Grodzka Street, Kraków
View of the intersection with Dominikańska Street, and the Sukiennice Cloth Hall in the distance. | |
| Length | 650 m (2,130 ft) |
|---|---|
| North end | Main Square |
| South end | Wawel |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | iv |
| Designated | 1978 |
| Part of | Historic Centre of Kraków |
| Reference no. | 29 |
| Region | Europe and North America |
| Designated | 1994-09-08 |
| Part of | Kraków – historic city center |
| Reference no. | M.P. 1994 nr 50 poz. 418[1] |
Grodzka Street (Polish: Ulica Grodzka, lit. Gord Street) – one of the oldest streets in Kraków, Poland. Grodzka was part of a former north–south trade route.[2] The street is part of the Royal Route, used by Polish kings to reach Wawel Castle. The earliest documents referencing its name date from the thirteenth century.[3][4]
Part of the street was destroyed by the Kraków Fire of 1850. In the later half of the 19th century, a tramway track was laid on Grodzka Street.[5]
Features
- Celestyńska Tenement – tenement at 1 Grodzka Street,
- Szarffenbergów Tenement – tenement at 3 Grodzka Street,
- Liberowska Tenement – tenement at 21 Grodzka Street,
- Swiechowiczowska Tenement – tenement at 23 Grodzka Street,
- Wojnarowicowska Tenement – tenement at 25 Grodzka Street,
- Markowicowska Tenement – tenement at 27 Grodzka Street,
- Salomońska Tenement – tenement at 33 Grodzka Street,
- 50 Grodzka Street – tenement.
| Street No. | Short description | Picture |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | Wyspiański Pavilion – Modern building, a stained-glass image based on never previously implemented designs by Stanisław Wyspiański is set in the three windows of the façade. | |
| 40 | Stadnicki Palace – a nineteenth-century palace with a rococo façade. | |
| 52 | Former Jesuit Collegium from the first quarter of the seventeenth century. The Jesuits opened a school here, as to compete with the Jagiellonian University. Then the seat of the Senate of the Free City of Cracow. Presently, the building is home to the Collegium Broscianum of the Jagiellonian University. | |
| 54 | Saints Peter and Paul Church – a Roman Catholic, Polish Baroque church, built in the early seventeenth century. | |
| 56 | St. Andrew's Church – a historical Romanesque church, built in the late eleventh century as a fortress church used for defensive purposes. | |
| 58 | St. Martin's Church – a Lutheran/Calvinist church, built in the first half of the seventeenth century. | |
| 65 | Gniezno Bishop's Palace – a palace from the seventeenth century, rebuilt in the Classicist architectural style in the nineteenth century. | |
| 64 | Royal Arsenal – built in 1643. Presently Faculty of Polish Studies at the Jagiellonian University. | |
| 67 | Church of St. Giles – a church built in the fourteenth century. |
References
- ^ Zarządzenie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 8 września 1994 r. w sprawie uznania za pomnik historii., M.P., 1994, vol. 50, No. 418
- ^ "Ulica Grodzka w Krakowie | Ulice miasta Krakowa". www.krakow4u.pl. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ^ Wawryszczuk, Ambroży Grabowski ; wybór tekstów Janusz Stasiak ; red. Agata (2008). Domy dawnego Krakowa : wypisy z dzieł. Kraków: Wydawnictwo Jagiellonia SA. p. 71. ISBN 978-83-85729-64-8.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Ulica Grodzka - Magiczny Kraków". www.krakow.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 31 October 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ^ "Ulica Grodzka | Przewodnik Kraków" (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-09-30.