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        Daun Alfred
        Daun Alfred was a Polish sculptor, born in 1854 in Baranów and died in 1922 in Krakow. He graduated the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow in 1878 and worked in Stanisław Wyspiański workshop, and later in Vienna. Starting from 1897 he was teaching sculpture in the Academy of Fine
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        Public Reading Rooms
        The first public reading room in Poland was open in 1791 in Krakow by Jan Maj. Around 600 books, Polish and foreign magazines were available there. Another person who opened a reading room was Jan Jerzy Friedlein, the owner of a bookbinding workshop and a book store. In 1812 Jerzy
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        Comber
        Comber is an old Krakow traditional event taking place on the Fat Thursday. It was a fun procession organized by street vendors, mostly women. They were walking from Piaski to Main Market Square, wearing some fun costumes and accompanied by musicians. They were also pulling a puppet made of straw
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        Wawel Chakra
        Chakra is a mysterious source of energy located on the Wawel hill. According to one theory it comes from a stone that is now a part of castle wall. Another legend says that the source appeared at the crossing of cosmic and earth energy streams, somewhere in St. Gereon chapel,
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        Christian Cemeteries in Krakow
        Starting from 1257 cemeteries were located inside Krakow city walls and were connected to church parishes(St. Mary’s, St. Anna’s, All Saints etc.). To enter the church you usually had to walk through the cemetery that was surrounding the building. Those sentenced to death had to walk through the cemetery at
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        Tyniec cemetery
        These are very old crypts located under the Benedictine monastery in Tyniec. Some of the golden liturgical vessels that were found there are considered to be produced in the XII century. Another monastery cemetery is located at the feet of the rock on which the church is built. Many interesting
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        Reformed Franciscan Church cemetery
        These are the underground crypts where during the last 200 years monks and some magnates(generous donors) were buried. There can be also seen a body of Napoleonic soldier, who died in Krakow during the army’s marsh across the Europe. Thanks to a unique micro climate the corpses are well preserved,
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        New Podgórze cemetery
        New Podgórze cemetery was established in 1900, the first person to be buried there was 23-year old Tekla Dudek from Zakrzówek. In 1905 there was build a small chapel, which was decorated by Stanisław Bodnicki’s workshop. The cemetery was expanded several times, nowadays it is considered to be closed. Some
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        Old Podgórze cemetery
        This cemetery was established in 1794 as a parish cemetery for citizens of city Podgórze found by Austrinas on the opposite bank of Vistula river from Krakow. It was closed in 1903. The oldest grave that remained there is from 1794 and belongs to the 15-year old Agnieszka Drelinkiewiczówna. There
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        Bielany cemetery
        This place should be rather called a crypt than a cemetery as it is just small room located under the presbytery of Camaldolese temple at Bielany, where the remains of monks are kept. The hermitage and the crypt exist since the XVII century. In each monk’s cell there is a
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