Eastern and Central Europe (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

WARSAW 179 OBOŹNA KOPERNIKA KRÓLEWSKA PRZEDMIEŚCIE . University of Warsaw The university is the largest educational institution ...

180 CENTRAL EASTERN EUROPE For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp218–21 and pp222–5 Pac Palace 9 Pałac Paca ul. Miodow ...

WARSAW 181 National Museum r Muzeum Narodowe al. Jerozolimskie 3. Map D4. Tel (022) 629 3093. @ E-5, 111, 117, 158, 517, 521. v ...

Franciscan Church Collegium Maius Cultural Information Centre Paulite Church Church of St Andrew Church of St Martin Church of t ...

Dominican Church Church of the Dominican Nuns St Florian’s Gate Matejko House Church of St Catherine Temple Synagogue Remu’h Syn ...

184 CENTRAL EASTERN EUROPE For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp218–21 and pp222–5 Street-by-Street: Main Market Squa ...

CRACOW 185 0 metres 0 yards 50 50 Cloth Hall^1 Sukiennice Rynek Główny 1/3. Map C2. @ 103, 124, 152, 502. v 3, 4, 5, 13, 14, 15, ...

The imposing Church of St Mary was built by the citizens of Cracow to rival the Cracow Cathedral on Wawel Hill (see pp188–9). Co ...

CRACOW 187 . Altar of the Virgin Carved by sculptor Veit Stoss between 1477 and 1489, this great Gothic polyptych altarpiece is ...

188 CENTRAL EASTERN EUROPE For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp218–21 and pp222–5 Fortifications on the Wawel have b ...

CRACOW 189 dates from 1504 and has quilted embroidery depicting scenes from St Stanisław’s life. Some fascinating pieces of roya ...

190 CENTRAL EASTERN EUROPE For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp218–21 and pp222–5 . Tomb of Kazimierz the Jagiełłoni ...

CRACOW 191 Stalls The early Baroque oak stalls in the chancel were built around 1620. . Zygmunt Chapel The chapel with the tombs ...

192 CENTRAL EASTERN EUROPE Street-by-Street: Kazimierz District e Narrow streets lined with low buildings make up the district o ...

CRACOW 193 . Remu’h Cemetery This evocative Jewish cemetery contains a Wailing Wall which commemo rates the tragic fate met by C ...

194 CENTRAL EASTERN EUROPE For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp218–21 and pp222–5 For most people, Auschwitz represe ...

CRACOW 195 The “Wall of Death” This is a reconstruc tion of the wall near Block 11 used for summary executions carried out by a ...

Birkenau was primarily a place of execution. Over one million people were killed in its four gas chambers, 98 per cent of whom w ...

CRACOW 197 THE LIBERATION OF THE CAMPS With the war all but lost, in mid-January 1945 the Nazi authorities gave the order for al ...

198 CENTRAL EASTERN EUROPE For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp218–21 and pp222–5 CENTRAL WROCŁAW Bernadine Church a ...