On the edge of Las Wolski, next to Panienski Rocks, thanks to the initiative of the eminent ethnographer Seweryn Udziela, an open-air museum of folk architecture was established in 1927. The most valuable object transferred here was a small wooden church with a tower, built in the 17th century, and

Limestone hills with hollow caves rise above the Vistula River in front of Pychowice. Legends say that Master Twardowski ran a school of magic and wizardry here. Currently, the beautiful Jurassic hills are under protection. A 34 hectares park is being created here. At the base of Skały Twardowskiego, sand

Before World War I, on the south-eastern slope of the hill called Sikornik, the Society for the Construction of Cheap Housing Houses planned the construction of a residential and clerical estate. The competition for the design of the estate was announced in 1908, and it was won by Roman Bandurski,

Flows through the city from the west to the east, below Kraków turns north-east. Flowing through the eastern end of the Grzbiet Tęczyński , it creates a amazing ravine. During a low water level, 26 cubic meters of water flow down the Vistula per second, during an average state of

An indulgence combined with a folk party, which took place every year in Krzemionki, near the church of St. Benedict next to the Krakus Mound. The name of the mound is associated with the legendary Krak – the fabulous ruler of Krakow. Linguists explain the origin of the name Rękawka

An ancient folk dance with a dignified three-dimensional rhythm. It is also called Polish dance, as Z. Gloger writes in the Encyclopedia Staropolska. It was a ritual, wedding dance, also known as hop, goose dance – at the end of the wedding. The original melody was interrupted in carols. Dzisiaj

A district of Krakow lying on the right bank of the Vistula. As a result of the First Partition of Poland in 1772, the Austrians took the entirety of Lesser Poland to the Vistula River, and Krakow became a border city. The area of ​​today’s Podgórze also includes former villages

Key Facts Polish statesman and jurist who lived from 1857 to 1938 Professor of Roman law at Jan Kazimierz University in Lviv (now Ivan Franko National University of Lviv) Governor of Galicia from 1898 to 1903 during the Austrian partition period Member of the Austrian Council of State and House

Key Facts • Polish statesman and independence leader who lived from 1867 to 1935 • Central figure in Poland's fight for independence and interwar politics • Long-time resident of Krakow from 1901 until World War I • Commander of the 1st Brigade of Polish Legions during WWI • Head of

Key Facts Karol Wojtyła was born in 1920 in Wadowice and became Pope John Paul II in 1978 He studied at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow and worked in quarries during Nazi occupation The museum is located at 7 Kościelna Street in Wadowice, next to the Basilica of the Presentation