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outside wall facing Smoleńsk Lorenzo Lotto, Pieter
Street, remnants of a Gothic Brueghel the Younger
sepulchre, with a kneeling and Paolo Veneziano.
figure of a knight, can be seen. The gallery is housed in
Among the rather modest a renovated 17th-century
Baroque furnishings, the one of granary set on a quiet, tree-
most interest is the image of the lined square. At the back of
M M
Misericordia Domini (The Suffering isericordia Domini (The Suffering isericordia Domini the museum is an intriguing
Christ and Sorrowful Mary) of collection of masonry
1650, hanging in the chancel. fragments from historic
Adjacent to the church buildings all over the city.
is a presbytery, built in the
eclectic style in 1905–6 by
Jan Zubrzycki. 8Małopolska
Decorative façade of the House of the Garden of Arts
5Retoryka Street Singing Frog Małopolski Ogród Sztuki
Ulica Retoryka is considered to be the most ul. Rajska 12. Map 1 B4 (5 B1).
Map 1 B5 (5 B3, 4). v 1, 2, 6, 20. interesting of Talowski’s designs. Tel 12 375 21 50. @ 114, 139, 159,
164, 169, 192. v 4, 8, 13, 14, 24.
The unusual structure consists
The name of this street comes of a number of segments varing Open from 9am; closing times vary.
∑ mos.art.pl
from the Retoryka jurisdiction, in height and decoration, so
which was established in this that it could be viewed at an This multifunctional arts
area by the Ossolińskis in the angle from the adjacent street complex features several
first half of the 18th century. corner. The name of the house exhibition spaces, a concert
In the late 19th century the is a joke which refers to both hall, a small cinema and a
construction of boulevards the function and location of delightful café, all wrapped up
began along the Rudawa river, the building: it used to house in a strikingly contemporary
which ran here. They were lined a music school whose singing building that consists of a
with houses whose architecture students were often accom- slatted clay façade, glass frame,
was marked by imaginative panied by croaking frogs in industrial beams and a garden
forms and unusual decoration. the nearby Rudawa river. courtyard. Opened in 2012, the
In 1910 the river was enclosed Małopolska Garden of Arts was
in a tunnel beneath street level. 7Europeum built on and around buildings
The houses designed by Teodor belonging to the Juliusz
Talowski are most interesting. Plac Sikorskiego 6. Map 1 B4 (5 B2). Słowacki Theatre as a joint
He used pseudo-antiquarian, Tel 12 433 57 60. @ 124, 152, 292. project by the theatre and the
intentionally damaged motifs v 2, 8, 13 18, 20. Open 10am–6pm regional government. The semi-
such as mosaics and plaques Tue–Sat, 10am–4pm Sun. & free on enclosed spaces at the front
bearing popular Latin Sun. ∑ mnk.pl and side of the building are
inscriptions for the external wonderfully peaceful areas in
decoration. The plaque on his The Europeum is home to the which to sit and relax, and there
own house reads festina lente most important assemblage are always events or exhibitions
(hasten slowly) and that on of non-Polish European works taking place inside. Many of
the Ass House, faber est suae of art in the National Museum Krakow’s biggest cultural
quisque fortunae (one makes in Krakow collection. Notable festivals now use the centre
one’s own destiny). exhibits include works by as their main venue.
The houses in Retoryka
Street, designed by Talowski
and other leading architects
active in Krakow around 1900,
are interesting examples of
Polish architecture at the
dawn of the modern age.
6House of the
Singing Frog
Dom Pod Śpiewającą żabą
ul. Retoryka 1. Map 1 B5 (5 B3).
v 1, 2, 6.
The corner house at No. 1
Retoryka Street, built in 1889–90, The striking exterior of the Małopolska Garden of Arts