Cloth hall

In Poland, the most famous existing cloth-hall building is Kraków's Cloth Hall (Sukiennice), rebuilt in 1555 in Renaissance style.[1] The 14th-century Gothic cloth hall in Toruń is preserved as part of the Old Town Market Hall.

Cloth halls formerly also existed in Poznań, at the Old Market Square; and in Wrocław, at the site of the street now called ulica Sukiennice (Cloth-Hall Street).

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  Sukiennice (Cloth Hall), Kraków, Poland
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  Kraków's Sukiennice (Cloth Hall), photo ca. 1870
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  Gothic cloth hall in Old Town Market Hall, Toruń, Poland

Examples of German Gewandhäuser can be found in the towns of Brunswick, Zwickau, and Leipzig.

The rebuilt, third Leipzig Gewandhaus is home to the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.

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  Gewandhaus (Cloth Hall) in Brunswick, Germany
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  Gewandhaus (Cloth Hall) in Zwickau, Germany
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  Rebuilt, third Leipzig Gewandhaus concert hall (opened 1981)

The former Cloth Hall in Leiden, Holland, has, since the 19th century, housed the Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal (Municipal Cloth-Hall Museum) of art.

Examples of cloth halls in Belgium include the Ypres Cloth Hall and cloth halls in Bruges, Leuven, and Tournai. Leuven's Linen-Hall is in an early-Gothic style, with baroque addition, and now serves as the Leuven University Hall.

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  Leiden (Holland) Broadcloth Hall: 19th-century view of present-day Museum De Lakenhal (Cloth-Hall Museum) of art
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  Ypres (Belgium) Broadcloth Hall

British examples are Drapers' Hall, London; the Piece Hall, Halifax; and Leeds' White Cloth Hall.

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  Piece Hall (cloth hall), Halifax, England
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  Surviving part of Leeds' 3rd White Cloth Hall (opened 1775)

In Ireland, Belfast once had a White Linen Hall, and there were linen halls in other towns such as Castlebar and Clonakilty.