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Jan Matejko House in Kraków
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1.3 km
## Jan Matejko House in Kraków Jan Matejko House at 41 Floriańska Street is the painter’s family home, where Jan Matejko (1838–1893) was born, lived with his family, worked and died. The 16th-century townhouse, remodelled in the 19th centu…
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Mogiła Cistercian Abbey
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1.7 km
**Mogiła Cistercian Abbey** forms part of Kraków’s Nowa Huta district, but its history reaches back to 1222. The Cistercians came here from Lubiąż at the initiative of Bishop Iwo Odrowąż. The Gothic Church of the Assumption of the Virgin M…
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Wanda Mound
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2.2 km
**Wanda Mound in Kraków** stands in Nowa Huta, by Ujastek Street. This modest mound, about 14 metres high, is one of the city’s oldest and probably dates from the early Middle Ages. Legend says it is the grave of Wanda, daughter of Prince…
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Stanisław Lem Experience Garden in Kraków
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3.2 km
In the Polish Airmen Park at Aleja Pokoju 68 runs the Stanisław Lem Experience Garden — the first sensory educational park in Poland, modelled on the garden in Nuremberg. It is run by the Museum of Municipal Engineering in Kraków, and the…
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Kraków Water Park
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4.3 km
The Kraków Water Park at 126 Dobrego Pasterza Street in Mistrzejowice is one of the largest indoor aquaparks in Poland and Europe. Construction began in April 1999 and was completed in just 13 months; the opening took place on 10 June 2000…
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Rakowicki Cemetery
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6.0 km
Rakowicki Cemetery at 26 Rakowicka Street is Kraków’s oldest municipal cemetery and an important place in the city’s history. It was laid out in 1801–1802 on what was then the outskirts, after burials beside churches were banned. The first…
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Holy Cross Church in Kraków
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7.0 km
Holy Cross Church stands a few steps from Kraków’s Planty, yet its interior feels removed from the city’s movement. It is a compact Gothic church whose structure and light matter more than monumental size. ## The palm vault The most distin…
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Juliusz Słowacki Theatre
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7.1 km
The Juliusz Słowacki Theatre opened on **21 October 1893** as the Municipal Theatre — an eclectic, neo-Baroque 'Kraków opera' designed by Jan Zawiejski and modelled on Viennese theatre buildings. It took barely two years to build, and the…