Laszczka Konstanty was a sculptor and ceramist, born in 1865 in Makowiec Dlugi near Mińsk Mazowiecki. He studied in Warsaw, Paris and Krakow. For several years he lectured at the Adademy of Fine Arts in Krakow, later he became its rector. Laszczka is the author of many busts, monuments, plaques

Lanci Franz Maria was an architect of Italian origin born in 1799 in Fano, Italy. He came to Poland in 1825. Stanisław Małachowski invited him to his palace in Końskie so that Lanci could perform various works. In 1830, he moved to Kraków and ran the restoration of royal tombs

Liszt Franciszek was a Hungarian musician, composer and pianist. He created many musical masterpieces, wrote symphonic poems, oratorios, songs and piano pieces. He was also the author of treatises on music, he wrote the first book about Fryderyk Chopin. In 1843 he came to Krakow and stayed at the Hotel

Mrożek Sławomir was a playwright, prose writer, satirist and cartoonist. He was born in 1930 in Borzęcin. He studied at the Faculty of Architecture at the Jagiellonian University and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. He worked as a journalist in the newspapers “Dziennik Polski” and “Echo Krakowa“,

Formerly, the Vistula River was the border of the city from the south. The exit from the city in this very important trade direction was possible thanks to the Wielicki Bridge. Unfortunately, it was abolished in 1775 by a flood. Later it was rebuilt as floating. In 1501 the city

The bridge over the Prądnik River is a former stone bridge over the Prądnik River in Kraków, built in 1785. The bridge was designed by architect Sebastian Sierakowski. It was a single-span, 26 m long, 7 m wide, and the span was 10 m. The bridge was built on the

The Floating Bridge was built on the Vistula River in Kraków after the Charles Bridge was destroyed by the flood. The construction of this bridge was necessary because connecting the two banks of the Vistula was very important for economic reasons.

The Wooden Bridge is a former bridge built in 1828 as the second bridge on the Old Vistula in Krakow. It used to connect the city with the slaughterhouse established in 1818-1819.

The bridge in Czerna is a former bridge (now ruins) in Czerna near Krakow, unique on a European scale. It was built in the years 1667-1695 on the Eliaszówka river. A stone bridge connected the two hills on which the Hermitaria of the Carmelite monastery were located. The total length

The Royal Bridge was a brick and stone bridge over the Old Vistula in Krakow, which once connected Stradom with Kazimierz. The bridge no longer exists. In 1883 the Old Vistula riverbed was filled in and then the bridge was pulled down.