In what is now a part of downtown in Słupsk, Poland, stands an odd-shaped local art gallery. However, the history of this structure has not always been so civil-minded. It owes its tall, narrow shape to it originally being built as a defense tower along the city’s walls in the 15th century. As time moved on, the fear in the mind of the public became less focused on threats from the outside coming in and more on the people already around them. Throughout the 17th century, Europe at large accused thousands of…
