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Nowa Huta
Administrative Centre of the former Lenin Steelworks
The Administrative Centre of the former Lenin Steelworks is counted among the best examples of socialist realist architecture in Poland. Its was constructed from 1952 to 1955... »
Ark of Lord Church
The Church of the Mother of God Queen of Poland, also known as the Ark of the Lord received its name thanks to its characteristic shape, proposed by Wojciech Pietrzyk. It is one of the best recognised sites in the district... »
Centralny Square
This is the oldest and to this day this is the main and best recognised location in Nowa Huta. Any tourist route we are to follow through Nowa Huta is certain to lead to it... »
Venue/Address:
at the intersection of
Andersa, Solidarności
and Jana Pawła II avenues
Cistercian Church and monastery in Mogiła
The Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Wenceslaus in Mogiła together with the accompanying monastic buildings are among the most precious sacred heritage of the Małopolska Region... »
Jan Matejko’s Manor House in Krzesławice
Today a district of Kraków, Krzesławice used to be an independent village with its own long history. The manor house itself has been blessed with a long history and eminent residents... »
Ludowy Theatre
Quite a popular saying once claimed that Nowa Huta can boast two things: good steel and a good theatre. Yet the beginnings of theatrical life in Nowa Huta were difficult... »
Nowa Huta Cross
As Poland's first ideal socialist city, Nowa Huta was to remain thoroughly atheist. To be able to build a church, the congregation needed to engage in - literally - a tough fight... »
Rose Avenue (Róż Avenue)
This elegant avenue in Nowa Huta was to connect Centralny Square to Town Hall (Ratuszowy) Square. Little wonder that a monument to Lenin was placed nowhere else, but here... »
St Bartholomew's Church
Even though built in the Middle Ages - the time of anonymous builders and architects - its builder chiselled his full name and the year of its construction on the entrance portal... »
Świt Cinema
The most popular of Nowa Huta's cinemas, it was inaugurated in 1953 with the screening of a propaganda film Trzy opowieści: three tales about the construction of Nowa Huta... »
Wandy and Willowe Residential Estates
Nowa Huta's oldest residential settlements - Wandy and Willowe residential estates - including the first block of flats from the period of the heros of socialist labour, still inhabited to this day... »
Żeromski Hospital
Built in 1954 as a municipal hospital, it is a perfect example of the architecture of socialist realism much like the Administrative Centre of the Steelworks. A writer of leftist views was selected as the hospital's patron... »
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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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Wawel
Although there are few who can guess which church bears the official name of the Cathedral Basilica of St Stanislaus the Bishop and Martyr and St Wenceslas,... »
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Various Faces of MOCAK
Since it opened in May last year, the expansive floor space of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow (MOCAK) are regularly filled with temporary exhibitions. Four will be opened on 16 February.... »
