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Monument to Jadwiga and Jagiełło in Kraków

1886 establishments in Poland1886 sculpturesGothic architecture in PolandMonuments and memorials completed in the 19th centuryMonuments and memorials in Kraków
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Kraków, pomnik Jadwigi i Jagiełły
Kraków, pomnik Jadwigi i Jagiełły

The Monument to Jadwiga and Jagiełło is a Gothic monument in Kraków, in the northern part of Planty at Basztowa Street, commemorating the 500th anniversary of the Polish-Lithuanian union. Founded by Tomasz Oskar Sosnowski, it depicts Queen Jadwiga of Poland and Władysław Jagiełło at the moment of their nuptials. Made of Carrara marble, decorated with the coats of arms of Poland and Lithuania, it was unveiled in 1886. The whole is decorated with a Latin inscription and a plaque commemorating the union of 1386. The monument is one of the examples of 19th century monumental art, combining a commemorative function with reference to historical events. Situated on a small hill, integrated into the greenery of the Planty, it is an important element of Kraków's urban landscape. With its marble sculptures and symbolism of coats of arms and inscriptions, the monument recalls the importance of the Polish-Lithuanian Union in building the power of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Since its unveiling, it has been renovated several times, which testifies to the constant concern for its preservation as a historical heritage.

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Monument to Jadwiga and Jagiełło in Kraków
Basztowa, Krakow Stare Miasto (Old Town)

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Jadwiga i Jagiełło

Basztowa
31-143 Krakow, Stare Miasto (Old Town)
Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
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Pharmacy Museum of the Jagiellonian University Medical College
Pharmacy Museum of the Jagiellonian University Medical College

Muzeum Farmacji Collegium Medicum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego (Pharmacy Museum, Jagiellonian University Medical College) is a museum on Floriańska Street, Kraków, Poland, specializing in the history of pharmacy and pharmaceutical technology. It was established in 1946. The founder and first director of the museum was Dr. Stanislaw Pron, legal counsel and administrative director of the Regional Chamber of Pharmacists in Kraków. Until the late 1980s, the museum was housed in the building at 3 ul. Basztowa. It was then transferred to the newly renovated building at ul. St. Florian's, where it remains today. The museum occupies all five floors of the building, including the basement and the attic, in a manner appropriate to the historical use of such premises in as an apothecary. On the first floor is a room dedicated to Ignacy Łukasiewicz, a pharmacist, pioneer in the field of crude oil, and the inventor of the modern kerosene lamp. The room on the second floor of the exhibition is devoted to Tadeusz Pankiewicz, a Roman Catholic who ran the "Under the Eagle" pharmacy in the Kraków Ghetto during the Nazi occupation of Poland. Among the various exhibits of pharmaceutical technology are weights of less than one gram as patented by Marian Zahradnik, the shape of which indicates their importance. Such weights were adopted in the countries of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and later across Europe, and are still used with minor modifications. Another interesting invention is an electrical device to sterilize prescriptions. It was to protect the pharmacist from infection by germs transferred on the prescription.