Świętej Anny Street (
Polish
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: ''Ulica Świętej Anny'', lit. St. Anne's Street) - a historic street in
Kraków
, officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 ...
, Poland.
To the west, the street heads to a former
Jewish
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quarter, hence its former name, Żydowska Street (''Ulica Żydowska'', lit. Jewish Street). Historically, the street saw the location of a
synagogue
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, cemetery and a Jewish
bath house
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until the fifteenth-century, when the Jewish population was moved to the north to the present location of
Szczepański Square. 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.
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Anny
Odonyms referring to religion