Cardinal, politician born in Sienna in 1389, died in Sandomierz in 1455. He graduated from the Krakow Academy, secretary of King Władysław Jagiełło, whom he saved his life at Grunwald in 1410. In 1411, an envoy to the conciliar Pope John XXIII, in 1420 the priest of the church of

This was the name of the Nadwiślańskie thickets at the Norbertine convent in Kraków. In 1912, the Exhibition of Architecture and Interiors in the Garden Surroundings was opened in Błonia, near today’s Oleandry Street. The wooden circus standing here was dismantled to obtain free grounds. At that time, an indoor

Kraków, founded in 1257 by Bolesław the Chaste, covered a square-shaped area with the Market Square in the center. Between Kraków and Wawel there was an independent settlement called Okół. The surrounding area was quite densely built-up with wooden houses and all surrounded by a palisade – it was the

The garden established by Jozef Kremer was located near today’s Kremerowska Street and the Carmelite Sisters’ garden. In 1821 in a newspaper called Telegraf garden was described as the nicest garden in Krakow, recommended for walks as it was a public place. Its ponds, boats and a summer house with

The suburb of Krakow, lying behind the Vistula Gate, once closing st. Wiślna. In the past, they were called Na Stróży, because in the 16th century there was an office which charged a fee for fish brought through the Vistula Gate to Kraków. Currently, it is the area of ​​Zwierzyniecka

A small town located about 25 km east of Krakow. The origins of Niepołomice can be found in a settlement complex dating back to the early Middle Ages associated with the already existing there already in the 13th century fortress called Grobla. The settlement was rebuilt by Casimir the Great,

All ponds and slow-flowing waters for example the Rudawa flowing through the Błonia, were named as desserts in accordance with the laws in force in Krakow. It was called so because it flowed very slowly through the marshes and backwaters there. Also a pond behind the city walls at the

In the past centuries, there were regulations at the Krakow Academy that forbade girls from entering the university. However, there was a girl named Nawojka who decided to study at the University. It probably happened in 1417 during the rector’s office of Mikołaj Sołtyk. She came from Wielkopolska and enrolled

Former village situated 7 km west of Kraków, now a suburb. The name probably comes from the soaking / rinsing of bog iron ores, but it may be related to the production of soap here for the needs of the royal court, formerly called Midniki. In 1286, it was owned

Directly bordered by Krakow is a town older than the Poland. There has always been a human settlement near the local salt deposits, which gradually developed into a town – Wieliczka, in Old Polish Wielika. During the reign of King Casimir the Great, the city was surrounded by walls with