Cracow, Poland
Grodzka Street is a street in the historic central district of Krakow Old Town. Starting from the 9th century, Grodzka Street is used to form an axis of Poland’s capital prior to the location of medieval city of Krakow around the Grand Square in 1257. Leading to Wawel Hill’s royal castle and cathedral, the street has witnessed all kinds of processions passing by in step with history. One block down the Grodzka street from Krakow’s central square, there is an open space flanked by two grand 13th-century temples. On the left is the Gothic basilica of Holy Trinity which dwarfs the adjacent Dominican monastery. Situated on the right is the Romanesque basilica of St. Francis which adjoins a Franciscan monastery. Both monasteries boast the 14th-century great cloisters full of art. The Franciscan one neighbors the 1560 Renaissance Wielopolskich Palace, Krakow’s city hall since 1865. Further down the street, a charming plaza spreads before an ornate white facade of the imposing Jesuit Baroque church of St. Peter and Paul’s of 1619, which is next to the grand Romanesque church of St. Andrew’s. (Source)
