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Świętego Jana Street, Kraków

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Świętego Jana Street
View towards the north, with the Church of the Transfiguration of Jesus in the distance.
Length285 m (935 ft)
North endPijarska Street
South endMain Square

Świętego Jana Street (Polish: ulica Świętego Jana, lit. St. John's Street) - a historic street in Kraków, Poland.

The street begins in the south by the Main Square northwards to where it is closed off by the Church of the Transfiguration of Jesus by Pijarska Street. The name of the street derives from the Church St. John the Baptist and St. John the Evangelist, first being recorded in the fourteenth century as platea S. Joannie Baptistae.[1]

The street features several magnate palaces of the Czartoryski, Lubomirski, Popiel and Wodzicki szlachta families. The street is known for holding several funeral processions, inter alia of Józef Ignacy Kraszewski and Mikołaj Zyblikiewicz in 1887, and Stanisław Wyspiański in 1907.[2]

Features

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Street No. Short description Picture
1 Boner House - built in the sixteenth century. The building is named after Jan Boner.
2 Feniks House - built between 1928 and 1932 in the art deco architectural style, designed by architect Adolf Szyszko-Bohusz. Presently, the building houses several businesses (ground floor) and apartments on its upper floors.[3]
7 Church St. John the Baptist and St. John the Evangelist - a Roman Catholic church built in the twelfth century. The church is administered by the Prezentki female religious order.
11 Wodzicki Palace - constructed in the nineteenth century by adjoining two townhouses.
13 Przebendowski Palace - a historical palace built in the eighteenth-century according to architect Franciszek Placidi's designs. The late-Baroque portal contains the Nałęcz coat of arms, which the Przebendowski family.[4]
15 Lubomirski Palace - a historic palace built in the nineteenth century.[5]
19 Czartoryski Palace - the palace houses one of the oldest museums in Poland, opening in 1878. The museum's collections stem back from 1801, collected by Izabela Czartoryska, presented in her museum in Puławy.

References

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  1. ^ "Ulica św. Jana w Krakowie | Ulice miasta Krakowa". www.krakow4u.pl. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  2. ^ "| Parafia pod wezwaniem św. Jana Chrzciciela | Parafia pod wezwaniem św. Jana Chrzciciela". www.janchrzciciel.eu (in Polish). Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Ul Sw Jana Krakow - NaszeMiasto.pl". krakow.naszemiasto.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Kraków, ulica św. Jana 13 - kamienica Chwalibogowskich". krakow4u.pl. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Narodowy Instytut Dziedzctwa" (PDF). NIS. Retrieved 16 April 2017.