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9Corpus Christi
Church
Kościół Bożego Ciała
ul. Bożego Ciała 26. Map 4 D2. @ 504.
v 3, 6, 10, 13. Open 9am–noon, 1:30–
7pm Mon–Sat and during services.
Corpus Christi Church was built
on marshland where, according
to legend, a monstrance
(religious container) with the
Eucharist stolen from the
Collegiate Church of All Saints
had been found. A mysterious
light shining in the darkness
indicated the site where the
Entrance to the Remu’h Synagogue and Cemetery profaned monstrance had been
abandoned. The construction
cemeteries in the whole of 7Galicia Jewish of the church, founded by King
Europe with so many tombs, Museum Kazimierz the Great, began in
both gravestones (matzeva) Źydowskie Muzeum Galicja 1340 and was completed in the
and sarcophagi. Their rich floral early 15th century. As a parish
and animal decoration is of ul. Dajwór 18. Map 4 E2. Tel 12 421 68 church it was bestowed by
particular interest. 42. v 3, 19, 24. Open 10am– local burghers with sumptuous
The cemetery was almost 6pm daily. & ∑ galiciajewish furnishings, most of which
entirely destroyed during World museum.org have survived.
War II. However, the tomb of In 1634 to 1637 the high altar
Remu’h, which still attracts Housed in a restored former was decorated with a painting
pilgrims from all over the mill, the Galicia Jewish Museum of The Nativity by Tommaso The Nativity by Tommaso The Nativity
world, was spared from Nazi was founded in 2004 by Dolabella, court artist to
destruction. Over 700 tombs photographer Chris Schwartz Zygmunt III Vaza. The large stalls
have been excavated since to commemorate the once- for monks, matching the altar,
World War II. They were thriving Jewish culture of were made in 1632. A 17th-
probably buried during the southeastern Poland. Schwartz’s century gilded altarpiece with
Swedish invasion in the early evocative photographs of the relics of Blessed Stanisław
18th century. The Wailing synagogues and graveyards Kazimierczyk is located in the
Wall by the entrance was fill the exhibition halls. The north aisle.
made using fragments of museum also hosts changing The altar of Christ the
tombstones destroyed exhibitions dedicated to Jewish Redeemer, decorated with
during the war. historical themes. sculptures by Anton Gegen-
baur, is also worth noting. A
6New Jewish 8Museum of slab in the north aisle indicates
the burial place of the architect
Cemetery Municipal Bartolomeo Berecci, who was
Nowy Cmentarz Żydowski Engineering assassinated in 1537.
Muzeum Inżynierii Miejskiej
ul. Miodowa 55. Map 4 E1. v 3, 19,
24. Open 10am–4pm Sun–Fri. ul. Św. Wawrzyńca 15. Map 4 D2.
Tel 12 421 12 42. v 3, 19, 24.
Established in the early Open Jun–Sep: 10am–6pm Tue,
19th century, this cemetery Thu & Sun, 10am–4pm Wed, Fri &
is a burial place of the great Sat; Oct–May: 10am–4pm Tue–Sun.
& free Tue. ∑ mimk.com.pl
Jews of Krakow of the 19th
and 20th centuries. All
Kazimierz’s rabbis and many Set in a former tram depot, this
of the great benefactors of museum holds a fascinating
Krakow rest here. They include collection of motor cars through
Józef Oettinger and Józef the ages, including many Polish-
Rosenblatt (professors of the made vehicles that are no longer
Jagiellonian University), Józef around. There are hands-on
Sare (the city President), and displays of science and tech-
Maurycy Gotlieb (one of the nology for kids, and a large
foremost Polish artists of collection of trams parked in Image of the Madonna in the Church of
the 19th century). the tram shed. Corpus Christi