Cracow Eyewitness Travel

CR ACOW THE GUIDES THAT SHOW YOU WHAT OTHERS ONLY TELL YOU EYEWITNESS TRAVEL ARCHITECTURE • MAPS SYNAGOGUES • VODKA RESTAURANTS • PARKS CASTLES • WALKS • CHURCHES HOTELS • MUSEUMS • HISTORY CRACOW EYEWITNESS TRAVEL [...]...INTRODUCING CRACOW FOUR GREAT DAYS IN CRACOW 1011 PUTTING CRACOW ON THE MAP 1217 THE HISTORY OF CRACOW 1837 CRACOW AT A GLANCE 3851 CRACOW THROUGH THE YEAR 5255 10 I N T R O D U C I N G C R A C O W FOUR GREAT DAYS IN CRACOW T here are three themes that capital, many museums here define the most visited house artistic treasures Cracow city in Poland – its royal is also... alike, Cracow, is the oldest and one of the all of whom enjoy Cracow s unique most important universities in the atmosphere and heritage View of Cracow with the Kościuszko Mound (in the foreground), a 19th-century lithograph, Museum of Cracow Tadeusz Kościuszko Taking the Oath on Market Square by Michał Stachowicz (detail), Museum of Cracow 20 I N T R O D U C I N G C R A C O W Cracow s Origins Cracow. .. Republic, however, fered badly during World Cracow continued to be War II Luckily, Cracow s regarded as the official losses were minimal For capital Deprived of its those interested in old Polish former status Cracow suffered art, Cracow, with its rich herThe coat of itage, is certainly the place to a deep crisis in the 18th and arms of Cracow go For many years Cracow s 19th centuries architectural treasures... of interest outside Cracow are covered in Further Afield on pages 152–171 Aerial view of Cracow 13 14 I N T R O D U C I N G C R A C O W Cracow and Its Environs Until the early 20th century the conurbation of Cracow occupied a relatively small area on the banks of the Vistula (Wisła) River and was made up of several small towns (Kleparz, Kazimierz, Garbary and Podgórze) Greater Cracow was established... constructed outside Cracow after World War II Long walks in Cracow are always interesting as all the historic quarters have their own unique character 0 kilometres 0 miles 2 2 P U T T I N G C R A C O W O N T H E M A P KEY Central Cracow Built-up area Suburbs Airport Railway station Motorway Major road Minor road Railway line 15 16 I N T R O D U C I N G C R A C O W Central Cracow Central Cracow embraces... possibly with Cracow as the capital 400 600 965 Ibrahim Ibn Yaqub, an Arab traveller, comments on Cracow as a Czech city 800 1000 before 885 The Vistulans’ Early medieval earthenware vase state loses its independence Cracow becomes part of the Great Moravian Empire before 992 Mieszko I adds the former state of the Vistulans to his other territories 22 I N T R O D U C I N G C R A C O W Cracow in the... shown standing on the battlement walls are patron saints of Cracow s Cathedral and the Kingdom of Poland A View of Late Gothic Cracow, 1493 This townscape from the 15th century World Chronicle by Hartmann Schedel is the earliest known view of Cracow TIMELINE Coat of Arms of Kazimierz 1285 Construction of Cracow s defence walls begins 1364 Cracow Academy founded by Kazimierz the Great 1275 1300 1340... incorporated into Cracow Wettin, the last to take place in Cracow, on 17 January 1700 The façade of the Church of the Missionaries was 1768–72 Confederates of Bar fight for Cracow 1740 1760 1780 1794 Tadeusz Kościuszko takes his oath in the Market Square on 24 March 1800 1705 St Anne’s Church is consecrated 1777–8 Hugo Kołłątaj 1788 Astronomical reforms the Cracow Academy Observatory established 1702–05 Cracow. .. building established in Cracow 30 I N T R O D U C I N G C R A C O W Cracow in Galicia In 1772 Austria occupied the southern part of Poland, called Galicia After a period of Austrian occupation, Cracow was briefly incorporated into the Duchy of Warsaw The Russian occupation followed In 1815 the Republic of Cracow, which included the area round the city, was established, but by 1846 Cracow was under Austrian... St Leonard is a remnant of Cracow s second cathedral It was built by Władysław Herman between 1090 and 1142 Cloister at the 1173 Bolesław the Curly is the Dominican Church Wrymouthed grants Cracow first Piast to be buried at Wawel the status of a capital 1241 Tatars led by Batuhan of the suzerain province destroy Cracow 1138 Bolesław the 1150 1141–1320 Polish dukes fight for Cracow 1175 1200 1225 1250 . alt="" CRACOW EYEWITNESS TRAVEL main contributor : teresa czerniewicz-umer INTRODUCING CRACOW FOUR GREAT DAYS IN CRACOW 10 PUTTING CRACOW ON THE MAP 12 THE HISTORY OF CRACOW 18 CRACOW AT. INTRODUCING CRACOW FOUR GREAT DAYS IN CRACOW 1011 PUTTING CRACOW ON THE MAP 1217 THE HISTORY OF CRACOW 1837 CRACOW AT A GLANCE 3851 CRACOW THROUGH THE YEAR 5255 INTRODUCING CRACOW1 0 T here. 210 GETTING TO CRACOW 220 GETTING AROUND CRACOW 222 STREET FINDER 228 TRAVELLERS’ NEEDS WHERE TO STAY 174 RESTAURANTS, CAFÉS AND BARS 182 SHOPS AND MARKETS 196 ENTERTAINMENT IN CRACOW 202 CRACOW