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Tadeusz Kościuszko (1746-1817) was a revolutionary hero first in the US (where he designed West Point) then in Poland where he led the 1794 uprising against the country's second partition. He was captured but survived the reprisals after the uprising, and eventually retired to die in Switzerland. He was buried there but his remains were soon transferred to the royal crypts in Wawel. This artificial mound was built in 1820 to commemorate him, with a Neogothic chapel and a citadel added under Austrian rule in the 1850s. It was several times threatened with demolition; in 1997/98 it was badly damaged by floods but restored in 2002. Ticket price includes the citadel and chapel; free entry on 4 Feb (Kościuszko's birthday), 24 March (the launch of his uprising) and 15 Oct (his death).
Kościuszko's Mound is an artificial mound in Kraków, Poland. It was erected by Cracovians in commemoration of the Polish national leader Tadeusz Kościuszko, and modelled after Kraków's prehistoric mounds of Krak and Wanda.
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Muzeum Fotografii
Permanent collection shows works of Polish photographers from 1850 to WW2. Several temporary exhibitions a year on both documentary and art photography.
This collection of offbeat modern sculpture is in Decius Park just north of the Villa, both outdoor and within the gallery. Chromy (1925-2017) created many public sculptures around the city, including Smok the dragon at the foot of Wawel.
Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie - Gmach Główny
The permanent collection comprises 20th-Century Polish Art, Decorative Art, and Arms and Uniforms in Poland. The ground floor has temporary exhibitions
Old-style cinema hall in 1960s modernist building. Also has concerts and other events.
Originally a student theatre, now repertory but still avant-garde.
Arthouse cinema shows European & retro, seldom mainstream Hollywood.