewicz
Consultation: Daniel Łumianek
Authors: Marta Kąkol
Marta Selwesiuk
Kinga Piskała
Mateusz Borkowski
Karol Czajka