Grodzka

This guide follows Grodzka, Kraków's oldest thoroughfare, from a small stone church built as a fortified 'lower castle' by a Polish nobleman down to Wawel Hill, tracing the street back through the Mongol siege of 1241 that burned most of the city. You'll hear how the church's arrow slits and thick walls sheltered terrified families that day, and how the same street later became the final stretch of the Royal Route, carrying both coronations and royal funeral processions. It closes with the street's later brushes with fire and the trams that eventually rattled over its stones.