Spiš Palace in Kraków

The Spiš Palace (Pałac Spiski) is a tenement house at Rynek Główny 34, formed by joining two houses. It took its name from the Lubomirski family, connected with the administration of the castle in Spiš. The building is entered in the heritage register.

From two tenement houses into one palace

One of the tenement houses belonged to the Maciejowski family, the other to the Kraków printers the Schedels, and later to the Łodziński family. After 1735 Voivode Teodor Konstanty Lubomirski joined them into a Baroque palace. Building work took place here in the 15th century, in the 17th and 18th centuries and in 1911-1920.

From the history of the house

According to the Wikipedia entry, in 1676 John III Sobieski is said to have watched a fireworks display from its windows. In 1799 the house was bought by Jacek Kluszewski, in whose house the first regular theatre performances in the town took place. In 1902-1939 a private girls' secondary school named after Queen Jadwiga operated on the upper floors, and after the war the building housed trade unions and the Dom Książki bookshop.

Practical information

• Address: Rynek Główny 34, Kraków, by the Main Market Square and the Cloth Hall (Sukiennice).
• According to Wikipedia the building houses the Hawełka restaurant with a room with a frieze by Włodzimierz Tetmajer on the legend of Twardowski. Outside the restaurant the interiors are not described as open for visiting, so you will mostly see the façade from the Market Square side.