The Collegium Witkowski (Witkowski College), 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
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...
, is a
Jagiellonian University
The Jagiellonian University (, UJ) is a public research university in Kraków, Poland. Founded in 1364 by Casimir III the Great, King Casimir III the Great, it is the oldest university in Poland and one of the List of oldest universities in con ...
building erected in 1908–11.
It stands at ''ulica Gołębia'' (Dove Street) 13 and was named for physicist and Jagiellonian University rector
August Witkowski.
The building's style mixes elements of
Gothic-revival,
Romanesque-revival and
Art Nouveau architecture.
Originally used by the physics department, it now serves the history department.
References
Jagiellonian University buildings
Art Nouveau architecture in Poland
Art Nouveau educational buildings
University and college buildings completed in 1911
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