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The City Arsenal was built by Gabriel Słoński in 1566 next to the city wall, between the tower of Joiners and Rope Makers and the tower of Carpenters. Shotguns, guns and gunpowder were stored in there. Another city armory was located in the Town Hall, each fraternity had its armory

KAT – The Master of Holy Justice is a man who punished people with torture. His appearance was very distinctive, he wore white, red and green pieces of cloth sewn on his sleeve. The executioners worked mainly in the basement, officially known as torture chambers. Types of torture The executioners

Key Facts • Polish statesman and independence leader who lived from 1867 to 1935 • Central figure in Poland's fight for independence and interwar politics • Long-time resident of Krakow from 1901 until World War I • Commander of the 1st Brigade of Polish Legions during WWI • Head of

Key Facts Karol Wojtyła was born in 1920 in Wadowice and became Pope John Paul II in 1978 He studied at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow and worked in quarries during Nazi occupation The museum is located at 7 Kościelna Street in Wadowice, next to the Basilica of the Presentation

Kapists were members of the Paris Committee, which was established in 1923 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. It consisted of 11 people, students of Józef Pankiewicz, whose aim was to go to Paris to study painting. The members of the committee were: Seweryn Boraczok Jan Cybis Józef

Indermach is a German word used in Krakow to name the apartments located at the back of tenements or even separate buildings located behind them. Tenement, or kamienica in Polish, is an old stone or brick building that abuts similar houses and forms the street frontage.  To reach the indermach

Is an attractive tourist destination, beautifully situated in a deep valley in the Jura Krakowsko-Częstochowska range, about 30 km north of the city center. The Ojców Valley is basically a huge rock chasm with perpendicular, white limestone walls, with the Prądnik River flowing in the middle. This is where one

The science of botany for medical purposes was taught at the Jagiellonian University from the end of the 16th century, but the university did not have its own research garden. Rector Kazimierz Stępowski in 1756 allocated 5,000 zlotys for preliminary works on the establishment of the garden. This idea was

The first sky observations were made in Krakow from the roof of Collegium Maius. Among the researchers is a student of the Krakow Academy – Mikołaj Kopernik. Research tools from those years are kept in the museum of the Jagiellonian University. We should also menion the observatory arranged by ks.

Key Facts • Theater and music critic and prominent journalist in early 20th century Poland • Worked as journalist for Głos Narodu (1900-1902) and deputy editor-in-chief of Czas (1902-1915) in Kraków • Co-founder of Zielony Balonik cabaret, one of the most famous literary cabarets in Polish history • Composer and