Tenement house at Grodzka 28/30 in Kraków

The tenement house at Grodzka 28/30 is a historic building in Kraków's Old Town, listed as a monument. Its history dates back to the 14th century, when two Gothic houses stood here, owned among others by Andrzej Werzingi and the armorer Nicolaus. The northern house was called the Łabędź Princes' House or Protkowic House, and the southern one – Gubin House. Both burned down in the great fire of Kraków in 1850. Later that year, a single building with a double address was erected on their site, designed by Piotr Barański and Teofil Żebrawski. In 1927 it was remodeled under architect Beniamin Torbe. In the courtyard, the Tigner Synagogue was built in 1913, and in 1931 it was redesigned in the modernist style by Jewish architects Izaak Goldberger and Izrael Messinger. The prayer house operated until 1939, and after the war served as a warehouse and rehearsal hall for the Municipal Musical Theatre. Since the 1970s it fell into ruin. In 2024, the tenement's renovation was completed. Today, the building is an interesting example of Kraków's bourgeois architecture, and its history reflects the city's turbulent past.