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e Collegium Maius

The Collegium Maius is the oldest building within
the Academy of Krakow (now the Jagiellonian
University). It was constructed in the 15th century
by amalgamating a number of town houses. Lecture
rooms and accommodation for professors were
originally located here. In the 19th century the building
housed the Jagiellonian Library. Between 1840 and
1870 the architects Karol Kremer, Feliks Księżarski
and Hermann Bergman rebuilt the college in the
Neo-Gothic style. After World War II the University . Libraria
The Libraria was built in the 16th century
Museum, established in 1867, was moved here. as the College Library. Today it is a
meeting place of the senate and is
decorated with portraits of rectors
Oriel and professors of the university.
This oriel window
projecting from the
Stuba Communis
enlivens the austere
exterior wall.

. Stuba Communis
The Stuba Communis,
or Common Room,
served as the professors’
refectory. The hall
features a 14th-century
statue of Kazimierz the
Great and a 17th-century
staircase made in Danzig.

Entrance
University Treasury
The insignia of the rector, including a late 15th-century mace
bequeathed by Bishop Zbigniew Oleśnicki and that of Queen
Jadwiga from around 1405, are among the treasures.

Copernicus Room
This room is dedicated to the great astronomer, who
studied here between 1491 and 1495, thus rendering
the academy famous. The display features the so-called
Jagiellonian armillary sphere made in 1510.