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House of Jan Matejko
Jan Matejko, whose particular genre Where to See
of history painting imprinted in the 19th-Century Krakow
nation’s mind an image of its past,
lived in this house (see p116). The architecture of Krakow
in the 19th century was eclectic.
The Renaissance Revival style
predominated (for example
the Academy of Fine Arts,
Inhabitants of see p138), and was often
Krakow greeting influenced by the monumental
the Emperor architecture of Vienna, the
place where many of Krakow’s
architects trained. The university
buildings are a good example
of Gothic Revival in which
the historic style is blended
with vernacular features.

Design for the The Church of the Felician Nuns
Mickiewicz Monument is one of the few buildings in
This model by Antoni the Romanesque Revival style
Kurzawa was never (see p146).
fully executed. It is
held at the National
Museum in Krakow.

The Krakow Uprising
The uprising of 1846
was intended to spark The Collegium Novum is a
a revolt in all parts of prestigious Gothic Revival
partitioned Poland, building designed by Feliks
but was suppressed Księżarski (see p106).
by the Austrians.

1866 Local government established 1872 1876 Czartoryski Collection
in Krakow with Józef Dietl as Mayor Academy opens to the public
of Skills
1854 Society of Friends established 1883–7 Collegium
of Fine Arts established Novum built
1850 1860 1870 1880 1890
1850 Great fire
of Krakow 1883 Two Krakow 1893 Słowacki
scientists, Theatre opens
Apparatus for Z. Wróblewski
condensing oxygen and K. Olszewski,
condense oxygen