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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

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