Lagiewniki

Łagiewniki has ul. Zakopiańska, connecting Kraków to the mountains, as its central axis. In the 19th and 20th c. it was an industrial area, including the Solvay soda works and a remnant of the time are heaps of by-products known as “the White Seas”.

Today, Łagiewniki is an important religious and pilgrimage centre thanks to the modernist Sanctuary of Divine Mercy commemorating St Faustina Kowalska, and the post-modernist John Paul II Centre. The district also boasts one of the largest city green spaces: the Las Borkowski woods.