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Krakow/Salwator Travel Guide

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Salwator is a district of Krakow in Poland. It is part of the Zwierzyniec district.

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Churches

  • Church of St Augustine and the monastery of the Premonstratensian Sisters was founded in 1162 by Jaksa Gryfita. The original buildings were destroyed during the first Tatar invasion in 1241. Soon a new gothic church was built, of which a section of the walls and the romanique portal survived. The complex was rebiult in 1596 and the interior was 1777 renewed by Sebastian Sierakowski, who created a classicist composition.
  • The Church of the Holy Saviour - was built in the 10th century in preromanique style. In 1148 it got a new romanique shape. The church was partly rebuilt in early baroquw style and the tower was added. The church is surrounded by the former parish cementery of Zwierzyniec. Stanislaw Lem was burried there in April 2006.

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