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Central Krakow

Central Krakow is divided into six main sightseeing areas, each of
which has its own chapter. Krakow’s impressively well-preserved
churches, cathedrals and palaces can be found in the Old Quarter
and atop Wawel Hill. The south of the city is ideal for exploring
Jewish history, while the streets surrounding the Church of the
Nuns of the
Visitation
Old Quarter are replete with eclectic KROWODERSKA
architecture and modern developments. STEFANA BATOREGO ŁOBZOWSKA BISKUPIA
P. MICHAŁOWSKIEGO KARMELICKA GARBARSKA BASZTOWA
MICKIEWICZA DOLNYCH MŁYNÓW SZUJSKIEGO RAJSKA Carmelite J. DUNAJEWSKIEGO Ś W. MARKA SŁAWKOWSKA
CZARNOWIEJSKA
PIJARSKA
Church
PLAC
SZCZEPAŃSKI
Cultural
A. CZYSTA SKARBOWA LORETAŃSKA KRUPNICZA SZEWSKA Information
SZCZEPAŃSKA
Centre
AL. KRUPNICZA STUDENCKA Churchof JAGIELLOŃSKA RYNEK
St Anne
GŁÓWNY
N. CYBULSKIEGO Capuchin ŚW. ANNY Cloth Hall
Church
Collegium
PL. WŁ.
SZ. HUMBERTA GARNCARSKA SIKORSKIEGO JABŁONOWSKICH GOŁĘBIA WIŚLNA BRACKA
Maius
WIŚLNA
GOŁĘBIA
GOŁĘBIA
WENECJA
MARSZ. JÓZEFA PIŁSUDSKIEGO PODWALE
FRANCISZKAŃSKA
SMOLEŃSK Franciscan
Church GRODZKA
Church of St Mary AL. Z. KRASIŃSKIEGO RETORYKA FELICJANEK POSELSKA
With its asymmetrical silhouette, this WYGODA ZWIERZYNIECKA TARŁOWSKA F. STRASZEWSKIEGO
church is Krakow’s best-known Pl Pl P alal ntytyt
KANO N I CZ A
landmark (see pp94–7). PL. PLAC
J. KOSSAKA NA GROBLACH
POWIŚLE
PODZAMCZE ŚW. IDZIEGO
MOST
DĘBNICKI Cathedral
Royal
BERNARDYŃSKA
Castle
Church of the
Bernardines
KOLETEK SUKIENNICZA
SMOCZA
V i s t u l a
Zygmunt Chapel
This 16th-century chapel is J. DIETLA
regarded as the greatest example
of Renaissance architecture north MOST
of the Alps (see pp67–8). GRUNWALDZKI
Paulite
Church
Old Synagogue
This Renaissance synagogue
in the Kazimierz quarter is the
most outstanding building of
the Jewish district (see p124).