Resumo de Ssaint Stanislaus Of Krakow Route

The route begins by the Cathedral of SS. Venceslas and Stanislaus on Wawel Hill. The church was expanded and restructured many times, especially from the 12th to the 14th century. On its earliest forms was the romanesque temple, built by the first King of Poland, Boleslaus Chrobry (the Brave), and the earliest preserved part of the Cathedral is the Crypt of St Leonard. The Cathedral is a place of coronations and burials of Polish kings; apart from members of royal families, its crypts contain graves of eminent Poles: poets Adam Mickiewicz and Juliusz S?owacki, and military leaders Tadeusz Ko?ciuszko, Józef Pi?sudski, and W?adys?aw Sikorski. In mid-13th century the confession of St Stanislaus was put up in the centre of the church. The Sigismund Bell peals from the Zygmuntowska Tower, its majestic sound accompanying only the most significant events. Descending from Wawel Hill, we visit the Bernardine Church built in the 15th century, destroyed during the war known as "the Swedish Deluge", and rebuilt in the Baroque style. Along the Vistula Embankment, we reach ''the Rock'', in Polish Ska?ka, with its Baroque Church of SS. Michael and Stanislaus and the Pauline Monastery. It is here that in 1079 conflict between king Boleslaus ?mia?y (the Bold) and Bishop Stanislaus of Krakow (also known as Stanislaus of Szczepanów) ended in the death of the bishop. As the legend claims, the hacked body of the Saint miraculously grew back together and was later duly buried in Wawel Cathedral. Every May, a ceremonious procession leaves Wawel Cathedral with relics of the saint to reach Ska?ka. The crypt under the church contains tombs of famous Poles (notably, Jan D?ugosz, Stanis?aw Wyspia?ski, Jacek Malczewski, Karol Szymanowski). From Ska?ka, the route leads along ul. Ska?eczna by St Catherine''s Church built in the 14th century for the Augustinians - the purest example of French Gothic form in Krakow''s architecture. Further, the route takes us to Wolnica Square - the former Market Square of the City of Kazimierz founded in the 14th century by King Kazimierz Wielki (Casimir the Great). The conspicuous building standing in the square is the former Hall of Kazimierz, today housing the Museum of Ethnography. Slightly off the Square stands Corpus Christi Church built in the 14th and 15th centuries.

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