Szczepański Square (Kraków)

 square, interesting place

Plac Szczepański
Szczepanski square, just one block west from Krakow’s huge central Grand Square, appeared in the city’s medieval street grid in the early 19th century when a 13th-century church and the adjacent buildings were demolished. Edifice at its corner with the Jagiellonska Street dates back to 1798 and is the oldest theater house in this country.
After a refurbishment the Szczepanski square has got a stylish appearance in 2010.
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It says that centuries ago this square was a graveyard of the Jesuit priests. There were two churches at the side of Szczepanski. But the Jesuits were banned out of Krakow and the city decided to pave the square. The gravestones were removed but the bodies just stayed where they were. And they still are today, underneath the parking space and glass bins, staring up to the soles of all those pass byers. So keep that in mind when you walk across ...