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One euro buys 4.5 Polish zloties (PLN). 

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A Reincarnation: John Paul II Papal University in Krakow 
Pope Benedict XVI has turned Krakow’s Papal Academy of Theology into John Paul II Papal University. Thus it becomes the seventh university among 25 institutions of higher learning in Krakow. Currently its 300-plus faculty members teach over 3,000 students. The university has five departments – theology, philosophy, history and cultural heritage, social sciences, and a theology department in Tarnow. Krakow’s John Paul II Papal University (Uniwersytet Papieski Jana Pawla II) is the fifth incarnation of the institution of higher learning whose tradition dates back to 1397. 

Soccer Champs Skip Krakow for a Year 
Krakow’s top soccer team, Wisla Krakow, which won Poland’s 2009 football championship last May, second time in a row and twelfth in the history of the club, will not play in the city for the next twelve months. Its stadium at 22 Reymonta street is undergoing modernization and expansion that is scheduled to last till June 2010. For the time being Wisla is going to use football stadium in the city of Sosnowiec, some 70 kilometers west of Krakow. 

Pray for Peace, Remember War 
Krakow Archbishop Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz has invited leaders of the world’s major religions to the city this September for a common prayer for peace. The meeting is to launch yearly inter-religious supplications to make the Earth a peaceful place for the entire mankind. Similar events took place every year in Assisi during the lifetime of Pope John Paul II. The first Krakow peace congregation is meant to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II on September 1, 1939. 

New Attraction in the Making 
An underground archeological museum beneath Krakow’s Rynek Glowny central square is to combine excavations of medieval buildings, exhibitions of ancient artifacts, and multimedia presentations including holographic reconstruction of historical architecture. The new museum is expected to open in 2010 at the earliest. It will cost about 14 million euro to launch. 

Schindler’s Factory, Reincarnation
Schindler's Factory in Krakow
Minimalist blueprint of two Italian architects, Florence’s Claudio Nardi and Leonardo Maria Proli, has won the tender for the design of the Museum of Modern Art in the long defunct Emalia works also known as Schindler’s factory made famous by an Oscar-winning film by Steven, ‘Schindler’s List’. The museum will cost some ten million euro to build till 2011. It is to coexist with another museum, devoted to the history of Krakow during World War II, scheduled to open in the late 2009. The tender attracted eight competing designs from various countries and the second prize has been awarded to a Berlin team Zvi Hecker Architect. 

 

Tour de Pologne, the Finish in Krakow 
This year’s 66th Tour de Pologne will culminate with the finish on the streets of Krakow on Saturday, August 8th. The 1253-kilometer, seven-stage cycling race starts in Warsaw on August 2nd. Poland’s Tour de Pologne is part of the main UCI Pro Tour professional cycling circuit alongside Tour de France, Italy’s Giro d’Italia, or Spain’s Vuelta a Espana. All top teams are expected to show up with their star cyclists. Poland’s national team of eight has been given a wild card.

Old Town’s Piazza Tops the List of the World’s Marvels
Krakow’s Rynek Glowny central square has been voted the most beautiful place on earth by readers of the Polish edition of the National Geographic magazine. And according to them, the world’s second most attractive site is Wieliczka Salt Mine near Krakow while the city’s Kazimierz town district comes fourth. The highest-ranking foreign sight is Norway’s Geiranger Fjord at the fifth place, and Peru’s Machu Picchu has been chosen our planet’s must-see wonder number seven. 

Soldier Graves in the Krakow Area, Now Easy to Find 
Online service at www.muw.pl/grobywojenne provides information about graves of the fallen in all wars since 1655 till now in the Malopolska province. The website contains names of killed combatants of every nationality, their military posting, dates of their deaths, and situation of graves with photos of the sites. An interactive map and a search engine help to locate burial grounds. There are some 1,500 known military cemeteries and individual soldier graves in the Malopolska province of which a thousand or so have been catalogued to date by the website. The project is a joint venture of Krakow’s university students of the history faculty and the office of wojewoda, the province’s governor. 

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