These are the underground crypts where during the last 200 years monks and some magnates(generous donors) were buried. There can be also seen a body of Napoleonic soldier, who died in Krakow during the army’s marsh across the Europe. Thanks to a unique micro climate the corpses are well preserved, bodies are exposed to the visitors which are allowed to enter the crypt only on few special dates during the year.
Reformed Franciscan Church cemetery
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This place should be rather called a crypt than a cemetery as it is just small room located under the presbytery of Camaldolese temple at Bielany, where the remains of monks are kept. The hermitage and the crypt exist since the XVII century. In each monk’s cell there is a
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Key Facts First abbot of Benedictines brought to Krakow by Casimir I the Restorer Born in Cologne according to historical chronicles Fifth bishop of Krakow appointed in 1045 Metropolitan Archbishop of Gniezno (exercising functions from Krakow) after 1048 Died in 1059 and was buried in Wawel Cathedral His heraldic shield
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St. Mary’s Basilica in the Main Square is one of Krakow’s best landmarks and probably one of the most widely recognised churches in Poland. It is an excellent example of Gothic architecture in Poland and its interior hides the world-class wooden altarpiece carved by Veit Stoss. From the taller of its two
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