Świętej Anny Street, Kraków

Świętej Anny Street

View towards the east, with the Church of St. Anne (left)
Length	280 m (920 ft)
West end	Podwale Street, Studencka Street
East end	Main Square

Świętej Anny Street (Polish: Ulica Świętej Anny, lit. St. Anne's Street) - a historic street in Kraków, Poland.^[1]

To the west, the street heads to a former Jewish quarter, hence its former name, Żydowska Street (Ulica Żydowska, lit. Jewish Street).^[2] Historically, the street saw the location of a synagogue, cemetery and a Jewish bath house until the fifteenth-century, when the Jewish population was moved to the north to the present location of .^[3] The etymology of the street derives from the presence of the Church of St. Anne. The street features several university-related buildings, formerly housing colleges, dormitories and a library.^[4]

Features[]

Street No.	Short description	Picture
6	Collegium Kołłątaj - a Classicist building built between 1787 and 1791 to house the mathematics, nature, mechanics and hydraulics classes of the Jagiellonian University.
8-10	Collegium Maius - the oldest building of the Jagiellonian University, standing in the very centre of the former university quarter.
12	Collegium Novum - housing the Jagiellonian University Medical College built between 1873 and 1887. The building was opened on the 500th-anniversary of the Jagiellonian University's founding in the fourteenth-century.
13	Church of St. Anne - a church built in the Gothic architectural style according to architect Tylman van Gameren's designs. The street owes its name to the church.

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