Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #4 in Krakow, Poland
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6.5 km
97 m
Explore Krakow in Poland with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Activities in KrakowIndividual Sights in KrakowSight 1: Kościół pw. Świętego Bernardyna ze Sieny
The Church of St. Bernardine of Siena is a Roman Catholic rectory and conventual church of the Bernardines, located in Krakow at 2 Bernardyńska Street, in Stradom.
Sight 2: Wawel Dragon
Book Free Tour*Wawel Dragon Statue is a monument at the foot of the Wawel Hill in Kraków, Poland, in front of the Wawel Dragon's den, dedicated to the mythical Wawel Dragon. Installed in 1972, the statue is capable of breathing fire on demand.
Sight 3: Pies Dżok
Dżok ("Jock") was a black mongrel dog who, for the entire year (1990–1991), was seen waiting in vain at the Rondo Grunwaldzkie roundabout in Kraków, Poland, to be fetched back by his master, who had died there. A monument located on the Czerwieński Boulevard on the Vistula River in Kraków, near the Wawel Castle and the Grunwald Bridge.
Sight 4: Kościół pw. Świętej Agnieszki
St. Agnes Church – a historic, Baroque, Roman Catholic church, at 30 Józefa Dietla Street, in Stradom, Krakow. It serves as a garrison church.
Sight 5: Synagoga Tempel w Krakowie
The Tempel Synagogue is a synagogue in Kraków, Poland, in the Kazimierz district.
Sight 6: Synagoga Kupa
Kupa Synagogue is a 17th-century synagogue in Kraków, Poland. It is located in the former Jewish quarter of Kazimierz developed from a neighborhood earmarked in 1495 by King John I Albert for the Jewish community, which has been transferred from the budding Old Town. Kupa Synagogue serves Kraków's Jewish community as one of the venues for religious ceremonies and cultural festivals, notably the annual Jewish Culture Festival in Kraków.
Sight 7: Synagoga Izaaka Jakubowicza
The Izaak Synagogue, formally known as the Isaak Jakubowicz Synagogue, is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue from 1644 situated in the historic Kazimierz district of Kraków, Poland. The synagogue is named for its donor, Izaak Jakubowicz, also called Isaac the Rich, a banker to King Ladislaus IV of Poland. The synagogue was designed by Italian-born architect Francesco Olivierri.
Sight 8: Synagoga Remuh
The Remah Synagogue is a 16th-century Jewish synagogue and the smallest of all historic synagogues in the Kazimierz district of Kraków, Poland. The synagogue is named after Rabbi Moses Isserles (c.1525–1572), known by the Hebrew acronym ReMA who's famed for writing a collection of commentaries and additions that complement Rabbi Yosef Karo's Shulchan Aruch, with Ashkenazi traditions and customs. It is currently one of two active synagogues in the city.
Sight 9: Synagoga Wolfa Poppera
The Wolf Popper Synagogue, located in Kraków, Poland, was a place of worship from its founding in 1620 until 1965. It used to be one of the most splendid Jewish houses of prayer in the old Jewish quarter of Kazimierz. The Synagogue was founded by the eponymous Wolf Popper. Its entrance was once adorned with openwork doors depicting four animals: an eagle, a leopard, a lion, and a buck deer, which symbolize the main traits of a devout man. The synagogue, featuring porches, annexes, Aron Kodesh, rich furniture and decorations, went into a decline not long after the passing of its founder and chief benefactor. At present, Popper Synagogue serves as bookshop and also as an art gallery in the women's area upstairs.
Sight 10: Old Synagogue
The Old Synagogue was an Orthodox Jewish synagogue situated in the Kazimierz district of Kraków, Poland. In Yiddish it was referred to as the Alta Shul. It is the oldest synagogue building still standing in Poland, and one of the most precious landmarks of Jewish architecture in Europe. Until the beginning of the Second World War in 1939, it was one of the city's most important synagogues as well as the main religious, social, and organizational centre of the Kraków Jewish community.
Sight 11: Muzeum Inżynierii i Techniki
The Museum of Municipal Engineering in Kraków or the Muzeum Inżynierii Miejskiej w Krakowie is a municipal 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. It consists of several buildings housing early trams, buses and motorcycles, radios, industrial machinery and early means of production, as well as many educational aids and displays. The museum is very popular with school children, but also with adults.
Wikipedia: Museum of Municipal Engineering, Kraków (EN), Website
Sight 12: Krakowski Teatr Variété
The Variété Theatre is a musical theatre located in Krakow, Poland. Its headquarters are located in the building of the former Związek cinema theatre.
Sight 13: Kościół pw. Świętego Kazimierza Królewicza
The Church of St. Casimir the Prince is a Roman Catholic parish church located in Krakow, Poland, at 78 Grzegórzecka Street.
Wikipedia: Kościół św. Kazimierza Królewicza w Krakowie (ul. Grzegórzecka) (PL), Website
Sight 14: Kościół pw. Świętego Stanisława Biskupa i Męczennika
St. Stanisław Bishop and Martyr - a Roman Catholic parish church, located in Krakow, in district II, at ul. Half -a -half in Dąbie.
Wikipedia: Kościół św. Stanisława Biskupa i Męczennika w Krakowie (ul. Półkole) (PL), Website
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