Floriańska
Floriańska Street—ulica Floriańska, Latin *platea Sancti Floriani*—is Kraków Old Town’s main promenade, and it is laid directly into the medieval grid that came from a plan drawn up in 1257 after the first Mongol invasion of Poland in 1241. Named for Saint Florian, it forms part of the Royal Road, running 335 metres from the north-east corner of the Main Market Square to St. Florian’s Gate in the former defensive walls. The street’s modern rhythm began with transport: in 1882, Kraków’s first horse tram line started here, and in 1901 it was converted into an electric line—now long defunct. Today, the address list doubles as a cultural one: notable tenement houses include Kamienica pod Murzynami (no 1), Kamienica Mennica (no 2), and the Kmita Palace, also called *Kamienica “Amendzińska”* (no 14). …
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