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the cloister: one houses
the miraculous Madonna of
Consolation and the other the
relics of Blessed Isaiah Boner.

wPaulite Church
“On the Rock”
Kościół Paulinów Na Skałce
ul. Skałeczna 15. Map 3 C2. Tel 12 619
09 00. @ 504. v 6, 8, 10, 13. Open
9am–5pm Mon–Sat, 1–5pm Sun.
Crypt: Open Apr–Oct: 9am–5pm
Town Hall in Kazimierz, housing the Ethnographic Museum daily; Nov–Mar: on request. &
0Ethnographic excommunicating the king. A small church of St Michael
Museum The king repaid the messenger “On the Rock” was recorded
Muzeum Etnograficzn with the order to have Baryczka back in the 11th century. This
drowned in the Vistula. was the site where Bishop
Plac Wolnica 1. Map 4 D2. Tel 12 379 However, the construction of Stanisław of Szczepanów, later
60 23. @ 504. v 6, 8, 10, 13. Open the church possibly began in canonized, was murdered
10am–7pm Tue–Sun. Closed public 1343 and continued until the (see pp24–5). In the 14th
hols. & free on Sun. 8 = early 16th century. Regarded century this Romanesque
as one of the most beautiful church was replaced by a large
Kazimierz’s Renaissance Town Gothic churches in Krakow, Gothic church founded by
Hall is now home to the its furnishings were lost in the Kazimierz the Great. Four
Ethnographic Museum. It 19th century when it was briefly hundred years later it was in
displays a rich transformed into a danger of collapsing. It was
collection of warehouse. The rebuilt in the late Baroque style,
exhibits, Baroque high altar, between 1733 and 1742. The
including decorated with design by Anton Gerhard
costumes the Mystical Müntzer was modified by
from all Marriage of St Antonio Solari and the uniform
over Poland, Catherine by furnishings all date from the
traditional Andrea Venesta, 1740s. A small font by the
Krakow Christmas 1634, has survived. church is decorated with a
cribs, folk art and Worth visiting is the statue of St Stanisław, made in
musical instruments. Fresco in the cloister in the Gothic cloister which 1731. The tormentors of the
There is also a section Church of St Catherine dates from the time saint, who are said to have
covering the seasonal of Kazimierz the quartered his body, threw his
folk festivals once celebrated Great. It features late Gothic cut-off finger into the font. The
by both Christians and Jews, murals and large 17th-century water is reputed to have had
and a fantastic display of paintings. Two chapels adjoin healing properties ever since.
recreated house interiors
on the ground floor.
qChurch of
St Catherine
Kościół św. Katarzyny
ul. Augustiańska 7. Map 4 D2. Tel 12
430 62 42. @ 504. v 6, 8, 10, 13.
Open during services only.
According to the chronicler
Jan Długosz, the Church of
St Catherine was built by
King Kazimierz the Great as
a penance for murdering
Father Marcin Baryczka in
1349. Baryczka delivered a
document issued by bishops Paulite Church “On the Rock”