Krakow / Zwierzyniec Travel Guide

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View from the Kosciuszko Mound

Zwierzyniec is a district in Krakow in Poland.

• Monastery of the Cameldolite Brothers - was built by Walenty von Säbisch and Andrea Spezza and was founded by Mikołaj Wolski and Sebastian Lubomirski in 1603 in early baroque still on the top of the Las Wolski Mountain, called then St. Stanislaw Hills. It has one of the most beautiful baroque fasades in Europe. The chapels are very rich in baroque art designed by Franciszek Placidi and Jan Falconi. There are also baroque paintings by Tomasz Dolabella and Piotra Brygierski. It is not easy to get into the church. Male tourist are allowed to visit it only on one day in the year. The church any monastery are still used by the Cameldolite Brothers, who are not allowed to get outside, talk or see women.

• Church of St Augustine and the monastery of the Premonstratensian Sisters was founded in 1162 by Jaksa Gryfita. The original buildings were destroyed during the first Tatar invasion in 1241. Soon a new gothic church was built, of which a section of the walls and the romanique portal survived. The complex was rebiult in 1596 and the interior was 1777 renewed by Sebastian Sierakowski, who created a classicist composition.

• The Church of the Holy Saviour - was built in the 10th century in preromanique style. In 1148 it got a new romanique shape. The church was partly rebuilt in early baroquw style and the tower was added. The church is surrounded by the former parish cementery of Zwierzyniec. Stanislaw Lem was burried there in April 2006.

Kosciuszko Mound and Fort

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