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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

Key Facts • Born in Lviv in 1823, died in Kraków in 1894 – lived for 71 years during Poland's partition period • Dual education – graduated in law from the University of Vienna and studied painting concurrently • International artistic formation – trained in Paris and Venice, absorbing French

There are several reserves in Krakow. Two floristic reserves:Skałki Bielańskie: at the foot of the Camdeulian monastery in Bielany in the Wolski Forest, the rocks are protected by mixed forest, and in the lower part – thickets of oak hazel and elm.Skałki Przegorzalskie: on the Vistula slope, rare plants and

On the night of February 20-21, 1846, an uprising against the partitioners broke out in Krakow. It lasted 9 days and fell as a result of a military action taken by Austrian and Russian invaders. The uprising, prepared for several years by the Poznań Centralization of the Polish Democratic Society,

A term in economics that means restoring the former value of money. This term has also been adopted as a term for the renovation of architectural monuments in order to use them in accordance with their value. The attitude of the city authorities and the society towards the monuments from

Key Facts • Pioneer of Polish vernacular literature – first major Polish author to write exclusively in Polish rather than Latin • Born 1505 in Żórawwin near Halicz, died 1569 in Rejowiec near Chełm • Noble heritage – son of a nobleman from Nagłowice, used the Oksza coat of arms

Key Facts Canon and chronicler who died in 1694, serving the Canons Regular Lateran monastery First historian to comprehensively document the history of Kazimierz district Joined religious order in 1637 at Corpus Christi church in Kazimierz Served as superior at monasteries in Sucha and Kurozwęki before settling permanently in Kazimierz