Preserving cultural heritage at Podgorze cemeteries

On 1st November 2023, a fundraiser was held at the New Podgorze Cemetery, while extensive renovation work has begun at the Old Podgorze Cemetery.

Fundraiser at New Podgorze Cemetery

On 1st November 2023, the PODGORZE.PL Association organised its 17th annual fundraiser at the New Podgorze Cemetery in Krakow to collect money for renovation of tombstones of historical value.

An amount of nearly 3.000 euros was collected this year and it will be spent on renovation works on one of the graves in the main avenue of the New Podgorze Cemetery. 

Thanks to funds collected in previous years, nine dilapidated graves from the early years of the 20th century have already been renovated. The graves selected for renovation have no legal owners, hence a public collection is the only way to ensure their preservation for the future generations.

Renovation of Old Podgorze Cemetery

Major renovation work has commenced in the Old Podgorze Cemetery in Krakow, the oldest cemetery in the city. 

The plans include renovation of walls, gate and pavement of alleyways. New lighting will also be introduced. Remains of the old graves will be preserved in the form of a lapidarium. Project also includes replacing of over fifty poor quality gravestones placed in the cemetery in the 1970s, with new ones, created according to the old designs. Furthermore, several graves destroyed last summer by collapsing trees will be restored to their former glory. 

The renovation should be completed by 2026 at a total cost of nearly one million euro. It is funded by Civic Committee for the Restoration of Krakow Heritage and the Municipality of Krakow.

WDEC 2021 at the Old Cemetery of Podgorze

Join us on a guided walk entitled "Microcosm of grief – history of the Old Cemetery of Podgorze in the works of Wojciech Weiss."

As part of the Week of Discovering European Cemeteries 2021, Association PODGORZE.PL and Podgorze Museum, would like to take you on an incredible guided walk entitled "Microcosm of grief – history of the Old Cemetery of Podgorze in the works of Wojciech Weiss.".

It will be an interdisciplinary tour as we will talk about art, history and the present times. We will walk with images in our hands, trace the landscapes, reflect on the “topography of grief” so aptly noticed and tamed by Wojciech Weiss. We will find the very same path that was captured on one of his photographs depicting a lone woman carrying a child’s coffin. We will tell a story of the Old Cemetery of Podgorze: its past, present and plans for the future.

Guides: Melania Tutak (Podgorze Museum), Paweł Kubisztal (Association PODGORZE.PL).
Start: Podgorze Museum, ul. Limanowskiego 51, Krakow, Poland
Date: 29.05.2021 at 10:00am

WDEC 2019 in Krakow

Join us on a guided walk at the Old Cemetery of Podgorze in Krakow (Poland) on Tuesday, May 28th, 2019.

Association PODGORZE.PL invites you to a guided walk by Jaroslaw Zolciak entitled “Introduction to the Old Cemetery of Podgorze (Stary Cmentarz Podgorski)”.

Our guides will present us the story of this oldest municipal cemetery in Krakow, established at the end of XVIII century, and show us the graves of famous people buried there. Also, we will see unique images of graves lost during the construction of the nearby road in 1976 and graves recently renovated.

The guided walk will start at 6pm. In case of rain the lecture will be held in the Museum of Podgorze - opposite the cemetery (Limanowskiego Street, 51).

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