Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #6 in Krakow, Poland

The Izaak Synagogue, formally known as the Isaak Jakubowicz Synagogue, is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue from 1644 situated in the historic Kazimierz district of Kraków, Poland. The synagogue is named for its donor, Izaak Jakubowicz, also called Isaac the Rich, a banker to King Ladislaus IV of Poland. The synagogue was designed by Italian-born architect Francesco Olivierri.

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Kupa Synagogue is a 17th-century synagogue in Kraków, Poland. It is located in the former Jewish quarter of Kazimierz developed from a neighborhood earmarked in 1495 by King John I Albert for the Jewish community, which has been transferred from the budding Old Town. Kupa Synagogue serves Kraków's Jewish community as one of the venues for religious ceremonies and cultural festivals, notably the annual Jewish Culture Festival in Kraków.

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The Tempel Synagogue is a synagogue in Kraków, Poland, in the Kazimierz district.

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St. Agnes Church – a historic, Baroque, Roman Catholic church, at 30 Józefa Dietla Street, in Stradom in Krakow. It serves as a garrison church.

Wikipedia: Kościół św. Agnieszki w Krakowie (PL)

The Church of the Conversion of St. Paul is a Roman Catholic conventual church of the missionaries located in Kraków at 6 Stradomska Street, in Stradom.

Wikipedia: Kościół Nawrócenia św. Pawła w Krakowie (PL)

Church of St. Bernardine of Siena – a Roman Catholic rectory and conventual church of the Bernardines, located in Krakow at 2 Bernardyńska Street, in Stradom.

Wikipedia: Kościół św. Bernardyna w Krakowie (PL), Website

St. Joseph's Church – a Roman Catholic conventual church of the Bernardine Sisters, located in Krakow at 21 Poselska Street in the Old Town.

Wikipedia: Kościół św. Józefa w Krakowie (ul. Poselska) (PL)

Planty is one of the largest city parks in Kraków, Poland. It encircles the Stare Miasto , where the Medieval city walls used to stand until the early 19th century. The historic Old Town is not to be confused with the Administrative District No. 1 Stare Miasto extending further east.

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Muzeum Geologiczne Instytutu Nauk Geologicznych PAN w Krakowie is a museum in Kraków, Poland. The collection dates back to 1865.

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The Church of Saints Peter and Paul is a Roman Catholic Polish Baroque church located at 54 Grodzka Street in the Old Town district of Kraków, Poland. It was built between 1597–1619 by Giovanni Maria Bernardoni who perfected the original design of Józef Britius. It is the biggest of the historic Churches of Kraków in terms of seating capacity. Since 1842 it serves the Catholic All Saints parish.

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The Church of St. Andrew in the Old Town district of Kraków, Poland located at Grodzka Street, is a historical Romanesque church built between 1079 and 1098 by a medieval Polish statesman Palatine Sieciech. It is a rare surviving example of the European fortress church used for defensive purposes.

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The Monument of Piotr Skarga in Kraków is a monument to the Jesuit theologian and preacher Piotr Skarga, located on Maria Magdalena Square in Kraków, opposite the Church of St. Peter and Paul, where Skarga is buried. Its author is Czesław Dźwigaj, and the founder is the Archconfraternity of Mercy.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Piotra Skargi w Krakowie (PL)

St. Marcin - a historic Evangelical Church in Krakow at ul. Grodzka 56.

Wikipedia: Kościół św. Marcina w Krakowie (PL)

Church of St. Giles in Kraków is a Roman Catholic church of the Dominican Order located on Grodzka Street in Kraków. Its history dates to 11th century; it has been rebuilt many times since.

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Tadeusz Kościuszko Monument in Kraków, is one of the best known bronze monuments in Poland. It is the work of artists: Leonard Marconi, professor of Lviv University born in Warsaw, and his son in law, sculptor Antoni Popiel. The equestrian bronze statue of Kościuszko—Polish and American hero of independence—is located along the west side entrance to the Wawel Castle in the Old Town.

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The Vasa Gate – the oldest of the three entrance gates leading to Wawel Hill. It is located between the chapter house buildings and the Cathedral House. It is a fragment of the Wawel fortifications. In the past, in front of the building, there were: a bastion, another gate and two defensive towers, which were demolished in December 1824.

Wikipedia: Brama Wazów na Wawelu (PL)

The John Paul II Cathedral Museum is a museum in Kraków, Poland. It is situated on Wawel Hill, between the Vasa Gate and the former seat of the Castle Seminary, in the Cathedral House, which is composed of two 14th-century buildings.

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The Wawel Royal Castle and the Wawel Hill on which it sits constitute the most historically and culturally significant site in Poland. A fortified residency on the Vistula River in Kraków, it was established on the orders of King Casimir III the Great and enlarged over the centuries into a number of structures around an Italian-styled courtyard. It represents nearly all European architectural styles of the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods.

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Wawel Lost – an archaeological and architectural reserve and a permanent exhibition, located in a post-German building from the 40s of the twentieth century, erected on the site of the former royal kitchens at Wawel. It shows the architecture and history of the medieval Wawel Hill. In addition to the remains of old buildings, you can find here numerous artefacts found during excavations.

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Jordanka Tower - one of the four residential towers of the Wawel Royal Castle, "embedded" obliquely into the eastern wing of the residence. It was built in the fourteenth century. It was originally defensive. The upper part was built in the years 1520–1533 in the Renaissance style. In 1860 a new baroque helmet was founded on the tower, which was shaped to the helmet of the tower of Zygmunt III Vasa and the helmet of the tower of Jan III Sobieski.

Wikipedia: Wieża Jordanka na Wawelu (PL)

The Crown Treasury – an exhibition in the Wawel Royal Castle, containing a collection of memorabilia left by the reigning dynasties of Polish kings.

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The Wawel Royal Castle and the Wawel Hill on which it sits constitute the most historically and culturally significant site in Poland. A fortified residency on the Vistula River in Kraków, it was established on the orders of King Casimir III the Great and enlarged over the centuries into a number of structures around an Italian-styled courtyard. It represents nearly all European architectural styles of the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods.

Wikipedia: Wawel Castle (EN)

The Women's Tower, also known as the Maiden Tower – the tower of Wawel Hill, from the fourteenth century. It was demolished by the Austrians in 1851 in connection with the construction of defensive walls around Wawel Hill. The hill became one of the elements of the Kraków Fortress.

Wikipedia: Baszta Kobieca na Wawelu (PL)

The Sandomierz Tower – one of the three existing towers on Wawel Hill, located on its south-western edge. Together with the Lubranka (Senator's) Tower, it forms a unique complex of the so-called fire towers from the mid-fifteenth century.

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The Senator's Tower – the highest of the three fully preserved towers at Wawel. Together with the Sandomierz Tower, it forms a unique complex of the so-called fire towers.

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Wawel Dragon Statue is a monument at the foot of the Wawel Hill in Kraków, Poland, in front of the Wawel Dragon's den, dedicated to the mythical Wawel Dragon. Installed in 1972, the statue is capable of letting out fire from it's mouth on demand.

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Manggha is a museum in Kraków, Poland. Until 2005, it was a branch of the National Museum of Kraków.

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The Chapel of Saints Peter and Paul the Apostles is a historic chapel located in Kraków, in district VIII at 13 Madalińskiego Street, in Dębniki.

Wikipedia: Kaplica św. Piotra i św. Pawła w Krakowie (PL)

The Church of Our Lady Help of Christians is a Roman Catholic rector church of the Salesians, located in Kraków, in District VIII, Dębniki at 39 Tyniecka Street.

Wikipedia: Kościół Matki Bożej Wspomożenia Wiernych w Krakowie (PL)

Uroczysko Skałki Twardowskiego – a city park in Kraków, which is a fragment of the Municipal Forests of Kraków, located on the logging hill of Krzemionki Zakrzowskie, in the right-bank part of Kraków, in district VIII, in Dębniki.

Wikipedia: Skałki Twardowskiego (PL)