Loretańska Street in Kraków is a street in Kraków, in District I Old Town, in Piasek. It runs meridionally, connecting Krupnicza Street with Jabłonowskich Street.
History.
A lane following the course of today's Loretańska Street existed in this location as early as the 15th century, first recorded in 1431, described as "small," "narrow," or "tight" (platea parva, enge gasse, cleyn gasse). In the 17th century, a monastery of the Reformati order was located in this area, which was destroyed during the Swedish Deluge. At the end of that century, a church and monastery of the Capuchin order were built in its place. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the street running along the monastery wall appeared on city maps as unnamed. The current name of the street was assigned around 1880.
Buildings.
The current buildings on the street mainly date back to the 1890s and consist of tenement houses with facades in the historicism style, largely designed by Leopold Tlachna.