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Have you ever seen pictures of Nowa Huta – the most communist-looking part of Krakow? If yes – you may be interested in who designed its unusual appearance. Of course, it was Tadeusz Ptaszycki – find out more about the creator of the most iconic Krakow districts. Tadeusz Ptaszycki was

Now Przegorzały is part of Krakow; however, over the centuries, they were separated village. The first mentions in chronicles and documents come from 1162. Here, in Przegorzały, the second-highest range of Las Wolski hills is located. The first one is Pustelnik towering over the city on the high of 352

Prus Bolesław was born under name Aleksander Głowacki, in 1847 in Hrubieszów. He was leading author in the polish history of literature and philosophy, also known for his novel “The doll, ” adapted in multiple films and tv series. Besides his writer’s activity, Prus fought in the uprising in 1863.

First independent Eastern Orthodox Church in Poland had been created in 1929, currently is headed by Warsaw Metropolitan Archbishop. Krakow belongs to Lodz-Poznan diocese and owns one parish of Assumption of Mary. Was established in 1918, when the Eastern Orthodox Church was connected with the Russian Temple. Orthodox guardians stood

Over centuries Krakow suffered from multiple fires. Citizens saw a burning castle, building, townhouses, palaces and churches or synagogues. Below you can find the list of more significant fires that haunted Krakow: 1025 – Cathedral on Wawel Hill is burning, Boleslaw Chrobry, King of Poland built this temple. 1125 –

Kasper Bażanka was born in 1680 and died in 1726. He was an outstanding architect, Krakow’s mayor, author of several late baroque buildings in Krakow. Some of his works are: Missionaries church at Stradom St Loreto house at the Capuchin church Piarist church at Pijarska St The gate in front

Hersz Bauminger was an activist of Jewish resistance movement during the Nazi occupation of Poland. He was born in 1919 in Krakow in a Jewish family, his farther Szymon was one of the leaders of syonistic-orthodox party Mizrach. During his teenage years Hersz was a member of Haszomer Hadati, youth

Natural disaster ravages the world from its beginning, so it did not omit the Krakow. It suffered from floods till the first years of formation. We should not be surprised – the river flowing by the central part of the city is the biggest in Poland. City of Kings survived

It was organized by students of Jagiellonian University at the beginning of November 1918. It was a volunteer military unit which purpose was to protect life, health and property of citizens of Krakow. As Dr Stanisław Mayer was writing in his column in “Gazeta Krakowska”(Krakow Newspaper) “the city was vulnerable

Have you ever wondered how big the Krakow is and, primarily, how its area has been changing over the years? Below you can find some answers. First noted in documents, area of the City of Kings was 0,8 square kilometre. Not much, right? Prime expansion of boundaries taken place until