Jachimecki Zdzisław was a musicologist, art historian and composer, born in 1882 in Lviv. He died in 1953 in Krakow. He studied in Vienna for 4 years, and later lectured at the Jagiellonian University. He has published in various scientific journals, encyclopedias and dictionaries. He also composed choral and solo
The Tadeusz Sendzimir Steelworks, previously known as the Lenin Steelworks. It is located in the Nowa Huta district in Krakow. It is the second largest steel plant in Poland. The construction of the steelworks began in 1950. In 1953, the first cast iron was smelted there. In 1954, the first
Idrisi Muhammed al was an Arab geographer and cartographer born in 1100. He studied in Córdoba, Spain, then traveled a lot. He became secretary of the commission set up to map the world. Al-Idrisi collected information about the contemporary world himself, and also used the stories of other travelers, merchants,
Igołomia is a village located about 25 km east of Krakow. It became famous for the archaeological discoveries carried out in its area. In 1930, the first pottery furnaces were discovered here, and a dozen or so years later, dugouts, human graves and smoke-boxes, i.e. pig iron smelting furnaces. In
“Ilustrowany Kuryer Codzienny” (“IKC”) was the most popular Polish daily newspaper before the war. The Sunday edition usually had 250,000 copies, which was the highest circulation in Poland at that time. The newspaper was founded by the publisher and editor-in-chief Marian Dąbrowski. The first copy appeared on December 17 1910
The Bohdan Nestor Łepki Museum is a non-existent museum that was founded in 1994 and was located at 28 Paulińska Street in Krakow. The Bohdan Nestor Łepki Educational Association helped to organize the museum. The museum had only a few rooms, but it housed many paintings, icons, graphics and models of
Kapelanka (english: chaplain) is a street in Krakow that separates Ludwinów from Zakrzówek. The name comes from the farm and hamlet that once existed there. Jan Długosz wrote that the manor house there was called Folwarky. This place was later called a chaplain, probably because its first owners were called
Block canals are a network that stretches under old Krakow. These are the remains of the 19th century sewage system. It had two outlets: to the Old Vistula near St. Sebastian Street and to the Vistula River near Na Groblach Square. Only Śródmieście was channeled. The canals are probably 11
Elementary disasters destroyed Krakow and its monuments for many millennia. They were: 16 sieges and occupations, not counting the Tatar invasions 36 outbreaks of plague and epidemics such as plague, pestilence, fever, smallpox, cholera 13 catastrophic floods 28 huge fires earthquake Locust raid
University concerts were started in 1986 on the initiative of the then rector of the Jagiellonian University, prof. dr. Józef Gierowski. In the same year, the Department of Theory and History of Music of the Jagiellonian University celebrated its 75th anniversary. The concerts take place at the Collegium Novum and