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Honoré de Balzac was a French writer, his works are famous all around the world. He was born in Tours in 1799 and died in Paris in 1850. His works are very popular in Poland mostly thanks to amazing translations made by Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński. Travelling to Ukraine to visit his

Plagues have been decimating Krakow‘s population regularly. The most dangerous was, of course, Black Death, but in chronicles, we can find mentions about fever, pox, jungle fever, cholera, typhus. Below you can find the list of the most dreadful plagues which haunted Krakow over the centuries:1348 – Black Death spread

As a natural monument, we call every natural feature that has an outstanding value due to its inherent rarity. In Krakow, there are only perennial trees considered as monuments. When it becomes a natural monument? Every tree, which on the height of 130 centimeters has a diameter of at least

Balice is a village located to the west from Krakow on the road to Katowice. It is considered to be one of the oldest villages located near Krakow. It was owned by several rich Polish families, first by Tęczyńscy, then Bonerowie and Firlejowie. In the XVI century there was a

According to some sources bagels were invented in Krakow by Polish Jews. It is a kind of bread baked  in the shape of a ring or a donut. Before baking it in the oven the bagel should be put to the boiling water with honey and spices for few seconds.

Badurski Andrzej, Polish doctor, was born in 1740 and died in 1789 in Krakow. His father Jakub was a goldsmith.  Andrzej was studying philosophy in Jagiellonian University in Krakow, then moved to Poznań and was working there as a teacher. After coming back to Krakow he started teaching poetry in

Józef Babiński, famous neurologist, was a son of Warsaw emigrant, he was born in Paris in 1857. He studied medicine in Paris, got his doctor degree in 1885 and then worked in the hospital De La Pitie. He was also a passionate scientist. In 1896 he described the phenomenon of

Axentowicz Teodor was a painter and professor in the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. He was born in 1859 in Braszów in Hungary in Armenian family, studied in universities of Lviv, Munich and even Paris, met such famous artists as Władysław Mickiewicz, Sara Bernard or Wojciech Kossak. He was

Attic is the top part of the front cornice of the building, it is the part of the wall that covers the roof and crowns the whole building. It had both decorative and fire protection functions. For the first time in Krakow attics appeared after the 1544 law issued by

Adrić Ivo was born in 1892 and died in1975. He was a Yugoslav writer, Noble laureate, his works were translated to many languages. In 1912-1914 he was studying at Jagiellonian University, where his teachers were Stanisław Windakiewicz, Ignacy Chrzanowski, Marian Zdziechowski, Michał Sobieski. While in Krakow Ivo was living at