Szewska Street, Kraków Explained

Szewska Street
Length M:270
Direction A:West
Terminus A:Podwale Street
Direction B:East
Terminus B:Main Square

Szewska Street (Polish: Ulica Szewska, lit. Shoemakers Street) - a historic street in Kraków, Poland. The street begins at the Main Square from which it heads west, where it adjoins Podwale Street. Formerly, where Szewska met with Podwale Street stood the former suburb of Garbary with gristmills and royal fulling houses. Most of the street's buildings were built between the fourteenth and seventeenth-century. Szewska Street was part of the former Silesian Route (heading towards Bytom). The street continues west as Karmelicka Street (Ulica Karmelicka, lit. Carmelites Street).[1]

Features

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24 Kantorowska House - a Classicist building, which between 1977 and 2014 housed the traditional U Zalipianek restaurant. The building's interior is decorated with folk art, designed by artists from the village of Zalipie.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ulica Szewska w Krakowie Ulice miasta Krakowa. www.krakow4u.pl. 17 April 2017.
  2. Web site: Maciejowski. Arkadiusz. Kraków. Zalipianki przegrały walkę o przetrwanie. Gazetakrakowska.pl. 17 April 2017. pl.
  3. Web site: "U Zalipianek" po remoncie. telewizja.krakow.pl. 17 April 2017. pl-PL. 22 February 2017.