Kapists were members of the Paris Committee, which was established in 1923 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. It consisted of 11 people, students of Józef Pankiewicz, whose aim was to go to Paris to study painting. The members of the committee were: Seweryn Boraczok Jan Cybis Józef

Indermach is a German word used in Krakow to name the apartments located at the back of tenements or even separate buildings located behind them. Tenement, or kamienica in Polish, is an old stone or brick building that abuts similar houses and forms the street frontage.  To reach the indermach

Jarocki Jerzy was born in 1929 in Warsaw. He was a famous Polish theater director. He graduated from the National Academy of Theatre Arts (Polish: Akademia Sztuk Teatralnych) in Krakow, and later in 1952-1957 he studied directing in Moscow. After returning from Russia, he began working at the Stanisław Wyspiański

Jaksa from Miechów was a magnate of Lesser Poland, he came from the Gryfit family. In 1162 he decided to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. He brought monks from the congregation of the Holy Sepulcher from there and founded a monastery in Miechów. He founded the second monastery

The Krakow Chamber of Tourism was established on April 4, 1992 by 65 tourist offices, hotels and restaurants. Its main goal is to raise the profile of tourism in Krakow, protect economic interests and run a tourist information center. The main tasks are to ensure the high quality of tourist

Abraham ben Jacob was born in the year 912 or 913. He was a traveler as well as a Jewish-Arab merchant from Tortosa, Spain. Abraham ben Jacob wrote about Poland in the accounts of his trip to Germany and the Czech Republic. He calls Poland the land of Mieszko I

Konicz Tadeusz, or Kuntze, is a Polish painter born in Zielona Góra in 1733. When he was young, he worked as an assistant in the kitchen at the court of the bishop of Płock and the canon of Kraków, Andrzej Stanisław Załuski. His painting talent was noticed there and Tadeusz

Kołłątaj Hugo, born in 1750 in Derkały Wielkie in Volhynia, was a famous Polish education reformer, writer, canon of Krakow and doctor of philosophy of the Krakow Academy (Polish: Akademia Krakowska, which is now called the Jagiellonian University). Achievements of Hugo Kołłątaj in Krakow Kołłątaj came to Krakow in 1777

“Mister of Krakow” is the title that was awarded to the winning building in the competition for the most beautiful and functionally built house.The competition was organised by the editors of the “Echo Krakowa” newspaper in the years 1964-1981. The aim of the competition was to encourage the construction of

Hen’s Foot (Polish: Kurza Stopka) is the name of one of the Wawel towers. It was built in the 14th century and is located at the north-eastern corner of the castle. Formerly it was called the Hen’s Leg or Belwederek. The history of Hen’s Foot The new name was not