Page 45 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - Krakow

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House of Matejko
In the family house
of Jan Matejko,
some of his works,
including this study
for Joan of Arc, as
well as his extra­
BASZTO WA
ordinary collection
of “antiquities”, are
L U B I C Z brought together.

OLD WESOŁA,
ŚW. TOMASZA
QUARTER KLEPARZ
AND BISKUPIE

Gallery of 19th-Century Polish Art
in the Cloth Hall
OKÓŁ AND In 1879 Henryk Siemiradzki presented the
STRADOM
QUARTERS National Museum with its first gift, his
GRODZKA
painting The Torches of Nero.
J Ó Z EFA DIETL A S TA R O W I Ś L N A

Old Synagogue
KAZIMIERZ A collection of Judaica,
QUARTER one of the best in Central
Europe, is housed in this
Renaissance synagogue.
ŚW. WAWRZY Ń C A

KRAKOWSKA

Schindler’s Factory
The former factory of Oskar
Schindler houses a fascinating
yet sobering exhibition exploring
the Nazi occupation of Krakow.

Royal Castle in Wawel
This royal residence houses an outstanding
art collection which includes paintings,
sculptures, gold work, arms and Oriental
art. The tapestries are of particular interest.