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District of Kraków
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Jewish Culture Festival in Kraków

The Jewish Culture Festival in Kraków (Polish: Festiwal Kultury Żydowskiej w Krakowie, Yiddish: ייִדישער קולטור־פֿעסטיוואַל אין קראָקע) is an annual cultural event organized since 1988 in the once Jewish district of Kazimierz by the Jewish Culture Festival Society headed by Janusz Makuch, a self-described meshugeneh, fascinated with all things Jewish.

Located at 50.0517, 19.9483 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Jewish culture, Culture in Kraków, Festivals in Poland, Recurring events established in 1988, Jews and Judaism in Poland, Visitor attractions in Kraków

Kazimierz

Kazimierz is a historical district of Kraków, Poland; best known for being home to a significant Jewish community from the 14th century on until the Holocaust in the Second World War. The boundaries of Kazimierz are defined by an old island in the Vistula river. The northern branch of the river (Stara Wisła – Old Vistula) was filled-in at the end of the 19th century during the partitions of Poland and made into an extension of ul.

Located at 50.0517, 19.9447 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Historic Jewish communities, Jewish communities, Jewish ghettos in Europe, Jewish Polish history, Districts of Kraków, Polish culture

Kraków Ghetto

The Kraków Ghetto was one of five major, metropolitan Jewish ghettos created by Nazi Germany in the new General Government territory (Generalgouvernement) during the German occupation of Poland in World War II. It was created for the purpose of exploitation, terror, and persecution of local Polish Jews as well as the staging area for separating the "able workers" from those who would later be deemed unworthy of life.

Located at 50.0453, 19.9547 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Kraków Ghetto, Jewish ghettos in German-occupied Poland, History of Kraków, Jewish resistance during the Holocaust

Skałka

Church of St Michael the Archangel and St Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr and Pauline Fathers Monastery, Skałka, which means "a small rock" in Polish, is a small outcrop in Kraków where the Bishop of Kraków saint Stanislaus of Szczepanów was slain by order of Polish king Bolesław II the Bold in 1079. This action resulted in the king's exile and the eventual canonization of the slain bishop. Originally, a Romanesque church was built there.

Located at 50.0483, 19.9378 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Religious places, Roman Catholic churches in Kraków, Basilica churches in Poland, Rococo architecture of Poland

St. Andrew's Church, Kraków

The Church of St. Andrew in the Old Town district of Kraków, Poland (Polish: Kościół św. Andrzeja) located at ul. Grodzka 54, is a Romanesque church built between 1079 - 1098 by a medieval Polish statesman Palatine Sieciech. It is a rare surviving example of the European fortress church used for defensive purposes. For more details on this topic, see Churches of Kraków.

Located at 50.0567, 19.9386 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Roman Catholic churches in Kraków, 11th-century church buildings, Fortified churches, Romanesque architecture in Poland

Remuh Synagogue

The Remuh Synagogue,, is named after Rabbi Moses Isserles c.1525–1572, known by the Hebrew acronym ReMA, רמ״א, (pronounced ReMU) who's famed for writing a collection of commentaries and additions that complement Rabbi Yosef Karo's Shulchan Aruch, with Ashkenazi traditions and customs. Remuh Synagogue is the smallest of all historic synagogues of the Kazimierz district of Kraków. It is currently the only active synagogue in the city.

Located at 50.0527, 19.9473 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Religious buildings completed in 1557, Orthodox synagogues in Poland, Renaissance synagogues, Synagogues in Kraków, 16th-century synagogues

Tempel Synagogue, Kraków

The Tempel Synagogue is a Reform Jewish synagogue in Kraków, Poland, in the Kazimierz district. The Moorish Revival building was designed by Ignacy Hercok, and built in 1860–1862 along Miodowa Street. The temple, with its tall central section flanked by lower wings, is designed on the pattern of the Leopoldstädter Tempel, in Vienna, Austria. At the time the synagogue was built, Kraków was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Located at 50.0529, 19.9444 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Religious buildings completed in 1862, 19th-century synagogues, Moorish Revival synagogues, Reform synagogues in Poland, Synagogues in Kraków

High Synagogue, Kraków

High Synagogue is an inactive Orthodox Jewish synagogue in Kazimierz District of Kraków, Poland. It was called the High (or Tall) Synagogue for many centuries for it was the tallest synagogue in the city. It was built in 1556-1563. It appears to be in a Renaissance manner with certain modifications common north of the alps(most notably the tracery, which resembles that of St-Pierre in Caen). It was the third synagogue to be erected in Kazimierz.

Located at 50.0511, 19.9472 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Former synagogues in Poland, Synagogues in Kraków, Romanesque synagogues, 16th-century synagogues

Old Synagogue, Kraków

Old Synagogue is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue in the Kazimierz district of Kraków, Poland. It is the oldest synagogue building still standing in Poland, and one of the most precious landmarks of Jewish architecture in Europe. Until the German invasion of Poland in 1939, it was one of the most important synagogues in the city as well as the main religious, social, and organizational centre of the Kraków Jewish community.

Located at 50.0514, 19.9487 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Former synagogues in Poland, Synagogues in Kraków, Gothic synagogues, 15th-century architecture, 15th-century synagogues, Fortress synagogues, Gothic architecture in Poland

Galeria Kazimierz

Galeria Kazimierz is a large shopping center located in the Grzegórzki borough of Kraków. The name derives from the neighbouring district of Kazimierz. Phase 1 opened in 2004. The mall has around 38,150 m of floor space, complete with a wide variety of eateries and large shops such as Zara, Puma, Quiksilver, H&M and Alma Market. In all there is more than 130 retail units present within the mall along with a ten screen cinema.

Located at 50.0533, 19.9561 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Kraków, Shopping malls in Poland, Shopping malls established in 2004

Kowea Itim le-Tora Synagogue

Kowea Itim le-Tora Synagogue was an Orthodox Jewish synagogue in Kazimierz, Kraków, Poland. It was built in 1810 and renovated in 1912. The synagogue was devastated during the World War II by Nazis. The building now serves as an apartment building.

Located at 50.0511, 19.9475 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Synagogues in Kraków

Jesuit University of Philosophy and Education Ignatianum

The Jesuit University of Philosophy and Education Ignatianum in Krakow, Poland is a Catholic College officially recognized by the state of Poland . There are two faculties in Ignatianum: Philosophy - entitled to confer the Master's and Ph.D. degrees Education - entitled to confer the Master's

Located at 50.0627, 19.9489 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Educational institutions established in 1932, Universities and colleges in Kraków

Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Polish: Bazylika Najświętszego Serca Pana Jezusa w Krakowie) is a Roman Catholic church of the Jesuits in Kraków.

Located at 50.0619, 19.9486 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Roman Catholic churches in Kraków, Jesuit churches, Basilica churches in Poland

Remuh Cemetery

The Remuh Cemetery, also known as the Old Jewish Cemetery of Kraków, in Kraków (Cracow), Poland, is an inactive Jewish cemetery established in 1535. It is located in the historic Kazimierz district of Kraków, beside the 16th-century Remuh Synagogue, at 40 Szeroka Street. The cemetery holds the gravesites of many notable Polish Jews: Rabbi Moses Isserles (ca.

Located at 50.0525, 19.9469 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Cemeteries in Kraków, Jewish cemeteries in Poland, Religion in Kraków

Izaak Synagogue

The Izaak Synagogue or Isaac Synagogue, formally known as the Isaak Jakubowicz Synagogue, is a Prayerhouse built in 1644 in the historic Kazimierz District of Kraków, Poland. The synagogue is named for its donor, Izaak Jakubowicz (d. 1673), also called Isaac the Rich, a banker to King Władysław IV. The synagogue was designed by Francesco Olivierri, an Italian working in Poland in that era. Jakubowicz is buried in the Remuh Cemetery. Variants of the name include Ayzik, Izaak, and Isaac.

Located at 50.0517, 19.9467 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Synagogues in Kraków, Baroque synagogues, 17th-century synagogues

Judaica Foundation – Center For Jewish Culture

The Judaica Foundation located at ul. Meiselsa 17 street in Kraków, Poland, was created in 1991. The idea for the foundation was established already in the 1980s, influenced by the President of the Jewish community of Kraków. Committed to preserving the Jewish heritage in Krakow's old Jewish district of Kazimierz and to opening up a new platform for intercultural dialogue, the Foundation also aims at spurring interest among young people for the Jewish culture and history.

Located at 50.0514, 19.9442 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Holocaust commemoration, Religion in Kraków, Religion in Poland, Foundations based in Poland

Ethnographic Museum of Kraków

The Seweryn Udziela Ethnographic Museum of Kraków (Polish: Muzeum Etnograficzne im. Seweryna Udzieli w Krakowie) is a museum in Kraków, Poland. It was established in 1902.

Located at 50.0485, 19.9436 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Museums in Kraków, Museums established in 1902, Ethnographic museums, Folk art museums and galleries, Art museums and galleries in Poland, Registered museums in Poland

Muzeum Inżynierii Miejskiej w Krakowie

The Museum of Municipal Engineering in Kraków or the Muzeum Inżynierii Miejskiej w Krakowie is a state museum in Kraków, Poland; located at ul. św. Wawrzyńca 15 street in the centre of historical Kazimierz district. It was established in 1998 by the city, for the purpose of documenting and popularizing the history of the city engineering, transport as well as technological progress.

Located at 50.0495, 19.947 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Museums in Kraków, Museums established in 1998, Technology museums, Science museums in Poland

Galicia Jewish Museum

The Galicia Jewish Museum is located in the historical Jewish district Kazimierz in Kraków, Poland. It focuses on the traces of Jewish life and culture that can still be found in the area of the historic Austro-Hungarian province of Galicia located in modern Poland.

Located at 50.0508, 19.9496 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Galicia (Eastern Europe), Jewish Galician (Eastern Europe) history, Jewish Polish history, Jewish Ukrainian history, Jewish museums, History museums in Poland, Museums in Kraków, Museums established in 2004, Jews and Judaism in Galicia (Eastern Europe), Holocaust commemoration

Aquarium and Natural History Museum in Kraków

Aquarium and Natural History Museum in Kraków formerly the Museum of Natural Science Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals PAS) is public aquarium and museum at St. Sebastian 9th in Kraków, Poland. There is a crafted, preserved in perfect condition, prehistoric woolly rhino, the only world completely preserved specimen of this extinct more than 12 thousand. years ago, the animal.

Located at 50.0555, 19.9415 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Museums in Kraków, Aquaria in Poland, Natural history museums in Poland

Saints Peter and Paul Church, Kraków

The Church of Saints Peter and Paul in the Old Town district of Kraków, Poland (Polish: Kościół ŚŚ Piotra i Pawła w Krakowie) is a Roman Catholic, Polish Baroque church located at ul. Grodzka 54 street. 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. See also: Churches of Kraków

Located at 50.0566, 19.9383 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Roman Catholic churches in Kraków, 1619 architecture

Corpus Christi Basilica

The Basilica Bożego Ciała (also known as the Corpus Christi Church), located in Kraków district of Kazimierz, Poland; is a Gothic Church founded by Kazimierz the Great in 1335. The basilica was erected in stages beginning in 1340 until about the mid-15th century, and was intended as a monastery, which explains the large size plot on which it stands and the presence of a cemetery next to it.

Located at 50.0494, 19.9444 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Roman Catholic churches in Kraków

Cracovia Business Center

Cracovia Business Center also Błękitek is a commercial building in Kraków at Pokój Street 1 and Grzegórzeckie Roundabout. It is a 20 story building housing offices for Bank Pekao, amongst others. Construction of the Tower began in 1972 according to Janusz Ingarden's project.

Located at 50.0573, 19.9609 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Kraków

New Jewish Cemetery, Kraków

The New Jewish Cemetery in Kraków, Poland covers an area of about 4.5 hectares . It is located at Miodowa 55–58 Street, in the historic Jewish neighborhood of Kazimierz. It is a registered heritage monument along with historic mortuary.

Located at 50.0533, 19.9519 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Jewish cemeteries in Poland, Cemeteries in Kraków

Kraków-Podgórze Detention Centre

The Kraków-Podgórze Detention Centre (Polish: Areszt Śledczy Kraków Podgórze) is a correctional facility located at ul. Stefana Czarnieckiego 3 in Kraków, Poland, in the municipal district of Podgórze. Originally, it was a turn-of-the-century County Court and revenue service, built in 1905, from design by Ferdynand Liebling. At present, it is a community branch of Detention Centre Kraków, with main building located at ul. Montelupich 7 street.

Located at 50.0444, 19.9553 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Kraków, Gestapo, Infrastructure of the Holocaust, Nazi war crimes in Poland, Prison buildings by heritage register, Prisons in Poland, The Holocaust in Poland, War crimes, Waterboarding