Painter, born in Lviv in 1823, died in Krakow in 1894. He graduated from law in Vienna and studied painting there. From 1846 he stayed in Paris, Venice, Lviv and Stanisławów. Activist of various artistic societies, president of the Society of Friends of Fine Arts, co-organizer of the National Museum

There are several reserves in Krakow. Two floristic reserves:Skałki Bielańskie: at the foot of the Camdeulian monastery in Bielany in the Wolski Forest, the rocks are protected by mixed forest, and in the lower part – thickets of oak hazel and elm.Skałki Przegorzalskie: on the Vistula slope, rare plants and

On the night of February 20-21, 1846, an uprising against the partitioners broke out in Krakow. It lasted 9 days and fell as a result of a military action taken by Austrian and Russian invaders. The uprising, prepared for several years by the Poznań Centralization of the Polish Democratic Society,

A term in economics that means restoring the former value of money. This term has also been adopted as a term for the renovation of architectural monuments in order to use them in accordance with their value. The attitude of the city authorities and the society towards the monuments from

Poet, born in 1505 in Żórawin near Halicz, died in 1569, probably in Rejowiec near Chełm. The son of a nobleman from Nagłowice, he sealed himself with the Oksza coat of arms. He studied in Skalbmierz, then in Lviv and the Krakow Academy, but after a year he interrupted his

A canon who died in 1694, chronicler of the monastery of Canons Regular Lateran, author of the history of Kazimierz and Krakow. He came from a middle-class family. In 1637, he joined the Order of Regular Lateran Canons at the Corpus Christi church, they were commonly known as sacred houses.

It was a noble jurydyka covering the area from the city walls, along the present Copernicus st. to the Discalced Carmelite nunnery and along the old Lubicz st. Formerly, it was part of the Wesoła jurydyka. The land around today’s Radziwiłłowska once belonged to Count Emercjanna née Warszycka. Montmorency-Bours, which

The architect, professor, son of Feliks senior, was born in Krakow in 1789, died in 1861. He began studies at the Jagiellonian University, but joined the artillery of the Duchy of Warsaw and did not complete them. He studied mechanics, military and civil construction and drawing at the School of

Architect, conservator of monuments, professor, senator of the Republic of Krakow, son of Andrzej. He was born in 1756 and died in Kraków in 1826. He studied at the Krakow Academy, he earned the degree of a sworn surveyor by measuring the villages of Ujsoły, Bolechowice and others. Professor of

Painter, born in Biała near Jędrzejów in 1711, died in Kraków in 1762. He was first educated by the Piarists in Kraków, who later sent him to study painting by Franciszek Ekstein in Moravia, with whom he stayed for four years. After his return, he stayed in Jędrzejów, decorating chapels