Prace konserwatorskie w Krakowie w roku 2022 dofinansowane ze środków Narodowego Funduszu Rewaloryzacji Zabytków Krakowa

Abstract

CONSERVATION WORKS IN KRAKÓW CO-FINANCED BY THE NATIONAL FUND FOR RESTORATION OF KRAKÓW MONUMENTS IN 2022

The guidelines have remained unchanged since the reorganisation of the Committee after the 1990 transition. The amount at the fund’s disposal was PLN 3,015,593.47, of which PLN 30 million was a subsidy from the Office of the President of the Republic of Poland. 117 tasks were implemented in 95 facilities. The beneficiaries’ own contribution amounted to over PLN 21.7 million or over PLN 41.5 million, if we include tasks outside the conservation programmes. For every złoty spent from the National Fund for Restoration of Kraków Monuments, the statistical beneficiary contributed PLN 1.38 from their own resources. At the Wawel Cathedral, restoration work began on the late Baroque helm roof of the clock tower, and work continued on the burial chapel of King John I Albert and – at the castle itself – on the parapet of the Renaissance curtain wall. In the historic city centre, work continued at St. Mary’s and St. Anne’s churches; at Saints Peter and Paul Church work and archaeological research continued on the formation of the National Pantheon, and conservation work began on the statues of the 12 Apostles crowning the fence of the square in front of the church. Work in monasteries included the conservation of 17th–19th century paintings at the Franciscans; the completion of structural protection at the Dominican Sisters in Gródek; and work on the painted decoration of the refectory at the Poor Clares. Among the tasks in secular architecture, a special place was occupied by works in university buildings (Collegium Maius, Collegium Kołłątaja and Collegium Broscianum) and the conservation of the painted decoration of Klemens Bąkowski’s townhouse (12 St. Jana Street). In Kazimierz, work continued on the churches of Corpus Christi, St. Catherine and St. Margaret, and the Pauline Church on Skałka. In the former Oppidum Iudaeorum, the foundations of the Isaac Synagogue were insulated; the women’s galleries of the Tempel Synagogue were conserved; and work continued on the New Cemetery in Miodowa Street. Within the former suburbs of Kraków, the work on the Loretto House at the Capuchin Church; the next stage of comprehensive works at the St. Nicholas Church in Wesoła; and the commencement of renovation work on the Kossakówka Manor at the former Wygoda Square (now Kossak Square) come to the fore. In Zwierzyniec, the continuation of work at the Premonstratensian (Norbertine) Sisters’ complex, including the conservation and exposition of the church’s late-Romanesque portal, is important. In Podgórze, conservation work continued at the parish church of St. Joseph; conservation repairs were carried out on houses at 10 Józefińska Street and 4 Limanowskiego Street; and tombstones in the New Cemetery, founded in 1800, were conserved. At the Benedictine Abbey in Tyniec, work continued on the furnishings of the church and on the comprehensive conservation of the relics of the Romanesque foundation. At the Camaldolese Hermitage in Bielany, tasks continued in the interior of the church. In Mogiła, at the Cistercian Abbey, conservation work was carried out on the chapels adjacent to the transept of the church; in the wooden church of St. Bartholomew, the Baroque furnishings were conserved. Numerous tasks were carried out in forts forming the Austrian Kraków Fortress.