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Ethnographic Museum - Esther's House ticket
"Esterka's House", tells the legend of Casimir the Great's love for the beautiful Jewish woman Esther, and this house was supposed to be the place of their secret trysts.
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Highlights
- See the house that tells the story of love of a Great King and a common woman
- See the temporary exhibitions
- Skip the line tickets
Description
In this place, at the corner of Krakowska and Trynitarska Streets, there was a Gothic tenement house, built in the 14th century. The basements have been destroyed since then. Later times (15th and 16th centuries) are remembered from parts of the walls for the aftermath, as well as for events related to the remains of stonework dating from around 1430. The common name, 'Esterka's House', is related to the legend of Casimir the Great's love for Esther's Jews, and the house was supposed to be the place of their secret trysts. In the 16th century, the architect of the tenement house was Bartolommeo Berrecci, an Italian architect and sculptor of the early Renaissance, critical of the station of the Polish king Sigismund I the Old. (He was granted the citizenship of Krakow, he was even a city councilor and owned several tenement houses in the city. He rests in the nearby Corpus Christi church.) Berrecci in turn gave the characteristic tenement house to his daughter Anna, who in 1543 sold it to Stanisław Fox, a lay judge of Kazimierz. The house was renovated and rebuilt in the 19th century, and in the years 1978–1985 it was thoroughly renovated, while the details of the stonework, the frames of the basement windows and the plinth made of sandstone cladding were reconstructed. The source stonework dates back to the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries. As a result of this renovation of the tenement house, the forms from the reconstruction carried out in the 19th century were restored. In 1987, the building was handed over to the Ethnographic Museum in Krakow. Currently, it is a place of temporary exhibitions, educational items, also located in the scientific part, including the specialized Museum Library, and in the office.Includes
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