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Grunwald Monument
This colour-coded map (see Central Krakow of the Kleparz quarter, an imposing monument
Surrounded by the sumptuous architecture
Central Krakow is divided into six main sightseeing areas, each of
commemorates the victory over the Teutonic
which has its own chapter. Krakow’s impressively well-preserved
pp18–19) indicates the six main churches, cathedrals and palaces can be found in the Old Quarter Knights in 1410 (see p140).
and atop Wawel Hill. The south of the city is ideal for exploring
Jewish history, while the streets surrounding the Church of the Visitation
Nuns of the
sightseeing areas described in Old Quarter are replete with eclectic STEFANA BATOREGO ŁOBZOWSKA BISKUPIA KROWODERSKA DŁUGA ŚW. FILIPA RYNEK KLEPARSKI PLACJ Church of St Florian KURNIKI Kraków
architecture and modern developments.
this guide. Each of these is more CZARNOWIEJSKA P. MICHAŁOWSKIEGO KARMELICKA Carmelite Church GARBARSKA J. DUNAJEWSKIEGO BASZTOWA PIJARSKA Ś W. MARKA ANA MATEJKI BASZTOWA ZACISZE WORCELLA PAWIA KOLEJOWY Główny PLAC
RAJSKA
fully covered in the Area by AL. A. MICKIEWICZA CZYSTA SKARBOWA DOLNYCH MŁYNÓW SZUJSKIEGO LORETAŃSKA KRUPNICZA SZCZEPAŃSKA PLAC Information Cultural Centre SŁAWKOWSKA ŚW. JAN A PIJARSKA FLORIAŃSKA Czartoryski SZPITALNA ŚW. DUCHA PLAC LUBICZ L. ZAMENHOFA S T R
Museum
SZCZEPAŃSKI
Discalced Carmelite Nuns
Area section (see pp58–153). KRUPNICZA N. CYBULSKIEGO GARNCARSKA SIKORSKIEGO STUDENCKA Capuchin Church Churchof St Anne ŚW. ANNY SZEWSKA Collegium JAGIELLOŃSKA Cloth Hall RYNEK GŁÓWNY Church of MIKOŁAJSKA ŚW. MARKA Pl Pl P alal ntytyt WESTERPLATTE RADZIWIŁŁOWSKA H
ŚW. KRZYŻA
St Mary
Immaculate
ŚW. TOMASZA
Conception
Church of
PL. WŁ.
the Sacred
Maius
In Krakow at a Glance this SZ. HUMBERTA MARSZ. JÓZEFA PIŁSUDSKIEGO JABŁONOWSKICH PODWALE GOŁĘBIA ŁĘBIA ŁĘBIA WIŚLNA WIŚLNA BRACKA STOLARSKA RYNEK MAŁY SIENNA Dominican Dominican Nuns M. KOPERNIKA Key
WENECJA
Church of the M. ZYBLIKIEWICZA
Church
same colour coding allows RETORYKA SMOLEŃSK FELICJANEK Franciscan FRANCISZKAŃSKA GRODZKA DOMINIKAŃSKA ŚW. GERTRUDY STAROWIŚLNA WIELOPOLE BONEROWSKA Star sight
Church
Railway station
Railway line
POSELSKA
you to locate the most Church of St Mary AL. Z. KRASIŃSKIEGO WYGODA J. KOSSAKA PL. ZWIERZYNIECKA TARŁOWSKA NA GROBLACH F. STRASZEWSKIEGO Pl Pl P alal ntytyt KANO N I CZ A Church of St Andrew City wall
With its asymmetrical silhouette, this
Church of Saints
Peter and Paul
church is Krakow’s best-known
landmark (see pp94–7).
PLAC
interesting places. You will POWIŚLE PODZAMCZE ŚW. IDZIEGO Church of St ŚW. SEBASTIANA
Martin
MOST DĘBNICKI Cathedral Church of the J. DIETLA ŚW. SEBASTIANA JOSELEWICZA BERKA M. SIEDLECKIEGO 0 metres
also be able to orientate Royal Castle BERNARDYŃSKA Missionaries BRZOZOWA 0 yards 300 300
PODBRZEZIE
Church of the
Bernardines STRADOMSKA JAKUBA SZEROKA STAROWIŚLNA HALICKA AL. I. DASZYŃSKIEGO
yourself during the three V i s t u l a SMOCZA KOLETEK SUKIENNICZA ŚW. AGNIESZKI MIODOWA PLAC NOWY NOWA ESTERY JÓZEFA KUPA IZAAKA DAJWÓR PL. BAWÓŁ
suggested walks (see p168). Zygmunt Chapel MOST GRUNWALDZKI J. DIETLA Church of St PAULIŃSKA Catherine AUGUSTIAŃSKA B. MEISELSA BOŻEGO CIAŁA Corpus Christi ŚW. WAWRZYŃCA WĄSKA BARTOSZA
This 16th-century chapel is
regarded as the greatest example
Church
of Renaissance architecture north
of the Alps (see pp67–8). SKAŁECZNA WĘGŁOWA POWSTAŃCÓW MOST
Paulite BOCHEŃSKA ŚLĄSKICH
Church PIEKARSKA KRAKOWSKA BONIFRATERSKA GAZOWA PODGÓRSKA
SKAWIŃSKA TRYNITARSKA
Church of the Order
of St John of God V i s t u l a Church of Saints
CHMIELOWSKIEGO MOST KŁADKA Peter and Paul
OJCA BERNATKA
H. WIETORA
RYBAKI MOST The oldest Baroque
Old Synagogue J. PIŁSUDSKIEGO church in Krakow is
This Renaissance synagogue situated on Grodzka
in the Kazimierz quarter is the Street, which runs
most outstanding building of along the former royal
the Jewish district (see p124). route (see pp82–3).
For keys to symbols see back flap
Numbered circles locate the listed Practical information provides everything you need to know to
sights on the Area Map and within visit each sight. Map references pinpoint the sight’s location on
the descriptive section. the Street Finder map Street Finder map Street Finder (see pp230–39).
Detailed Information
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3Each of the most interesting sights
2 2St Mary’s Square from 1394 to 1399, which 5Krzysztofory 6Town Hall Tower Town Hall Tower
Plac Mariacki coincides with one of the Palace W Wieża Ratuszowaieża Ratuszowa
stages in the construction of
Map 1 C4 (6 D2). St Mary’s. Between 1415 and Pałac Krzysztofory R Rynek Główny 1. ynek Główny 1. MapMap 1 C4 (6 D2). is described in depth. You will find
Museum: Tel 12 426 43 34. 12 426 43 34. Open
1536 sermons were delivered Rynek Główny 35. Map 1 C4 (6 D2). Apr–Oct: 10:30am–5:30pm daily. &
St Mary’s Square was once in Polish in the former church, Museum of Krakow: Tel 12 426 50 60.
Cellars: Open 10am–5:30pm Tue–Sun.
a parish graveyard. It was and in German in the latter. & ∑ mhk.pl Until the early 19th century there them listed in order following the
relocated between 1796 and During this period the patricians were several public buildings on
1804. The statue of the Virgin of Krakow were mostly German Market Square: the Town Hall,
Mary that was here and it was only much later This is one of the oldest and the Small Weigh-House, the
originally is now in the that they became a most beautiful palaces in Large Weigh-House and a pillory. numbering on the Area Map.
Planty by Jagiellońska minority among the Polish Krakow, with a magnificent The 70 m- (230 ft-) high Town
Street. The bas-relief population. In 1586 the arcaded courtyard. It was Hall Tower is, unfortunately, the
attributed to Veit Stoss, church was taken over remodelled between 1682 only structure to have survived. Practical information, including
which once decorated by the Jesuits. Piotr and 1685 by Jacopo Solari The Gothic Town Hall itself was
the Calvary Porch, has Skarga preached here for Kazimierz Wodzicki, one remodelled many times and
survived and is now in and Jakub Wujek, the of the richest noblemen finally demolished in 1846.
the National Museum. translator of the Bible, in Lesser Poland. The present dome is Baroque. map references, opening hours and
A copy can be seen on is buried here. Added The palace is named after The tower houses a branch
the wall at No. 8 on the on the outside from 1488 St Christopher, whose 14th- of the Museum of Krakow
square. The prelate to 1518 is a late Gothic century statue decorates the dedicated to the history of local
House and a Vicarage chapel with a porch building. Now belonging to the government and is a venue telephone numbers, is also provided.
are among the houses in decorated with sculptures Museum of Krakow (which has for the Ludowy Theatre.
which original beamed made by Veit Stoss’s several branches throughout
ceilings and plasterwork workshop. Furnishings the city), the building’s top floor Church of St Adalbert on Market Square
have survived. St Barbara’s date mostly from the holds the Cyberteka: Krakow in 7Cloth Hall
Church is on the east side 18th century but there Time and Space, which tells the Sukiennice as well as archaeological finds try to convert the Prussians in
of the square, which also is also an interesting early history of the city through a See pp104–5. such as the remains of an 11th- 997. The architecture of the
features a small water 15th-century Pietà combination of models and century cemetery and ancient church amalgamates several
pump decorated with A student of medieval in stone and a 15th- touch-screen computers. In the coins and clothing. The styles, from Romanesque and
a figure of a student of Krakow, St Mary’s century crucifix on basement is a display devoted to 8Rynek museum cleverly blends Gothic, through Renaissance
medieval Krakow. It is Square the high altar. the art of the szopka or nativity Underground modern technology with and Baroque, to the modern
a copy of a figure from crib. The szopka has become an Podziemia Rynku interactive exhibits and more interior design. This mixture
the high altar in St Mary’s important expression of Krakow traditional museum displays. reflects various stages in the
(see pp96–7). 4Market Square folk art, with locals competing Rynek Główny 1. Map 1 C4 (6 D2). Tel development of the Market
Rynek Główny to create the most ornate scene 12 426 50 60. Open Apr–Oct: 10am– Square, an exhibition on
10pm daily (to 8pm Mon, to 4pm Tue);
up to Christmas.
Underground. The display
Tue). Book in advance via the website Church
3St Barbara’s See pp100–103. every year in the weeks leading Nov–Mar: 10am–8pm daily (to 4pm 9St Adalbert’s which is located in Rynek
Church or by phone. Closed 2nd Mon of Kościół św. Wojciecha includes a cross-section of The visitors’ checklist
the ground beneath the
Kościół św. Barbary The Lajkonik month. & free Tue. ∑ mhk.pl Rynek Główny 3. Map 1 C4 (6 D3). square, as well as medieval
Mały Rynek 8. Map 1 C4 (6 D2). Every year, on the first Open 8:30am–5pm daily. & water pipes and other objects provides useful information you
Tel 12 428 15 00. Open 9am–6pm Thursday after Corpus This high-tech museum, tracing found during the excavations
Mon–Sat, 2–3:30pm Sun. Christi, a parade led by a the story of the city, opened in The small church of St Adalbert carried out after World War II,
According to a legend St figure known as the Lajkonik September 2010 and is located is one of the oldest in Krakow. which have also revealed may need to plan your visit.
proceeds from the Convent
the remnants of the building
under Market Square. The
A legend tells that St Adalbert
Barbara’s Church was built of the Premonstratensian underground vaults contain preached here before leaving dating from the time of
using the bricks that were left Nuns in Zwierzyniec to displays on transport and trade on his missionary journey to St Adalbert.
over from the construction the Market Square. The
of the Church of St Mary. event commemorates
St Barbara’s actually dates the victory over the Tatars
in 1287. On his way, the
Lajkonik strikes some ajkonik strikes some ajkonik
L L
spectators with his mace,
a sign which is thought to
bring good luck, especially
to girls. At the Market Square
the Lajkonik receives a Lajkonik receives a Lajkonik 66  Kr a K ow area b y area Kr a K ow c a thedr alow c a thedr al  67
symbolic tribute. The
original costume of the
Lajkonik, designed in 1904
by Stanisław Wyspiański, 3 Krakow Cathedral . Zygmunt Tower VisiTors’ Cors’ CHECKlisT
The Gothic porch with Christ in is now in the Museum The Lajkonik No other building is as strongly associated with the history of The Zygmunt bell in the tower, cast in Practical Information
1520, is the largest in Poland. It weighs
of Krakow.
Gethsemane, at St Barbara’s The iconic Cloth Hall in the middle of the Market Square Krakow, and the whole nation, as the cathedral. the existing nearly 11 tons and is more than 2 m Wawel Hill 3. Map 3 C1 (5 C5).
building is the third to have been built on this site. the cathedral (6.5 ft) in diameter. Tel 12 429 33 21. Cathedral,
Zygmunt Tower, Royal Tombs:
was built by władysław the Short to house the relics of St Stanisław, open Apr–Oct: 9am–5pm
who was much venerated by the Poles. the basilica consists of a Mon–Sat, 12:30–5pm Sun;
nave with single aisles, non-projecting transept, and a choir with Nov–Mar: 9am–4pm Mon–Sat,
an ambulatory. there are also three towers. Many chapels adjoin 12:30–4pm Sun. Closed Easter,
Sun in Advent, Christmas Day,
the aisles. the chapels date from different periods and have been 1 Jan, 1 Nov. & 8 7
remodelled many times. the internal structure of the Gothic Transport
The boxes contain detailed information cathedral is now obscure because of later additions. today the today the t @ 128, 522. v 3, 6, 8, 10, 18, 40.
interior displays a variety of styles. despite this eclecticism the
layout of the interior is straightforward. High Altar
on a particular subject related to the sight. The high altar was commissioned
in 1649 by Piotr Gembicki, one
Exterior of the Cathedral of the most powerful bishops
in 17th-century Krakow.
Although dating from
different periods, all the
distinct parts of the
Cathedral make a unique
and picturesque ensemble.
. Zygmunt Chapel
This chapel is a mausoleum of the
rulers of the Jagiellonian dynasty.
Numbered circles point out Surmounted by a gilt dome, it is a
Renaissance masterpiece.
key features of the sight. The top of the tallest tower is
Clock Tower
decorated with four statues
of the patron saints of
the Kingdom of Poland
and the Cathedral:
Wacław, Adalbert,
Stanisław and
Kazimierz (Casimir).
Potocki Chapel
Krakow’s Main Sights Remodelled in the 19th century, this
chapel features The Crucifixion by the
4Historic buildings are dissected 1020 Laying of the foundation 17th-century Bolognese artist Giovanni 1626–9 St Stanisław’s
Francesco Barbieri, “Il Guercino”.
1521 The Zygmunt
stone of the Cathedral bell hung Canopy erected
to reveal their interiors. Museums Entrance 1000 1250 1320–64 Third 1500 1664–76 Vaza 1750
Cathedral built
Chapel built
The bones of an “ancient he bones of an “ancient
T
creature” hang above the
and galleries have colour-coded entrance. According to legend KEY 1 1 Bell tower 1090–1142 Second 1519–33 Zygmunt 1758–66
the end of the world will come
when they fall. The letter K
2 Baroque spire from the first
(so-called Herman)
on the door is the initial of
Bishop
Cathedral built
floor plans enabling you to find Kazimierz the Great, during half of the 18th century Clock on the Clock Tower Chapel built by Załuski’s Chapel built
3 Załuski Chapel
whose reign the Cathedral
Bar
Bartolomeo Berreccitolomeo Berrecci
was completed.
important exhibits.
A timeline indicates important dates
in the history of the building.