Visual art
Jan Matejko
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Every place in this city with a documented tie to this person.
Studied here
Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts
Under Julian Fałat, the conservative art school was promoted to academy status in 1900 and filled with professors who became leading figures of Young Poland. Its studios trained both the movement’s future stars and youthful rebels such as the Group of Five, while arguments begun here regularly continued in nearby cafés over absinthe and coffee.
Lived here
Jan Matejko House
The historical painter was born, worked and died in this family house.
Lived here
Jan Matejko Manor in Krzesławice
Matejko owned the Krzesławice estate, enlarged the manor with a studio and regularly withdrew here to work and rest.
Commemorated here
Main Market Square
His monumental painting The Prussian Homage shaped the popular image of the 1525 ceremony held in the square.
Burial place
Rakowicki Cemetery
A historic necropolis and cultural heritage monument in Kraków.
Created here
St. Florian's Gate
He designed the Piast eagle displayed on the outer face of St. Florian's Gate.
Created here
Wanda Mound
He designed the crowned Piast eagle placed on the summit of Wanda Mound in 1890.
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