In 1894, it was decided to build a Market Hall, which was put into use on 3 August 1896 , to liquidate street trade. In 1999, during the last renovation, the remains of the market settlement, the foundations of the Romanesque church of Sts. Nicholas (dating back to 1170), a church cemetery with more than 400 burials and remnants of the foundation of the Dominican monastery. The monuments found have been partially secured and covered with floor and are now partially exposed in the lower part of the hall [3] . During the three years of archaeological work, the remains of several thousand buried Gdansk have been found under the hall and under the surface of Dominikański Square. From the beginning of 2001 to August 2005 the hall was closed and underwent a major overhaul with restoration [5] .
The basement hall, with exposed monuments from the 12th century