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Barbarism in Kraków

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Ben Sixsmith
Nov 08, 2026
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Some years ago, I was standing on the market square — the rynek — of Kraków in the snow-flecked darkness of a winter night. I was looking up at the imposing elegance of St. Mary’s Basilica, and the stars behind its towers.

It was beautiful — a moment of stillness amid the hubbub of a major city. The human grandeur, and the natural grandeur, brought me cl…

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