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The famous and great family of Krakow scientists who came to Poland in the second half of the 18th century from Moravia

The first Polish ensemble performing exclusively contemporary and avant-garde music, founded in 1962 on the initiative of Adam Kaczyński – a pianist and composer. They created music with elements of acting, fine arts and ballet. He is one of the first Polish performers of graphic music, instrumental theater and a

It is the name of the fair at the church of Salvator, combined with a folk party in Zwierzyniec on the second day of Easter. The name of the fair comes from the town of Emmaus, to which Christ went after his resurrection. The main street of Salwator is filled

A doctor, activist, lover of the Tatra Mountains, a painter, born in 1869 in Kraków, son of Walery Jan Kanty. He died in 1935 in Krakow. He studied medicine at the University of Lviv, became an assistant and then a clinical doctor in Zakopane. Author of aquatics, drawings and lithography.

Painter, born in 1841, died in 1905 in Kraków. He studied at the SSP and then in Munich, he made study trips to Belgium, Germany, France and Switzerland. In 1872 he became a drawing teacher at St. Anna, then also in the women’s teachers’ college. A fan of the Tatra

Sculptor, born in 1847, died 1921 in Kraków. As a 16-year-old student of St. Anny took part in the January Uprising. Sentenced to 4 years of exile, he was in Perm and Nikolaevsk. After his return, he studied at the SSP in Kraków in 1868-1873, and then in Munich. Author

Painter, embroiderer who also dealt with porcelain painting. She was born and died in Kraków. At Adrian Baraniecki’s courses, she lectured on applied art. She painted landscapes, flowers and book illustrations. She was the daughter of Wojciech.

Painter, born in Cerekwica in 1814, died in Krakow in 1904. He studied at the Krakow School of Fine Arts, he was also a teacher at the parish school. He mainly painted religious pictures for churches. In the Reformed Church there are his paintings: “The Vision of St. Anthony” and

In the nineteenth century, in Paris, an association operated under this name, referring to the town near Athens, where the most sacred and mysterious mysteries were held in antiquity, extremely hermetic and despite the fact that they operated for many centuries, no one revealed the secret of the rituals and

When in the summer of 1880, Emperor Franz Joseph was on an inspection tour of Galicia, Krakow welcomed him with wonderful illuminations. The building of the Galician Bank on the main square stood out the most. One of the first houses with a permanently installed power plant was “Dom machin”