Podgórze, once a separate town founded by the Austrians, now a district of Krakow, lies on the right bank of the Vistula River.
Here you will find some of the oldest monuments of Krakow – Krak’s Mound, St. Benedict’s Church. The Podgórze Market Square with St. Joseph’s Church is a wonderful place from where you can set off on Podgórze trails, including to a park founded on a former quarry by Wojciech Bednarski.
However, Podgórze is above all places connected with World War II, the museum’s Memory Route – the former Jewish ghetto, the Eagle Pharmacy and the most frequently visited by tourists – Oskar Schindler’s Emalia Factory and the former concentration camp KL Plaszow.