Krakow Guide: John Paul II
the Archcathedral of Kraków on Wawel Hill
the Archcathedral of Kraków
Wawel Hill
The first cathedral church has been built soon after the foundation of Krakow’s bishopric in the year 1000.
The main building of the present cathedral remained its Gothic character from the end of 14th century, jet with many of later additions.
Saint Faustina in Kraków (Cracow) Poland
St.Faustyna in Krakow
Saint Faustyna was born on August 25th 1905 in Głogowiec, near Świnice Warckie as Helena Kowalska.
She joined the Congregation of Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy in 1925 , and thorough her convent life stayed in Warsaw , Płock ,Wilno and Kraków.
The papal cake
Kremówka papieska - the papal cake
It was only 1999 when during his pilgrimage to Wadowice, the pope
mentioned the local cafe in which he with the friends used to buy
the cake of unforgettable taste…
the life of Edmund Wojtyła - brother of pope John Paul the Second
Edmund Wojtyła
Edmund Wojtyła was the older brother of Pope John Paul II.
[ Here you can see him on the photograph with his family, quite often mistaken for his brother Karol, as there is a similar photo taken with young future pope. ]
John Paul II
John Paul II
This is a draft from a bigger article about life of John Paul II.
At present we are completing the biography :
Wadowice :
1920 May - 18th birth in house Market Square 2 , flat 4 (nowadays ul.Kościelna 4)
1920 June - 20th baptizing in church of Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
1926 -1930 - four [...]
A tiny room on Tyniecka 10 street - Karol Wojtyła
The house on 10 Tyniecka street
in 1938 young Wojtyła joined Jagiellonian University, and his father decided to move with the son to Krakow.
They took two small rooms in the basement of the house that belonged to the pope’s aunt, on street Tyniecka 10 [photo on the right].
Work in Limestone quarry during occupation - Karol Wojtyła
Work in ‘Solvay’ during Occupation
Karol joined ‘Solvay’ in middle of November 1940.
The shift started at 8 in the morning and finished at 4 PM.
Usually he walk to work, that took him about an hour.