Krakow and Its Faces 2.0

Well, after more than 3 weeks' break, I've been thinking about where to start. I think that the continuation of my theme of various characters I met in the streets of Krakow would be quite an easy start. I publish my version 1 post Krakow and Its Faces more than a year ago after my first visit. The reason for my visit was #HiveBeeCon. I loved this city at the first site. The only thing that upset me was that I could not share my experience with my hubby. So this year I came up with an idea to spend a few days in Krakow again with my hubby on the way to Kyiv from Split (where HiveFest 2024 was held). I said this year but I feel like it was ages ago already...

Anyway, let's take a look at what I found this time. 😉

Tourists are resting on the bench near Remah Synagogue. The bench is a part of a monument to Jan Karski, an outstanding Polish Jew.

Szeroka Street (or Szeroka Square) was really popular on that day. Tourists were not allowed to cross the square because a film featuring Jews was being filmed there. So I had a lot of spare time to look around.

Well, we stayed for a few days so I just needed to come here again to take a photo of two of us.

I found this baby dragon right by one of the bridges across the Vistula River.

Now let's go to the Jagiellonian University (Uniwersytet Jagielloński) - the oldest university in Poland. You may have heard of the old clock in the courtyard, which plays the student anthem Gaudeamus Igitur 5 times a day. At this time, the doors under the dial open and a solemn procession emerges from them.

We ended up here at the right time by pure coincidence!

Quite entertaining 😜😄

In the mid-14th century, King Casimir III the Great realised that the nation needed a class of educated people, especially lawyers, who could arrange a better set of the country's laws and administer the courts and offices. His efforts to found an institution of higher learning in Poland were rewarded when Pope Urban V granted him permission to set up a university in Kraków. A royal charter of foundation was issued on 12 May 1364, and a simultaneous document was issued by the city council granting privileges to the Studium Generale. (from Wiki)

I believe this picture is dedicated to the creation of the university.

Statues of the famous graduates of the educational institution found in the tiny garden.

Also, I think these two characters dwell somewhere on the facade of one of the university's buildings.

This magic creature is going to jump down. Don't do it, bro.

My favorite. 😅 This character smoothly leads us to the religious theme.

Here is a door hinge in the shape of a bird. This is the door of the Holy Trinity Cathedral.

This archangel with the flaming sword is probably Michael.

And something quite unexpected ))) I found this creature on the sealing of the Roman Catholic church of St. Catherine of Alexandria.

My favorite Saint's party in Krakow. They look like having a conversation. 🙂

Very interesting house on a quiet street not far from the main square.

I really liked the drawings under the roof.

I wonder what was here? Trade? Freemasons? I couldn't connect all the pictures into one story.

I don't remember where I took this photo. It looks like a collage of different elements, coats of arms, heraldic symbols. But my attention was caught by the unicorns. This is so sweet.

We are at the Main Market Square in Kraków now. There are hundreds of different images here, because it is a truly large and impressive area.

For me, the true charm of wandering along the streets is to turn it into a challenge for my imagination and knowledge of history. 🙂

This man is Saint Christopher, also known as Christopher of Lycia. Christophorus - the one who carries Christ. He is depicted as a man holding (carrying) a boy.

This is an Angel carrying ... a human. No guesses.

This woman... well, you must excuse me, but it seems that this is an advertisement for a brothel. 😬😊

The main square is the place I've been to the most times, going back and forth along different routes. But I only saw these guys thanks to my husband's observation.

These images seem to be about fashion. Women and men are placed on different columns, and the year is indicated under each bust. Wow, aren't they charming?

The last but not least is the St. Mary's Trumpet Call.

The St. Mary's bugle call is a melody in the key of F major played every hour from the northern tower of the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Kraków by a trumpeter . It is broadcast once a day, at noon, by Program I of the Polish Radio . Two bugle callers, firefighters of the State Fire Service, perform the piece 48 times a day [1] . At every full hour, the bugle call resounds four times in different directions.