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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

Key Facts Born in 1798 in Szczekociny, died in 1870 in Warsaw Rabbi, banker, and patriotic activist who bridged Jewish and Polish communities Co-founded the banking company Meisels and Bornstein with his business partner Served as rabbi of Kraków (1832-1856) and rabbi of Warsaw (1856-1870) Active participant in the November

Kochanów was a manor house built in 1839 by Jan Jancenty Kochanowski and his wife Magdalena, née Dembińska. It was located at the corner of Straszewskiego and Wolska streets (today Piłsudskiego). The manor house housed the first daguerreotype workshop of Szymon Żabiński in Krakow. Later, a tenement house was built on

Until 1939, there were 7 consulates in Kraków. These were the Argentine, Austrian, Czechoslovak, Greek, German, Peruvian and Hungarian consulates. Currently, there are the following consulates in Krakow: Montenegro Consulate in Krakow2 Papiernicza street Consulate of the Federative Republic of Brazil in Krakow38 Modrzewiowa street Consulate General of the Empire

Key Facts Nobel Prize winner in Literature (1980) – one of Poland's most distinguished literary figures Born in 1911 in Szetejnie, Lithuania; died in 2004 in Kraków Multifaceted writer: poet, essayist, novelist, translator, and literary historian Co-founder of the influential Żagary poetry group in Vilnius Underground cultural activist during German

Rudawa has its origins in the place where two small brooks Krzeszówka and Rudawka, are connecting. In this spot, 37 kilometers long river arises. It flows through Zabierzow (where the riverbed creates a picturesque gorge called Skała Kmity). In 1327 in Mydlniki village (current district of Krakow), with a water