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Haberdashers’ Tower
Unlike milliners and drapers, haberdashers specialised in the making of clothing accessories: belts, straps, buttons and other elements to this day known as haberdashery... »
House Under the Cross
This house hides the foundations of the mediaeval hospital for scholars (i.e. students) and the Gothic Chapel of St Roch. The chronicler Jan Długosz claims that it was built in 1474... »
Houses Standing by the Main Square in Kraków
Walking around the Main Square, it is worth turning your attention to the townhouses standing around it. Even though a decided majority of them were rebuilt in the latter half of the 19th and early 20th centuries... »
Joiners’ Tower
This late Gothic tower, built on a square stone base, was extended on a semicircular plane. Such a development resulted from the improvement of artillery. Its increasing range... »
Juliusz Słowacki Theatre
To quote the inscription on the façade of the theatre building, this is Kraków’s contribution to the development and preservation of national art. The place where many famous premieres took place, and one of Poland’s best-known theatres... »
Kanonicza Street
Picturesque Kanonicza Street is the best preserved historic street in old Kraków. Each of the houses along the street boasts a long and rich history, those on the Western side, often dating back to the early half of the 14th century... »
Main Square
The huge, main square of the city was laid out in accordance with the City Charter, which awarded it rights under the Law of Magdeburg in 1257. It was situated at the crossing of former trade routes forming in plan a square... »
Mariacki Square
Once a cemetery by the parish church, today a charming corner – one of the most beautiful in the city. The square consists of two parts, divided by the solid mass of St Mary’s Church... »
Monument to Adam Mickiewicz
“Adaś”, as the poet is familiarly called by the people of Kraków, has become a traditional meeting point for locals. Another tradition makes young people hop around its base on one leg... »
Municipal Arsenal
In 1565-1566 King Sigismund Augustus finished the construction of a second arsenal in Kraków. To distinguish it from the Royal Arsenal that had at that time been standing by the Grodzka Gate for 30 years, the new one was called Miejski: municipal or city... »
Nowodworski College
The professors of the Jagiellonian University - at that time still known as the Kraków Academy - established the St Anne Grammar School - the so-called classes - in 1588. Today it is believed to be the oldest secondary school in Poland... »
Palace of Kraków Bishops
The Palace is very closely connected to the person of the Metropolitan Bishop of Kraków, Cardinal Karol Wojtyła, who resided here from 1963 to 1978 and was a guest at the Palace during his pilgrimages to Kraków, once he had become Pope John Paul II... »
Piarist Church of the Transfiguration of Our Lord
The façade of the Piarist Church, built in 1718-1728 to the design of Kacper Bażanka, closes off the north end of ul. Św. Jana in an imposing and very decorative manner... »
Planty Garden Ring
Planty is divided into eight “gardens” stretching over a length of 4 km (2.5 miles) and covering 21 ha (52 acres). Here one can admire 40 species of trees and shrubs, including natural heritage features, such as for example the 130-year-old plane tree by ul. Wiślna... »
Pod Baranami “Under The Rams” Mansion
In bygone days, there were no numbers displayed on the houses; that function was played by signs. The owners of one of the best-known mansions on the Main Market Square made... rams its distinctive sign... »
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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.... »
