Key Facts • French-born architect and builder who became one of Krakow's most influential urban developers in the late 18th and early 19th centuries • Born in Paris in 1756, arrived in Warsaw in 1775 where he received a royal patent from King Stanisław August • Major contributor to Krakow's

Key Facts Born in Kraków in 1820, becoming one of the city's most influential 19th-century architects Studied at three prestigious institutions: Jagiellonian University, Technical Universities in Munich and Karlsruhe, and military engineering school in Metz Worked as a road and bridge conductor in Paris before returning to Kraków Led the

Key Facts • Born in 1907 in Kraków, died in 1966 in Warsaw • Multi-talented artist: actor, director, teacher, writer, and theater director • Studied architecture at Technical University in Brno before pursuing dramatic arts • Founded a Polish school in Romania during Nazi occupation (1940-1943), teaching Polish literature •

Bloody Spring 1936 tells the story of confectionery and industrial workers who in 1936, faced with starvation wages, demanded increases and stopped extending working hours, and also demanded the reinstatement of the dismissed union members. Some of them paid for it with their lives. The workers of the cigarette factory and

Krumłowski Konstanty was an actor, journalist and author of many stage works describing the life of the suburbs of Krakow. He was born in Kołomyja in 1872 and died in 1938 in Kraków. One of his most famous works is “Królowa Przedmieścia” (Queen of the Suburbs), in which Krumłowski immortalizes

Key Facts Born in 1921 in Lviv (then part of Poland, now Ukraine) and died in 2006 in Krakow World-renowned science fiction author with works translated into over 40 languages Medical student at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow who never completed his degree Author of "Solaris", his most famous work

St. Joseph Church is located on 2 Zamoyskiego Street in the heart of the Podgórze Market Square in Krakow. The construction of the church began in 1905 and took 4 years, it was built in the place of an earlier, smaller church that was pulled down. St. Joseph Church is

The chapel of Saints Boris and Gleb was located at 15 Kanonicza Street in Krakow. It is a Greek Catholic chapel. The interior of the chapel was designed by Jerzy Nowosielski, there are also icons of his authorship. Currently, the chapel is closed. It is planned to be moved to

St. Benedict Church is located on Lasota Hill, near the Krakus Mound in Krakow. The church is small, built in the Romanesque-Gothic style. In the past, it was only opened twice a year: for an indulgence on the feast of St. Benedict and on the first Tuesday after Easter during

The manifestation on May 3, 1946 was organized on the Main Square in Krakow. It was an attempt to resist Krakow‘s society, mainly students, against the then authorities. The purpose of the demonstration was to recall the assumptions of the constitution and to draw attention to the fact that the