In the Middle Ages the houses of the Srodmiescie Warszawskie were made of wood and poorer craftsmen lived there. In the 18th century most of this area was turned into one of the oldest and finest cemeteries in Europe - the Rakowicki. It is kept in a romantique style as a garden and many famous Poles are burried there. There are a lot of fine 19th century houses, a fort, two parks, two beautiful churches and two museums in this part of town.
There is the neogothic and neoromanique Church of the Immaculate Conception of St. Mary south of the cemetery and a romantique chapel (1863) in the middle of the Rakowicki. Both are worth seeing. You can get there walking the Lubicz street and turning left a the first traffic lights.
The Rakowicki Cemetery is one of the most beautiful in Europe. The oldest graves are from the 18th century. It was enlargend in 1803, 1863, 1885, 1908 and in 1920 a military cemetery was added. Besides famous and ordinary Krakowians special areas were made for participants of the Uprising of 1830, 1846 and 1863, the soldiars of the Polish Legions and of both World Wars, workers killed during the stajks in 1936, American and British pilots, partyzants, victims of the German-Nazi terror and Red Army soldiars who died liberating Krakow in 1945. If you are in Krakow at 1st or 2nd of November you must go there after dark, you might never have seen such a bright cemetery and so many candles at one place. All Saints is a very important holiday in Poland.