7 Interesting Facts About The Kraków Cloth Hall

Facts About The Kraków Cloth Hall

Facts About The Kraków Cloth Hall

  1. The Kraków Cloth Hall, in Lesser Poland, dates to the Renaissance and is one of the city’s most recognizable icons. It is the central feature of the main market square in the Kraków Old Town.
  2. The hall has hosted many distinguished guests over the centuries and is still used to entertain monarchs and dignitaries, such as Charles, Prince of Wales and Emperor Akihito of Japan, who was welcomed here in 2002. In the past, balls were held here, most notably after Prince Józef Poniatowski had briefly liberated the city from the Austrians in 1809.
  3. Kraków Cloth Hall is a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1978.
  4. The museum was upgraded in 2010 with new technical equipment, storerooms, service spaces as well as improved thematic layout for the display.
  5. During the 1875-1879 refurbishment, the outside arcades and central transepts were added.
  6. The successful renovation of the Cloth Hall, based on a design by Tomasz Pryliński and supervised by Mayor Mikołaj Zyblikiewicz, Sejm Marshal, was one of the most notable achievements of this period.
  7. The Gallery of 19th-Century Polish Art was a major cultural venue from the moment it opened on October 7, 1879.
Facts About The  Kraków Cloth Hall
Facts About The Kraków Cloth Hall