Basztowa Street, Kraków

**Basztowa Street** is a street in Kraków, Poland. It is in the Old Town district. It is part of the first ring road around the city center. The western end of the street meets Garbarska Street, where it becomes Julian Dunajewski Street. It borders the Old Town and Planty Park from the north. 

In 1914, tram tracks were built on this street. The name "Basztowa" comes from the nearby city walls and towers that still stand today. It was officially established in 1881. The street is 745 meters long.

## Buildings 
**On the north side of the street:**

* 1–2 Basztowa Street (1 Adam Asnyk Street) – Popielów House, built in 1909–1910 by Wacław Krzyżanowski and Józef Pakies.
* 3 Basztowa Street – Popielów Tenement, sometimes called "Popielów Palace," built in 1887 by Tadeusz Stryjeński. It was used to store the Popiel family's archives and books. Now it is the Austrian Institute in Kraków.
* 4 Basztowa Street – tenement built in 1872 by Tomasz Pryliński, expanded around 1930 by Franciszek Mączyński.
* 5 Basztowa Street – tenement built around 1890 by Tomasz Pryliński, rebuilt around 1930.
* 6–8 Basztowa Street – "Florianka" Insurance Company building, built in 1886 by Tomasz Pryliński and Tadeusz Stryjeński. Now it houses two music schools and a concert hall of the Academy of Music.
* 9 Basztowa Street  (2–4 Krowoderska Street) – tenement built in 1884 by Tomasz Pryliński. Now it is the W. Żeleński State Music School.
* 10 Basztowa Street (1 Krowoderska Street) – tenement built in 1929 by Wacław Krzyżanowski.
* 11 Basztowa Street (1 Długa Street) – "Pod Globusem" House, built in 1904–1906 by Franciszek Mączyński and Tadeusz Stryjeński.
* 15 Basztowa Street (4 Kleparski Square) – Feniks Building, built in 1931–1933 by Jerzy Struszkiewicz and Maksymilian Burstin. Before World War II, it was the German consulate.
* 16 Basztowa Street – tenement built around 1852 by Antoni Stacherski.
* 17 Basztowa Street – tenement built in 1877 by Jacek Matusiński.
* 18 Basztowa Street – tenement built in 1880 by Karol Zaremba.
* 19 Basztowa Street (13 Jan Matejko Square) – Main Building of the Academy of Fine Arts, built in 1877–1879 by Maciej Moraczewski.
* 20 Basztowa Street – National Bank of Poland building, built in 1921–1925 by Teodor Hoffmann and Kazimierz Wyczyński.
* 22 Basztowa Street – Lesser Poland Voivodeship Office,
* 23 Basztowa Street – tenement house built in 1890, designed by Sławomir Odrzywolski.
* 24 Basztowa Street – tenement house built between 1889 and 1890, designed by Sławomir Odrzywolski.
* 25 Basztowa Street (2 Pawia Street) – Hotel Polonia, built between 1886 and 1887, designed by Sławomir Odrzywolski.

**On the south side of the street:**

* Barbican (a historic fortified gate).

Barbican, Basztowa Street, Old Town, Kraków, Poland.jpg|View to the east: Barbican and Planty Park.
File:Popiel tenement (1908 design. by Waclaw Krzyzanowski), 1-2 Basztowa street, Krakow, Poland.jpg|1–2 Basztowa StreetPopielów House
File:Kamienica-UlicaBasztowa3-POL, Kraków.jpg|3 Basztowa StreetTenement (design. by Tadeusz Stryjeński, 1887–1888)
File:Kamienica-UlicaBasztowa4-POL, Kraków.jpg|4 Basztowa StreetTenement (design. by Tomasz Pryliński, 1872, with later reconstructions)
File:Tenement house, 5-5a Basztowa Street, Kraków, Poland.jpg|5 Basztowa StreetTenement
File:Building of former Insurance Company Florianka, 1879 design. Tomasz Pryliński, 6-8 Basztowa street, Kraków, Poland.jpg|6–8 Basztowa Street"Florianka" Insurance Company building
File:Kamienica-UlicaBasztowa9-POL, Kraków.jpg|9 Basztowa StreetTenement (design. by Tomasz Pryliński, 1884)
File:Tenement house,1929 designed by Roman Bandurski and Emil Allweil, 10 Basztowa street, Kleparz, Krakow, Poland.JPG|10 Basztowa StreetTenement
File:Pod Globusem (Under the Globe) house, 1904 design. Franciszek Mączyński and Tadeusz Stryjeński, 11 Basztowa Street, Kraków, Poland.jpg|11 Basztowa Street"Pod Globusem" House
File:Feniks tenement house, 1931 design. Leopold Bauer, Jerzy Struszkiewicz, Maksymilian Burstin, 15 Basztowa street, Kraków, Poland.jpg|15 Basztowa StreetFeniks Building
File:Kamienica-UlicaBasztowa17-POL, Kraków.jpg|17 Basztowa StreetTenement (design. by Jacek Matusiński, 1877)
File:Tenement house, 1880 design. Karol Zaremba, 18 Basztowa street, Kraków, Poland.jpg|18 Basztowa StreetTenement
File:AkademiaSztukPięknychImJanaMatejki-POL, Kraków.jpg|Main Building of the Academy of Fine Arts
File:NarodowyBankPolski-GmachKrakowski-POL, Kraków.JPG|National Bank of Poland building
File:Lesser Poland Voivodship Office, 1898 design. Alfred Broniewski, 22 Basztowa street, Kraków, Poland.jpg|Lesser Poland Voivodeship Office
File:Tenement houses, 1886-1890 designed by Sławomir Odrzywolski, 23, 24 and 25 Basztowa street, Kleparz, Krakow, Poland.jpg|23, 24 and 25 Basztowa StreetTenements and the Polonia hotel

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