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In the immediate neighbourhood of SS. Peter and Paul’s and
St Andrew’s, is another church, dedicated to St Martin, since the
early nineteenth century the place of worship of the Lutheran
community. The church was raised from 1637 to 1640 for the
Discalced Carmelite nuns. Its modest but elegant architecture
repeats in a reduced form the SS. Peter and Paul’s model. The
Gothic crucifix above the altar is one of the oldest in Cracow
(c. 1380).
Among the secular buildings along this part of the street, one
should mention Collegium Iuridicum opposite SS. Peter and
Paul’s. One of the oldest university buildings, with a beautiful
arcaded courtyard from the early seventeenth century, it under-
went recently a complete restoration. Slightly farther, by the end
of the street, is another remarkable complex of buildings. Besides
the former Primate’s Palace (no. 65), which almost entirely lost its
historic character, it is composed of Ladislaus IV’s arsenal oppo-
site (1643), its facade adorned with a beautifully rusticated portal,
and the Church of St Giles. This tiny church done in airy Gothic
forms dates from the first half of the fourteenth century. Inside,
it retains rich furnishings (chiefly from the sixteenth and seven-
teenth centuries), the highlight being the marble stalls assembled
from fragments of the original tomb of St Hyacinth (1581—1583)
and brought here from the Dominican church.
Parallel to Grodzka Street runs Kanonicza Street, bending
gently towards the Wawel, its name deriving from the houses of
the Cracow Chapter House Canons scattered alongside. The street
had its heyday in the fifteenth and especially in the sixteenth
century. Most of the houses retain Gothic portals or vaults. The
medieval form is best preserved in Jan Dlugosz’s house, directly
below the Wawel, adorned by the foundation tablet from the
no-longer-existing Psalmodists House in the Wawel. The Dlugosz
House played a role in the history of modern art, Stanislaw
160. Kanonicza Street; in the foreground the Deanery, in the background the
Dlugosz House
301
St Andrew’s, is another church, dedicated to St Martin, since the
early nineteenth century the place of worship of the Lutheran
community. The church was raised from 1637 to 1640 for the
Discalced Carmelite nuns. Its modest but elegant architecture
repeats in a reduced form the SS. Peter and Paul’s model. The
Gothic crucifix above the altar is one of the oldest in Cracow
(c. 1380).
Among the secular buildings along this part of the street, one
should mention Collegium Iuridicum opposite SS. Peter and
Paul’s. One of the oldest university buildings, with a beautiful
arcaded courtyard from the early seventeenth century, it under-
went recently a complete restoration. Slightly farther, by the end
of the street, is another remarkable complex of buildings. Besides
the former Primate’s Palace (no. 65), which almost entirely lost its
historic character, it is composed of Ladislaus IV’s arsenal oppo-
site (1643), its facade adorned with a beautifully rusticated portal,
and the Church of St Giles. This tiny church done in airy Gothic
forms dates from the first half of the fourteenth century. Inside,
it retains rich furnishings (chiefly from the sixteenth and seven-
teenth centuries), the highlight being the marble stalls assembled
from fragments of the original tomb of St Hyacinth (1581—1583)
and brought here from the Dominican church.
Parallel to Grodzka Street runs Kanonicza Street, bending
gently towards the Wawel, its name deriving from the houses of
the Cracow Chapter House Canons scattered alongside. The street
had its heyday in the fifteenth and especially in the sixteenth
century. Most of the houses retain Gothic portals or vaults. The
medieval form is best preserved in Jan Dlugosz’s house, directly
below the Wawel, adorned by the foundation tablet from the
no-longer-existing Psalmodists House in the Wawel. The Dlugosz
House played a role in the history of modern art, Stanislaw
160. Kanonicza Street; in the foreground the Deanery, in the background the
Dlugosz House
301