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In 1992, the Association of Polish Artists and Designers informed the authorities of Krakow of their readiness to take over Fort 31 for the establishment of the International Center for Contemporary Art in it. It was part of the former Austrian fortress around Krakow. It was built in the mid-19th

Stucco artist, sculptor, Italian architect, born in Chiasso near Como, died in Brno, Moravia. He came from Italy around 1679 to Moravia where he worked as a decorator of the bishop’s residence in Kromieryż, then in Olomouc, in the castle of Schebetau et al. He came to Poland for the

Architect, Italian sculptor. He died in 1516 in Kraków. He came to Poland from Hungary as the first Italian Renaissance artist. The royal builder and architect worked at the courts of King Aleksander Jagiellończyk, Elżbieta Rakuszanka, the wife of Sigismund I the Old. His greatest work was the construction of

Philharmonic is named by Karol Szymanowski and is located at 1 Zwierzyniecka Street in Krakow. Old musical traditions took over an organized form in 1817, when the Krakow Society of Friends of Music was founded, which can be considered as a first philharmonic in Poland. Wincenty Gorączkiewicz an organist at the

Literary critic, poet, teacher, political activist. He studied philosophy at the Jagiellonian University and the Jan Kazimierz University in Lviv. His activity in the Independent Academic Union of Socialist Youth “Życie” led to his arrest in 1925 and his imprisonment for several months in the St. Michala. He was a

Priest, prelate, pastor of the Wawel Cathedral, prelate, born and died in Krakow in 1903-1983. He entered the theological seminary in Krakow and studied theology at the Jagiellonian University. In 1925 he has ordained a priest and a year later he graduated from the university, obtaining the title of doctor.

An officer of the Polish Army, Brigadier General, head of the Kedyw of the Home Army Headquarters, born in Krakow in 1895, died in Warsaw in 1953. During World War I, he served in the machine gun division, along with the 1st Brigade of Legions he went through the entire

Printer, bookseller and publisher. He was also a cantor in a progressive synagogue. One of the initiators of the organization of the Jewish Theater in Krakow. He ran a Hebrew printing house at 62 Grodzka Street, which was later taken over by his son Maurycy and transformed it into a

Doctor, writer and activist of the workers ‘and peasants’ movement. He was born in Ukraine in 1886, died in Warsaw in 1972. He worked in various factories in the USA, where he also studied medicine and received a doctoral degree. He was active in the American Socialist Party. After his

One of the most famous magicians of medieval Europe, an outstanding astrologer. German and English sources say that Faust studied magic at the University of Krakow. This is denied by Henryk Barycz in his work “An angry and rebellious historian”. In those years, magic was practiced in almost all public