Church of St Aldabert

This charming Romaneque church was built between the 11th and 12th centuries and is one of the oldest buildings in Kraków. Today the original level of the church entrance is two meters lower than the pavement due to a gradual raising of the pavement level throughout the centuries from waste deposits and the church had to be raised in the 15th Century. The church is named after St Aldabert and stands on the corner of the Old Square at the end of Ulica Grodzka.

Photo 677, May 2007

Church of St Aldabert aka The Church of St. Wojciech

Located in the corner of the Main Market Square in Old Town, Kraków, is one of the oldest stone churches in Poland. Its almost one thousand year old history goes back to the beginning of the Polish Romanesque architecture of the early Middle Ages.

The church was built in the 11th century. It stands at the south-eastern corner of the biggest medieval market square in Europe demarcated in 1257. The church preceded the Square by nearly a century. The interior of the church is cramped, relative to its massive exterior. The floor level is situated under the present level of the Square, which reflects the overlaying of the subsequent surfaces of the plaza originally adjusted to the two existing churches. The church was partially reconstructed in the Baroque style between 1611-1618.

Photo 697, May 2007