Cracow Photos

Photos of Cracow is a site about one of the oldest and the most beautiful cities in Poland. Here you will find some photos of this unique and fascinating town, from architectural, historical and cultural point of view.

 

Some examples, more you can find in the menu:

wawel altar
The Altar and St. Stanislaw relic
swietokrzyska chapel
The Swietokrzyska Chapel
florian gate
Paintings at the Florian Gate
wawel cathedral
The bell tower of the Cathedral
cathedral
The Cathedral from east
st. Andrzej church
The Church of St. Andrzej
wawel
Wawel's hill from west


 

 

 

 

 

 

 


About town

Cracow (variant eng. spelling: Krakow) as a very historical town has been one of the leading scientific and artistic centres of the country. At the turn of the century it was the national capital of Poland and residence of Polish Kings.

The old town has a few architecture styles, the dominating is Renaissance then are Baroque and Gothic.

The most notable city's buildings are:

Royal Castle on Wawel Hill including Wawel's Cathedral.

Old town (with medieval scheme of town) including The Gothic St. Mary's Church (from 14th century), Market Square (the biggest in Europe, 200 meters wide-spread), Cloth Hall (Sukiennice), Florian Gate, Barbakan and many more churches, palaces and mansions.

Kazimierz, old jewish province with synagogue: Izaaka, Remuh, Tempel, Wysoka and others.

Jagiellonian Univeristy (founded in 14th century) the oldest university in Poland and second in Europe.

 

These are the most famous, there is definitely a lot more worth to see.