People

Among the lanes in Krakow‘s Botanical Garden, we can find a monument to honored botanical professor and traveler – Marian Raciborski. It can be found near Kopernika Street, created and done by Tadeusz Błotnicki in 1937r. From this year it can be admired in Krakow while having a walk around Botanical

On Adam Mickiewicz avenue, one of the main streets in Krakow, you can find the memorial of Ignacy Paderewski. Famous polish pianist, composer, and politician, carried out the function of Prime Minister. The bust was created by Andrzej Pityński and finished in 1974, author located his sculpture in front of

Marcin Oracewicz was a Krakow citizen, has been living in the XVIII century. Why is he so important for Krakow’s history? The legend is, that he killed a Russian officer using the metal button, thus it saved the city from occupation. Bust-sculpture created by Michał Stefan Korpal can be found in Strzelecki Garden, close

This monument to Maksymilian Siła-Nowicki, pioneer of nature protection in Poland, is located in Krakow’s Planty Park, at the mouth of the Wilga to the Vistula. The obelisk has been established in 1898. Years later, in 1979 added a medallion with Maksymilian Siła-Nowicki image (created by Joanna Bogusz) and a

Asnyk Adam, famous Polish poet and social activist, was born in Kalisz in 1838 and died in Krakow in 1897, he was a son of the November Uprising member. Adam was a member of conspiracy movement, in 1860 he was imprisoned in Warsaw, he was also taking part in January

A Polish social and independence activist, soldier, politician, and statesman who lived in the years 1867-1935. From 1893, a member of the three-person Central Workers’ Committee of the PPS, in 1894-1900 the editor-in-chief of Robotnik. During this time, he often stayed in Krakow. In 1901, after successfully escaping the arrest

John Paul II named Karol Wojtyła, born in 1920 in Wadowice, died in 2005. In the early years, he studied in Wadowice, but in 1938 he began his studies at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow at the Faculty of Philosophy, and in 1939 he began his passion for theater at

Theater and music critic and journalist. In 1900-1902 he worked as a journalist in Głos Narodu in Kraków, and in 1902-1915 he was the deputy editor-in-chief of Czas. He was one of the founders of the Zielony Balonik cabaret, composer and performer of music for most of the songs sung

He was a poet, prose writer, playwright, draftsman and translator. He is considered to be the greatest Polish writer. His most famous works are Promethidion, Quidam, Zwolon, Behind the Scenes, the Great Lady’s Ring and Chopin’s Piano. The artist visited Krakow, and for a short time stayed there, visiting other

Jaksa from Miechów was a magnate of Lesser Poland, he came from the Gryfit family. In 1162 he decided to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. He brought monks from the congregation of the Holy Sepulcher from there and founded a monastery in Miechów. He founded the second monastery