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Piarist Church
The Rococo façade of this
church is flat, though it
is richly decorated.

LUBICZ
OLD WESOŁA, KLEPARZ
QUARTER AND BISKUPIE
MIK OŁA JA KOPE RNIK A

Church of St Mary
The most important church
in the centre of historic
Krakow, St Mary’s is famous
for its retable, made between
1477 and 1489, and its
interior decoration,
which dates from later years.
OKÓŁ AND
STRADOM
QUARTERS
GRODZKA

Dominican Church
This memorial plaque
JÓZEFA DIETLA humanist, secretary to the
of Callimachus (Italian
S TA R O W I Ś L N A
Royal court), made after
Stoss, is to be found here.
KAZIMIERZ 1496 to the design of Veit
QUARTER The remaining furnishings
are mostly Neo-Gothic.
ŚW. WAW R Z YŃ CA
KR AKOW SKA
V i s t u l a

Church of Saints Peter and Paul
This is the finest early Baroque
church in Poland from the leading
St Catherine’s Church architects of the late 16th century.
While visiting this It is decorated with exquisite
church one should carved statues and stuccowork.
not miss the south
porch decorated with
stonework and tracery.