| Grodzka Street | |
| Length M: | 650 |
| Direction A: | North |
| Terminus A: | Main Square |
| Direction B: | South |
| Terminus B: | Wawel |
Grodzka Street (Polish: Ulica Grodzka, lit. Gord Street) - one of the oldest streets in Kraków, Poland. Grodzka was part of a former north-south trade route.[1] The street is part of the Royal Route, used by Polish kings to reach Wawel Castle. The earliest documents referencing its name date from the thirteenth century.[2] [3]
Part of the street was destroyed by the Kraków Fire of 1850. In the later half of the 19th century, a tramway track was laid on Grodzka Street.[4]
| width=4% | Street No. | width=26% | Short description | width=10% | Picture |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | Stadnicki Palace - a nineteenth-century palace with a rococo façade. | ||||
| 52 | Former Jesuit Collegium from the first quarter of the seventeenth century. The Jesuits opened a school here, as to compete with the Jagiellonian University. Presently, the building is home to the Collegium Broscianum of the Jagiellonian University. | ||||
| 54 | Saints Peter and Paul Church - a Roman Catholic, Polish Baroque church, built in the early seventeenth century. | ||||
| 56 | St. Andrew's Church - a historical Romanesque church, built in the late eleventh century as a fortress church used for defensive purposes. | ||||
| 58 | St. Martin's Church - a Lutheran/Calvinist church, built in the first half of the seventeenth century. | ||||
| 65 | Gniezno Bishop's Palace - a palace from the seventeenth century, rebuilt in the Classicist architectural style in the nineteenth century. | ||||
| 64 | Royal Arsenal - built in 1643. Presently, the building houses the Institute of Geography and Spatial Management of the Jagiellonian University. | ||||
| 67 | Church of St. Giles - a church built in the fourteenth century. |