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Bridgeheads of the Podgórski Bridge
Designed by Tomasz Kutschera and built in 1844-1850, the Podgórski Bridge was the first one to span the Vistula in Kraków to have solid, masonry supports. For over eighty years provided a crossing 145 m (475 ft) long and nearly 7 m (23 ft) in width... »
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Kurlandzki embankment at the mouth of ul. Mostowa and Podolski embankment at the mouth of ul. Brodzińskiego
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Embankments of the Vistula
Built on both sides of the Vistula in 1907-1913 to a design by Roman Ingarden, the Vistula Embankments served Kraków and Podgórze as flood barriers and became a popular destination for walkers... »
Fire Station Complex
Very modern at the moment of its construction, the fire station included among the others residential quarters, garages and stables, alarm telegraph, hose-drying hall, and gym... »
Götz Family Brewery
The historic brewery is one of the few post-industrial production and residential complexes preserved in Kraków. It was established by Rudolf Jenny in 1840. In 1914, it produced 36 thousand hectolitres (imperial) of beer!!!... »
Historic Tramway Depot
One of a kind, the Historic Tramway Depot is the only complete tramway depot of the industrial era to have been preserved in Poland. It was constructed in stages late in the 19th and early in the 20th centuries... »
Kraków Gasworks
Initially, the gas it produced served to illuminate the city. The first lamps were lit in the Main Square on 22nd December 1857. It was only much later that gas began to be used for cooking and heating purposes... »
Main Railway Station
The building of the Railway Station: the most magnificent edifice erected in Kraków in the first half of the 19th century, was built in 1844-1847 in the arcadian style to the design of Piotr Rosenbaum, an architect from Wrocław... »
Municipal Power Station in Kraków
Initially a serious competitor to the municipal gas plant, Kraków’s Municipal Power Station permitted the electrification of the city. The first electric street lamps were illuminated inside the Planty ring in 1913... »
Piłsudski Bridge
Construction work began in June 1926, and the opening ceremony took place on 19th January 1933. The completed Piłsudski Bridge was 146 m (479 ft) long, of which 72 metres (236 ft) was the central gently arched span... »
Podgórze Power Station
Podgórze boasted its own power plant five years prior to Kraków, which does no credit at all to the Royal Capital City. The municipal power plant in Podgórze was developed in 1899-1900 at ul. Nadwiślańska 4... »
Power Station of the Municipal Theatre
Designed together with the Juliusz Słowacki Theatre by the same architect, Jan Zawiejski, in 1892-1893, who enclosed it inside what looked like an attractive, eclectic villa... »
Railway Viaduct
Built by Karl Ludwig Galicia Railway Company in 1861-1863 to replace a run-down railway bride, the viaduct - though it is hard to imagine it today - used to have a river under its spans... »
Road Underpass under the Railway Line
A road passage under the railway embankment constructed of massive sandstone blocks in 1855, at a time when the Eastern National Railway Company was drawing the construction of the Kraków – Lemberg (today’s Lviv) railway line to a close... »
Talowski’s Underpass and Railway Bridge
Lubicz Street used to have a level crossing on the railway track which was an increasing burden for traffic, especially since the street provided the main access route to the municipal cemetery... »
Zieleniewski Forge
It all began with a smithy established by Antoni Zieleniewski who arrived in Kraków from Warsaw early in the 19th century. His son opened a production plant. It was here that Kraków’s modern industry was born... »
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Historical Museum of the City of Kraków
The wartime history of the factory, its owner Oskar Schindler, and the Jewish prisoners of the Płaszów camp became known primarily thanks to Steven Spielberg... »
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5th Film Music Festival
The world premiere of a simultaneous screening of the cinematic hit Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, a festive gala to celebrate Wojciech Kilar’s 80th birthday, and during the finale, a special treat for fans of SF and the cult saga Alien. The 5th Film Music Festival is sure to satisfy both music and cinema lovers.... »
