When in the summer of 1880, Emperor Franz Joseph was on an inspection tour of Galicia, Krakow welcomed him with wonderful illuminations. The building of the Galician Bank on the main square stood out the most. One of the first houses with a permanently installed power plant was “Dom machin”

Architect and constructor, born in Krakow in 1855, died in 1927 also in Krakow. From 1882 he worked in the architectural office of T. Stryjeński, then he was his partner for three years. He was also an assistant to the department of construction at the Industrial School, teacher of architectural

Journalist, painter, graphic artist, scenography. Born in Warsaw in 1910, died in Krakow in 1984. Father Henryk fought in the Polish Legions, then a colonel in the Polish Army. Marian graduated from law studies at the University of Warsaw. Before the war, secretary of the editorial office and graphic designer

Journalist, publicist, son of Gustaw. Born in Warsaw, died in Geneva. In the years 1895-1901 editor of “Czas” and “Głos Narodu”, in which they published a brutal attack on Ignacy Daszyński. A few days later, a young socialist, Kazimierz Kaczanowski, slapped him on the A-B line in Krakow. From 1902

Political activist, poet and journalist born in Warsaw. Natural son of Tsar Alexander I and Helena Rautenstrauchowa née Dzierżanowska. In 1833 he began studies at the Faculty of Literature and Philosophy of the Jagiellonian University. In Warsaw, he began his underground activity in the Association of the Polish People. In

Cardiac surgeon, professor at Collegium Medicum of the Jagiellonian University, born in Rogaczew Wielkopolski. After graduating from the Medical Academy in Poznań, he worked as an assistant in the Department of General Surgery at the Municipal Hospital of Józef Strus and, at the same time, from 1960 at the Department

On the initiative of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce, the Stock Exchange was established on the 20th January 1919. It was modeled on the Vienna Stock Exchange, and from 1924 based on Polish legal regulations. The stock exchange consisted of 174 members, including 54 banks, credit unions, 13 bureaux

It operated in Krakow from 1922 until the outbreak of World War II. On the 12th February 1947, it resumed its activity, first at Łobzowska st and from 1950 at Wiślna 2 st and survived until 1951. Before the war, it had its seat in its own building at the

Graphic artist, draftsman and painter, born in Lviv, died in Krakow. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, lived in Sanok for 20 years, where he taught, co-organized the Lemko Museum and the Regional Museum of the Sanok Region. After World War II, he settled in Krakow and taught

Until recently, it was customary in Krakow to call at the moment of agony or right after a person’s death. The bells were placed outside the church, currently, there are three left in the city: on the right side of the main entrance to the Dominican Church, on the wall