The Pauline Church on Skałka

ul.Skałeczna 15,Kraków http://www.krakow.pl/english/instcbi/10269,inst,12383,1221,instcbi.html

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The origins of the church date back to the10thc. It is traditionally believed to have been the site where St Stanislaus was murderd by Boleslaus the Bold. In the left aisle is an altar with a scene of the death of the saint. The interior of the church is a real jewel of the Baroque style – pastel colours, gilt ornaments, sculptures of angels and saints. The rococo organ is an especially valuable element of interior furnishing. In the Crypt of the Meritorious below the church lie the remains of great 19thand20thc. Polish figures such as Jan Dlugosz, Jozef Ignacy Kraszewski, Karol Szymanowski, Adam Asnyk, Stanisław Wyspianski, Jacek Malczewski, Henryk Siemiradzki and Czesław Milosz. In front of the  church is a pond with the statue of St Stanislaus – legend has it that the quartered body of the martyr was thrown into the pond. An important tourist route, the Route of Krakow Technology runs through Kazimierz and the area of Podgórze – on St. Wawrzyńca street in the former halls of the Tram Depot where the Museum of Urban Engineering is housed today. At Lipowa Street 4, in the historic buildings of the Oskar Schindler's Factory, a branch of the Historical Museum of the City of Krakow – the Schindler's Emalia Factory Museum, where you can visit a permanent exhibition entitled "Krakow Under Nazi Occupation (1939-1945)" was also opened. It also houses the newly established Museum of Contemporary Art.
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