Cracow - St. Stanislaus Church

Skałka, which means a small rock in Polish, is a small hillock in Kraków where the Bishop of Krakow saint Stanislaus of Szczepanów was slain by order of Polish king Bolesław II the Bold in 1079. This action resulted in the king's exile and the eventual canonization of the slain bishop. The crypt underneath the church serves as a national Panthéon, a burial place for some of the most distinguished Poles, particularly those who lived in Kraków.