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Fotografia czarnobiała (widok z lotu ptaka) przedstawiająca Wzgórze Zamkowe i jego okolice. Ujęcie od strony Wzgórza Staromiejskiego. W centralnej części zabudowania więzienia na zamku, z zabytkową Kaplicą Trójcy Świętej oraz donżonem. Przed gmachem, po lewej, budynek administracji więziennej (rozebrany w 1953 r.). U podnóża zamku dzielnica żydowska z zabudową ulic: Krawieckiej (Dom Modlitwy), Zamkowej, Jatecznej (Wielka Synagoga / Synagoga Maharszala), Nadstawnej, Ruskiej (cerkiew prawosławna), Czwartek oraz Lubartowskiej. Wzdłuż prawej krawędzi na zaciemnionym tle skrzydła samolotu napis białymi literami naniesiony na fotografię. Zdjęcie podklejone na tekturę.

unknown (author), Lublin Castle and its surroundings

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Inventory number:	ML/H/F/238
Location:	The National Museum in Lublin, branch - Museum of the History of the City of Lublin (Cracow Gate), Pl. Łokietka 3, Lublin

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Situated on a hill, the Lublin Castle was erected in the Middle Ages. Only the oldest brick defence tower, called a donjon, and the Chapel of the Holy Trinity, with Byzantine frescoes inside, have remained from the old buildings. In the early 19th century, the ruins of the castle were converted into a prison.During the reign of Kazimierz the Great, in the second half of the 15th century, Jews settled at the foot of the castle, in the vicinity of the town surrounded by a fortified wall. Their quarter grew and experienced a period of splendour with the flourishing of Lublin during the Renaissance. With time, it began to decline. Most of the wealthier residents left the area. In the interwar period, only small traders, porters and craftsmen remained near the prison buildings. They lived in small tenement houses along Lubartowska, Szeroka and Cyruliczna Streets. The closer to the Castle Hill, the poorer the buildings; most of them were wooden and lacked sewage systems.In an aerial photograph taken in the 1930s, in the dense built-up area of the Jewish quarter, one can distinguish sacred buildings which no longer exist but which are witnesses of better times – the House of Prayer on Krawiecka Street and the Great Synagogue (Maharshal Synagogue) at Jateczna Street, obscured by a prison. In the distance one can see the Jewish market in Ruska Street and the Orthodox Church of the Transfiguration of Christ, built in the first half of the 17th century and preserved to this day. Its presence in the neighbourhood of the former Catholic and Jewish temples testifies to the multi-faith character of the city.Above the tangle of streets and larger or smaller buildings, the picture shows a vast prison complex with an administrative building in front of the entrance gate, demolished only in the 1950s, when after World War II the image of Lublin – a city that survived the extermination of many of its inhabitants – was changing.