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Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi

A Gothic church filled with the Art Nouveau stained glass and painted flowers of Stanisław Wyspiański.

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Open
Every day, outside services
Price
Free
Time Needed
30 minutes
Address
Plac Wszystkich Świętych 5, 31-004 KrakówDirections
Getting There
In the Old Town, on the way from the Main Square to Wawel.

Why Go

Wyspiański, painter and playwright, decorated the church in 1895–1904 with walls of flowers and stained-glass windows. Over the west door, his God the Father creates the world in swirls of color, best seen in the afternoon light.

Nearby in Kraków

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