Sightseeing in Cracow

7th July 2015

Sightseeing  Cracow can be different. It depends on you and you cash!!!

Krakow city tours by electric car is a very comfortable and pleasant way to see all the most important sites and monuments in our beautiful city.

Cracow traditional uniforms!!

 There are the most valuable and most important historical buildings in the City Centre in Krakow. During the tour you will enjoy exploring such places as: Market Square, the Cloth Hall, St. Mary’s Church, Slowacki Theatre, the Old City Walls, St. Florian’s Gate, Czartoryskis’ Museum, Bishops’ Palace and the Pope’s window, Grodzka Street – the historical route of the Polish kings, the baroque Church of Sts. Peter and Paul, Romanesque church of St. Andrew from 12th Century and Wawel Royal Castle.

By the Royal Route and Stradom Street we will get you to the former Jewish district of Kazimierz. It surprises with its unique charm and atmosphere each time you see it. You will admire there: former City Hall and the Museum of Ethnography, Wolnica Square, Corpus Christi Church, Tempel Synagogue, Kupa Synagogue, Isaac Synagogue, New Square, Szeroka Street, Remuh synagogue, the Old Synagogue and Popper Synagogue.

You can choose from 13 language versions of audio guide during the tour.

It is not cheap means of transportation but so exciting.!!!

What about buying a nice picture?

The original shop in Cracow

6th July 2015

Cracow offers a wide variety of shops. But one of them is unique which is located at Florianska street near Main Square. What is interesting you can buy there all species of Polish vodka. You don't have to buy a bottle buy try a glass of it. Later you can decide you want a bottle or not. It is up to you.

I think it is a great idea especially in cold days..... but maybe always... ( Polish vodka is strong

 about 49%)

Cracow - one of the oldest church.

5th July 2015

Cracow offers a lot of possibilities including famous landmarks. One of them is the old, charming, small church in the heart of this popular city. I love visiting this tiny Church and I did it again on 31 st May 2015.

The Church of St. Adalbert, located on the intersection of the Main Market Square and Grodzka Street in Old Town, Kraków, is one of the oldest stone churches in Poland. Its almost 1000-year-old history goes back to the beginning of the Polish Romanesque architecture of the early Middle Ages. Throughout the early history of Kraków the Church of St. Wojciech was a place of worship first visited by merchants travelling from across Europe. It was a place where citizens and nobility used to meet.

I the background St. Albertus Church

TIMELINE

• 10th century – first wooden church erected 
• 11th to 12th centuries – first stone church, Romanesque elements including existing walls and portal
• 1404 – the church becomes the University Presbytery thanks to Father Piotr Wysz Radoliński
• 1453 – sermons by Father Giovanni da Capistrano
• 1611–1618 – major reconstruction of the church in Baroque style. The raising of the walls, stuccoing, building of the Baroque dome and the new entrance from the west side. The works are directed by Prof. Walenty Fontana and Father Sebastian Mirosz
• 1711 – the building of the new vestry
• 1778 – adding of the St. Jan Nepomucen Chapel (renamed after St. Wincenty Kadłubek in 1781)

Interior to the church

Entrance to the church

The Church was built

in the 11th century and named after the martyred missionary Saint Adalbert whose body was bought back for its weight in gold from the pagan Prussia and placed in Gniezno Cathedral by Boleslaus I of Poland. The Church of St. Adalbert stands at the south-eastern corner of the biggest medieval market square in Europe, demarcated in 1257. The place of worship preceded the Square by nearly a century. The interior of the church is cramped, relative to its larger exterior. The floor level is situated under the present level of the Square, which reflects the overlaying of the subsequent surfaces of the plaza with pavement originally adjusted to the two already existing churches (St. Wojciech/Adalbert and St. Mary's Basilica). The church was partially reconstructed in the Baroque style between 1611-1618.

According to the Archeological Museum of Kraków, the oldest relics reveal a wooden structure built at the end of the 10th century and followed by an original stone church constructed in the 11th century, as seen in the lower parts of the walls. These walls became a foundation for a new church built around the turn of the 11th and 12th centuries from smaller rectangular stones. Since the level of the plaza, overlaid with new pavement, rose between 2 to 2.6 meters, the walls of the church were raised up in the 17th century and then covered with stucco. The new entrance was built from the west side and the church was topped with the new Baroque dome. The restoration of the church conducted in the 19th century led to the discovery of its Romanesque past.

At present, the walls of the church are unearthed to show their lowest level. On the south side there's a Romanesque portal and corresponding stone step. The crypt of the church has been adapted by the Archeological Museum as a small Museum of the History of the Market Square showing a permanent exhibit of "The History of the Kraków Market." For an unsuspecting visitor St. Wojciech's seems inviting from the outside, nevertheless, it is a living church with people often praying inside while the door opens directly into the noise outside.

The thousand year old legend has it that St. Adalbert consecrated the church in 997 and preached there before going on his mission to bring Christianity to Prussia (where he was killed in martyrdom). Not surprisingly, in the 1960s the discovery was made of the earliest church dating back to the times when St. Adalbert resided in Kraków and gave his sermons there.

Enjoy your Sunday 

Charming Sunday in Cracow

4th July 2015

It was 31st May 2015 when I spent a nice weekend in Cracow. Cracow is a city which is located 70 km from my place. It is one of the oldest city in Europe. It is famous for their landmarks.

Kraków also Cracow, or Krakow (US English /ˈkrækaʊ/, UK English /ˈkrækɒv/) is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River (Polish: Wisła) in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life and is one of Poland's most important economic hubs. It was the capital of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland from 1038 to 1569; the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1569 to 1596;^] the Free City of Kraków from 1815 to 1846; the Grand Duchy of Cracow from 1846 to 1918; and Kraków Voivodeship from the 14th century to 1998. It has been the capital of Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999.

Market Square - always bysy and crowded.

At that day Children's Day was celebrated

 Sightseeing can be amazing here around Market Square

The main square  of the Old Town of Kraków, is the principal urban space located at the center of the city. It dates back to the 13th century, and at roughly 40,000 m² (430,000 ft²) is one of the largest medieval town squares in Europe.The Project for Public Spaces (PPS) lists the square as the best public space in Europe due to its lively street life.

Enjoy pictorial walk..

Souvenirs... are everywhere

3rd June 2015

When I was in Great Britain stands with souvenirs are in the every streets some gifts are cheap but some are very expensive. I usually but some souvenirs for my friends and family.

And what about you? Do you love souvenirs?

Setting around Royal Pavilon in Brighton

2nd June 2015

I had written about Royal Pavilion in Brighton so today I invite you for a pictorial walk in the garden situated around Royal Pavilion.

Poppies my favourite flowers because remind me about my childhood in the countryside at my grandma.  Doy you have any favourite flowers from your childhood?

Enjoy the walk in the garden!!!