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ul Ujastek Mogilski 7, Krakow, Southern Poland, 31-752, Poland
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I remember Gosia saying how proud the Poles were of this architecture and I took several photos of the building...which is stunning. However I don't have any exact info to include in my tip. For instance, is it used as a church? Does anyone know the age? I don't suppose there is a web site in English which I could go to, is there?
http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Europe/Poland/Wojewodztwo_Malopolskie/Krakow-490219/Things_To_Do-Krakow-Churches_in_Krakow-BR-1.html and scroll down to Twelve Apostles. Or just google it!
It is the church of St Peter and Paul, and when I was there this past May, yes, it is used as a church. There was quite a bit of construction at the time ...
Thanks! I'll google to get some details. Wonderful bldg. and I got some great pics.
Plan to return to Krakow in the spring. YES!!
Have you followed the thread about the VT meeting in Krakow for 2010? It's coming together and promises to be excellent!
Yes, I've been getting a ton of notices about that 2010 mtg. I signed on in the very beginning. NOt sure I will be able to do it because I intend to return to POland in the spring. Probably couldn't get back there the very next year. No telling what will happen between now and then, but certain that all members who visit Krakow will love it. Fabulous World Heritage city.
By the way, if you happen to be near Ireland, we're having a meet in Cork mid-October which I'm really looking forward to attending. A little bit of an odd itinerary because I decided I would not delay visiting Istanbul, so I'm flying into Dublin from Istanbul.
very energetic, indeed! Afraid I won't be overseas before next spring.
J
So, if you still need some information - it is a Jesuite church of St. Peter and Paul, built in the barouque style, almost a copy of the Il Gesu church in Rome. It is used as a church and once a week you can watch the Foucault pendulum, which is at display there. Also there are some concerts of classical music organised there
thanks for your response to my question. Perhaps I'll catch a glimpse of the interiors on my next trip.
I stayed with my brother in a dorm of Jagiellonian University. Every time I went in I had to ask a rather severe-looking matron for the key, and they always wanted us to ask for it in Polish. I'm good at languages, but I could not remember the words for 306 or whatever it was. My brother's room key was the only one that had a yellow holder, so I just learned the word for 'yellow.'
This memorial commemorates the 21,768 Polish victims of the Katyn massacre in 1940 by the Soviet secret police NKVD in April-May 1940. It was an attempt to kill all members of the Polish Officer Corps and doctors, professors, lawmakers, police officers, other public servants, gendarmes, landowners, saboteurs, factory owners, lawyers, officials and priests. After the Russian invasion of 1939 all were arrested for allegedly being "intelligence agents".
In 1943 after the German invasion the mass graves were discovered in the Katyn Forest, 20 kilometres West of Smolensk, Russia. As a result the Polish government in exile stopped the diplomatic relations with the Russian government.
The Soviet Union continued to deny responsibility for the massacre until 1990, when it officially acknowledged and condemned the act.
The diplomatic relation with the Russians stayed difficult, especial after the 2010 plane crash near Smolensk, that killed the Polish president Lech Kaczynski and many Polish officials.
When I first saw the branch of MacDonalds here on ul Florianska in the heart of the old town I was somewhat dismayed – perhaps the natural reaction of the western tourist who bemoans the homogenising effect that globalisation is having on city streets around the world. When we travel to somewhere like Krakow in particular, with much of its ancient architecture still intact, we want to see only local brands and traditional values exhibited on its streets.
But then our guide explained that this was only the second MacDonalds to have opened in Poland after the collapse of the Communist regime, and I started to see it through her eyes. She described the long queues outside, and the excitement of being able, at last, to do what young people elsewhere had been able to do for many years but had been disallowed for them – to buy and eat a burger at MacDonalds. This wasn’t so much about the quality of the food, and whether or not you like what is served here, but about your right to choose to eat it. Suddenly this branch of a too-ubiquitous fast-food chain became a powerful symbol of the changes that have taken place in this country during our lifetimes. I forgave its presence here and instead was thankful that I have always been free to choose to eat, or not to eat, a Big Mac.
Dragon (look at my picture) is a symbol of Krakow.
He lived in Wawel Hill deep cave 1000 years ago or so. Every day the dragon killed a sheep, children or even grown men and women by fire which came from it’s mouth.
And... follow the link below to read who and how wise killed the dragon.
I think this is a big mansion more than a castle. It is surrounded by a very large park and is situated near the main square of Pszczyna.
It was built as a castle in the 13th century or perhaps earlier in Gothic style. It was rebuilt and enlarged in the 17th, 18th and in the 19th centuries. The last reconstruction was done in the years 1871 and 1876 in Neo Baroque style.
Here you can admire many rooms. One of them; the Mirrors Hall serves as concert hall.
The park which surrounded the castle is dotted with various buildings and has an area with wisents (European bisons) and another with an etnological museum with wooden buildings. Unfortunately I haven't visited this area due to lack of time. I visited only the wisents one. There were only four or five of them and they were resting.
Pszczyna is located in southern Poland; some 90 km west of Krakow.
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