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It was established at the end of 1994 as a result of the transformation of the student radio station “Centrum” (AGH) operating in the cable network of the academic town since 1968. RAK broadcasts the program for people connected with the academic community – from high school students, through students,

A charity organization helping Polish society during the First World War. It operated from January the 1st 1916 in Warsaw. The president of the council was S. Dzierzbicki, and then E. Sapieha, the president of the Main Board was the initiator of the appointment of the RGO – Eng. A.

Key Facts Born in Sèvres near Paris in 1875, died in Krakow in 1968 Multifaceted cultural figure: writer, translator, art collector, and patron of the arts Descended from noble Polish-Parisian family that settled in Czakowy estate in 1870 Military career: Major in the 8th Uhlan Regiment of the Polish Army

Key Facts Polish sculptor and artist (1904-1977), son of renowned artist Ludwik Puget Youngest participant in the Wielkopolska and Silesian Uprisings while still a student Studied at the prestigious Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków and Paris under Emil A. Bourdelle Active member of multiple artistic associations including "Rzeźba" and

Key Facts • Born in 1877 in Kraków, died in 1942 in Oświęcim during Nazi occupation • Multidisciplinary artist – sculptor, art historian, critic, and cabaret performer • Co-founder of the Literary Circle and member of Polish Artists Society "Sztuka" from 1897 • Art critic who wrote influential articles criticizing

Key Facts • French noble family that arrived in Poland with Queen Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien (Marysieńka Sobieska) • Received Polish indigenate in 1726, officially becoming Polish nobility through legal integration • Elevated to baronial status during the Saxon period (1697-1763) under Augustus II and Augustus III

Architect, economic and social activist, born in St. Petersburg in 1908, died in Krakow in 1980. He studied architecture at the Warsaw University of Technology and became an assistant there, he practiced in Starachowice. In the September campaign in 1939, he fought in the defense of Warsaw as a company

After the fall of the January Uprising, many of its participants settled in Krakow. From the contributions of former insurgents and with the help of the city’s inhabitants, the first Veterans’ Shelter in Poland was created. First, it was located in a house in Zwierzyniec, near the Norbertine convent, but

About Krakow, Krakowians there are many different proverbs, proverbial expressions, the so-called adjectives which Samuel Adalberg carefully noted in his “Book of Polish Proverbs” from 1894. Some of them are presented below: Even if you go to Krakow and the poverty is the same there Civitas Cracovia: buy yourself as

In former Krakow, each journeyman, receiving the title of a master, accepted the city law and was entered into the books of Krakow’s burghers. On this occasion, placing three fingers on the image of Christ Crucified, he made an oath that read: “I … swear to the Lord Almighty God,