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iJagiellonian matches the forms of the
Library old building and is one of
Biblioteka Jagiellońska the most interesting examples
of architecture of the 1990s.
ul. Oleandry 3. Map 1 A4 (5 A2). Themed exhibitions of books
Tel 12 633 09 03. v 15, 18. @ 144, and manuscripts are held in
164, 169, 173, 179, 194, 292, 503. the lobby. Entrance to the
v 20. Open 8:15am–8:50pm
Mon–Fri, 9am–4pm Sat. reading rooms is with a
membership card only.
For many centuries the Library
of the Jagiellonian University
was housed in the Collegium oAcademy of
Maius (see pp108–9). This new Mines and Statues in front of the Academy of Mines
building was constructed Metallurgy, and Metallurgy
between 1931 and 1939 to
designs by Wacław Krzyżano- Main Building of floor space, was built
wski. It has impressive modern Al. Mickiewicza 30. Map 1 A3, 4 (5 A1). between 1923 and 1935.
forms and a spacious and Tel 12 617 33 33. @ 144, 164, 169, It was designed by Sławomir
functional interior. It is not 173, 179, 194, 292, 503. v 20. Odrzywolski and Wacław
only the success of the design Open 7:30am–8pm daily. Krzyżanowski in a Neo-Classical
but also the high quality of style that is particularly
craftsmanship and the use The Academy of Mines was prominent in the façade and
of luxurious materials that established in Krakow in portico. The statues of miners
make this building an 1919. In 1922 the Faculty and steel workers in front of
outstanding example of of Metallurgy was added. the building are by Jan Raszka.
Krakow’s architecture in After 1945 the academy was In German-occupied Poland
the interwar years. transformed into a large and the building became the
A new wing of the library, well-equipped technological seat of the Governor-General.
designed by Romuald Loegler, university. It has its own A museum housed in Building
was completed in 2001, when nuclear reactor and modern C-1 is dedicated to the history
the university celebrated the acoustic laboratory. The of the academy.
6th centenary of its re-estab- enormous main building, with
lishment. The additional wing 110,000 sq m (1,183,600 sq ft)
pAvenue of
Three Poets
Aleje Trzech Wieszczów
Map 1 A3, 1 A4, 1 B2, 1 C2. @ 144,
164, 169, 173, 179, 194, 292, 503.
In the mid-19th century an
earthen embankment was
constructed along what is today
this avenue, and in 1887 to 1888
a railway line was laid for trains
connecting Krakow to Płaszów.
East of the embankment, new
streets were laid out and new
houses constructed in the
eclectic and Art Nouveau styles.
When in 1910 the borders of
Krakow were extended, the
railway and the embankment
were dismantled. Their site was
replaced by a wide avenue
comprising a dual carriageway
with a belt of greenery in the
middle. Each of the sections
of the avenue was named after
a Romantic poet: Krasiński,
Mickiewicz and Słowacki.
The intention was to transform
the avenue into Krakow’s
An illuminated page in the Behem Codex, Jagiellonian Library Champs Elysées.