Our trip is extremely exciting. It begins in the picturesque Old Town of Krakow. Wawel Castle resembles a Disney castle where princesses and kings lived for centuries. An old legend says that in the cave under the castle the Wawel Dragon lived. The cave is open to visitors. Later in the tour you will see an unusually Jewish city, a unique, independent city (a state within a state). The sight of the former ghetto and its history will bring tears to your cheeks. The icing on the cake will be the opportunity to see Oskar Schindler's Factory from the movie Schindler's List.
The driver will call you 15 minutes before the start.
You will see the Old Town in Krakow
Barbican - an element of medieval defensive construction, used as an element of city fortifications, created in the form of a brick line extended in front of the defensive walls and connected to the city gate through a sheltered passage
Florian's Gate - a medieval city gate with a tower, located in the Old Town in Krakow at the end of Floriańska Street, at the intersection with Pijarska Street. It is a remnant of the former city walls.
Grunwald Monument - an equestrian monument of King Władysław II Jagiełło in Krakow, in District I of the Old Town, on Jan Matejko Square, erected in 1910 from the foundation of Ignacy Jan Paderewski according to the design of Antoni Wiwulski and Franciszka Black on the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Grunwald (1410); demolished in 1939 by the Nazis, reconstructed in 1976 according to the design of Marian Konieczny; in front of the monument is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (1976).
The Princes Czartoryski Museum in Krakow - one of the most famous museums in Poland, a branch of the National Museum in Krakow. It consists of three elements: the Czartoryski Palace at ul. SW. Jana 17-19, Monastery at ul. Pijarska 6 and the building of the former Municipal Arsenal at ul. Pijarska 8.
Church of St. John the Baptist and Saint John the Evangelist - a historic Roman Catholic church of the Sisters of the Present, located in Krakow, in the Old Town at ul. Saint Jana 7a. The church is a sanctuary of: Our Lady of the Redemption of Slaves, Our Lady of Freedom, Our Lady of Saint John, Blessed Sophia of Czestochowa.
The history of the Market Square dates back to the 13th century; is the largest (4 ha) square in Krakow, as well as one of the largest markets in Europe.There are important monuments on the Main Square and in its vicinity - St. Mary's Church, the Cloth Hall, the Church of St. Wojciech or the town hall tower, the remains of the town hall demolished in 1820.
Palace of Art - the building of the Society of Friends of Fine Arts in Krakow at 4 Szczepański Square. The building was erected in the years 1898–1901. The Art Nouveau building was designed by architect Franciszek Mączyński, modeled on the famous Secession exhibition pavilion in Vienna
Planty - a city park in Krakow surrounding the Old Town. It was founded in 1822–1830, has an area of 21 ha and is approximately 4 km long.
University Church
Town Hall Tower - a Gothic tower built at the beginning of the 15th century, located in Krakow at Rynek 1. It survived from the town hall, destroyed in 1820 - then the main administrative building of Krakow. It is 70 m high.
On the first floor of the Palace of the Archbishops of Krakow there is a window in which John Paul II appeared during his visits to the city. Currently, we can see a glass mosaic depicting the pope there. The papal window in Krakow attracted crowds of believers during John Paul II's pilgrimages to Poland.
Wawel Castle was the seat of Polish Kings , their necropolis and the place where Polish history was shaped.
A unique district of Krakow, which is included on the UNESCO World Heritage List. A place of great importance for Jewish culture. The history of the place dates back to 1335, when Casimir the Great decided to found a town bearing his name near Wawel.
The street is actually an elongated square, with old synagogues, a palace and majestic houses. At the end of the 15th century, Krakow Jews began to settle here after Jan Olbracht's decree, de facto ordering them to leave Krakow. Soon, a Jewish town was formed, separated from the rest of Kazimierz by internal walls.
Old Synagogue - a synagogue located in Kazimierz in Krakow, at 24 Szeroka Street. It is one of the oldest preserved synagogues in Poland and one of the most valuable monuments of Jewish religious architecture in Europe.
Popper's Synagogue, Bocian's Synagogue, Little Synagogue, Wolf Popper's Synagogue or also Popper's Synagogue - a synagogue located in Krakow in Kazimierz, at 16 Szeroka Street. It was founded in 1620 by a wealthy Jewish merchant, Wolf Bocian. During World War II, the synagogue was devastated
Helena Rubinstein - Polish woman of Jewish origin, founder of the cosmetics company - Helena Rubinstein Inc, businesswoman. She was born into a Jewish family ...
Remuh Synagogue, Remuh Synagogue - a synagogue located in Kraków in Kazimierz, at 40 Szeroka Street. It is currently one of two active synagogues in the city and the only one where services are held regularly.
Izaaka Street - a street in Krakow, in the Old Town district I, in Kazimierz. It runs from Jakuba Street westwards to Estery Street. The street was marked out at the end of the 16th century on land purchased in 1583 by the authorities of the city of Kazimierz.
The most characteristic element of the square is the so-called Okrąglak, built in 1899–1900 as a covered market hall. From 1927, a ritual poultry slaughterhouse operated in its part, but was closed during the occupation. After World War II, typical small trade returned here.
The basilica is open to visitors every day from 9.00 - 17.00 outside Holy Masses
The heart of the Ethnographic Museum in Krakow are its collections - a unique, valuable and very diverse collection. A collection of objects, documents, works of art, in which each exhibit has its own story, related to the history of a given person.
Father Bernatka Footbridge - a pedestrian and bicycle footbridge on the Vistula in Krakow connecting Kazimierz with Podgórze, built on the site of the former Podgórski Bridge. By decision of the Krakow City Council, it was named after Father Laetus Bernatek, a monk who, at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, led to the construction of the buildings of the Hospital of St. John the Baptist in Krakow
In the former Jewish ghetto in the vast Podgórze district, there are monuments referring to the history of the Holocaust in Krakow, including the Apteka Pod Orłem museum and an artistic installation in the form of metal chairs located on the Ghetto Heroes Square.
The triangular shape of the foothill square is impressive. At the end of the square there is the neo-Gothic church of St. Joseph from the 19th century.
The new church was built in the years 1905–1909 according to the design of Jan Sas-Zubrzycki, in accordance with the patterns of neo-Gothic architecture
Plac Bohaterów Getta - a square in Krakow, district XIII, in Podgórze. In the years 1941–1943, analyzes were carried out within the Krakow ghetto. There was a place for the Jewish population before being transported to concentration camps
The pharmacy became a meeting place for Jewish intellectuals, scientists and artists staying in the ghetto. Soon, she also began to provide the ghetto inhabitants with various means and medicines to help them avoid deportation: hair dye used to rejuvenate their appearance, and luminal, which was used to calm down children hidden in hiding places or smuggled in luggage outside the ghetto .
What's in Schindler's factory? Oskar Schindler's Enamel Factory – The plant produced enameled dishes, and in 1943, an arms production department was also opened, where mess tins for the Wehrmacht, shells and fuses for artillery and aircraft missiles were made. Initially, Poles predominated among the employees, but over time, Jews constituted an increasingly large part of the workforce
Fragments of the stone wall that surrounded the Krakow ghetto in 1941. A commemorative plaque reminds us of this.
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