St Vincent de Paul Park
Explorer of Kraków's Parks · no. 24
Park type: standard. In this park you can collect a stamp in the "Explorer of Kraków's Parks" campaign run by Kraków's Municipal Greenery Authority (ZZM).
History
St Vincent de Paul Park in the Krowodrza district was laid out after the Second World War, on land once occupied by the mission and parish gardens of the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes. At first it was named after Adam Polewka, a writer and member of the Legislative Sejm, and his monument, which stood here, was removed after 1989. By a resolution of Kraków City Council in 1991 the park was named after St Vincent de Paul. After a tender decided in 2008, it was renovated.
In April 2010 a monument to the park's patron, the work of Dr Karol Badyna, was unveiled.
Did you know?
The bronze sculpture shows the saint blessing a little boy and stands on a brick plinth. Vincent de Paul was a French priest who founded the Daughters of Charity and the Lazarists.