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Kraków Old Town Churches

Kraków Old Town Churches
There's hardly a resident of Kraków who doesn't have a church for a neighbour. While the number of churches, cathedrals and monasteries in the city is almost endless, we've used a bit of discrimination in only listing the most remarkable and unavoidable of the bunch here.  All of these places of worship are located in the Old Town and still active to varying degrees, so please be respectful and try not to visit during services. Kazimierz, Podgórze and Nowa Huta churches are listed in their respective sections.

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Holy Cross Church

Located behind the Słowacki Theatre, you may think this church looks bland on the outside, but the fact that the entrance is far below modern-day street level gives a hint that it's older than it looks: 14th century, to be precise. Read_on (No Comments)

Holy Trinity Basilica

Built in 1250 by Dominican friars from Bologna, the church lost many of its treasures when it was gutted by fire back in 1850. Read_on (No Comments)

SS Peter & Paul's Church

SS Peter & Paul's Church
Kraków's premier Jesuit Church was built in the early 1600s. The twelve disciples standing on the gates outside Read_on (1 Comment)

St. Adalbert’s

St. Adalbert’s
Kraków’s oldest church sits not unlike a lost orphan at the southeast corner of the Cloth Hall, a mad mix of pre-Roman, Roman, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque architecture, all crammed together in a higgledy-piggledy jumble of religious styles. Read_on (No Comments)

St. Andrew’s

St. Andrew's offers the finest examples of Romanesque architecture in Kraków. It was built between 1079 and 1098 and has been a place of worship for 900 years. Read_on (No Comments)

St. Anne’s

A leading example of Baroque ecclesiastical architecture in Poland inspired by Italian architect Baldassare Fontana and assisted by painters Carlo and Innocente Monti and Karl Dankwart. Read_on (No Comments)

St. Barbara's

While St. Mary's traditionally served Kraków's wealthy German community during the middle ages, the more low-key St. Read_on (No Comments)

St. Bernard's

With most eyes and cameras pointing towards Wawel it’s easy to miss St. Bernard’s, a church and monastery founded by St. Read_on (No Comments)

St. Casimir's

This church was built between 1666 and 1672 and reflects the modest furnishings and architectures of this strict order. A specific microclimate in the church's vaults naturally mummifies the bodies in the crypt. Read_on (No Comments)

St. Francis' Basilica

Our favourite church in Kraków thanks to the gorgeous interior Art Nouveau murals by native son Stanisław Wyspiański, Read_on (No Comments)

St. Mary’s Basilica

St. Mary’s Basilica
Tartar invasions of the 13th century left the original church in a heap of ruins and construction began on St. Mary’s using the existing foundations. Read_on (2 Comments)