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2Society of
Physicians
Gmach Towarzystwa
Lekarskiego
ul. Radziwiłłowska 4. Map 2 D4
(6 F2). Tel 12 422 75 47. v 3, 10,
20, 24, 52. Open by prior telephone
arrangement only.
This building was constructed
in 1904 to designs by the archi­
tects Władysław Kaczmarski
and Józef Sowiński. A rather
Madonna and Child with Saints Adalbert modest Neo­Classical exterior
and Stanisław is in contrast to the sumptuous
interior decoration designed
1Church of by Stanisław Wyspiański. This Façade of the Baroque Church of
multi­talented artist created
the Immaculate Conception
St Nicholas complex decoration in which,
Kościół św. Mikołaja typically for the Art Nouveau 4Church of the
movement, the arts and crafts Immaculate
ul. Kopernika 9. Map 2 D4 (6 F3). complement each other.
Tel 12 431 22 77. v 3, 10, 20, 24, 52. Wyspiański chose colour Conception of
Open during services only. the Virgin Mary
schemes for the walls and
Recorded in the first half of designed the exquisite stained­ Kościół Niepokalanego
the 13th century, this is one glass showing Apollo, The Solar Poczęcia NMP
of the oldest churches in System, as well as the metal ul. Kopernika 19. Map 2 E4. v 2, 4, 7,
Krakow. The remnants of the balusters and furniture. 10, 14, 20, 52. Open 8am–4pm daily
Romanesque church and a and during services.
Gothic portal have survived in
the chancel. During Swedish This church, also known as
occupation, in 1665, the church the Church of St Lazarus, was
was plundered and burned used in the past by novices
and the present building is the of the order of the Discalced
result of a Baroque remodelling Carmelites. The rigidity of the
undertaken between 1677 Baroque architecture of this
and 1682. Furnishings were church, built between 1634 and
commissioned by the Academy 1680, reflects the strict building
of Krakow, whose patronage regulations of the Carmelite
over this collegiate foundation order. Large and complex, the
goes back to 1465. A coat of high altar dominates the small
arms of the academy (a shield interior. Modelled on the high
with crossed maces) decorates altar in the Carmelite Church
the backs of the stalls. The of Santa Maria della Scala in
high altar, featuring an effigy Rome, it was made in 1681 of
of St Nicholas and architectural black marble from the Dębnik
decoration forming coulisses, quarry, which was owned
was probably designed by by the Carmelites.
Francesco Placidi. It. The
church also houses a late 5Church of
Gothic triptych, depicting the
Coronation of the Virgin, and the Discalced
a Renaissance Madonna and Carmelite Nuns
Child with Saints Adalbert Apollo, The Solar System, by Wyspiański Kościół Karmelitanek Bosych
and Stanisław, patron saints of in the Society of Physicians building
Poland. A bronze font, dating ul. Kopernika 44. Map 2 E4.
from 1536, is worth noting. 3Church of the Tel 12 421 41 18. @ 124, 152,
It is also of interest that 502. v 2, 4, 7, 10, 14, 20, 52.
Feliks Dzierżyński, who was Sacred Heart Open during services only.
to become the founder of of Jesus
the Cheka (Bolshevik secret Kościół Najświętszego Serca A large convent was built
police) and a Bolshevik Pana Jezusa in the neighbourhood of
revolutionary, was married the friary of the same order
in this church in 1910. See pp136–7. between 1720 and 1732.