Franciscan Monastery (Kraków)

Poland / Malopolskie / Krakow / Kraków / ulica Franciszkańska
 Baroque (architecture), monastery, listed building / architectural heritage

The Franciscan Order arrived in Cracow in 1237. A monastery was founded on this site, and in 1260 work began on a church.
Maximilian Kolbe was a monk at this monastery.
Saint Maximilian Maria Kolbe OFM Conv (8 January 1894 – 14 August 1941) was a Polish Conventual Franciscan friar, who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the Nazi German concentration camp of Auschwitz. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilian_Kolbe)
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Coordinates:   50°3'32"N   19°56'9"E
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