Franciscan Monastery (Kraków)
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Malopolskie /
Krakow /
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ulica Franciszkańska
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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)
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)
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciscan
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 50°3'32"N 19°56'9"E
- Congregation of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ 2.1 km
- Monastery 3.8 km
- Cistercian abbey of Mogiła (Nowa Huta) 8.3 km
- The Kalwaria Zebrzydowska's Shrine 29 km
- Jasna Góra Monastery 103 km
- Henryków Monastery 218 km
- Monastery 226 km
- Wolska Street, 27/29 253 km
- Klasztor sióstr Szarytek 254 km
- Catholic Center of Sobriety at Zakroczym 269 km
- Zone A with limited entrance 0.1 km
- Planty 0.2 km
- Zone B with limited entrance 0.2 km
- Old town of Cracow 0.2 km
- Main Market Square 0.3 km
- Payed Parking Zone P1 (with limited entrance) 0.4 km
- District No. I, Stare Miasto 0.6 km
- Kazimierz 1 km
- District No. V, Krowodrza 1.7 km
- District No. XIII, Podgórze 6 km