Main post office (Krakow)

The main post office ( Polish: Poczta Główna ) is an architectural monument located in Krakow at the intersection of Wielopole 2 and Westerplatte 20. The building is included in the register of protected monuments of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship ^[1] .

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Main mail
Poczta główna
A country	Poland
Lesser Poland Voivodeship	Krakow , st. Velepole, 2
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Architect
Building	1887 - 1889

The main post office in Krakow was designed by architect F. Zetz. Later, the architectural design of F. Zetz was changed by the architect Jozef Sarah. Construction was carried out from 1887 to 1889 under the supervision of architects Tadeusz Stryensky and Karol Knauz . The building was built in the neo - Renaissance style .

Since 1889, the building was the post office of Krakow. In 1900, the first automatic telephone exchange with 3,600 numbers, patented by American businessman Elmon Strowger, was installed in the building. The station was later converted by an Austrian engineer named Detla and a Polish engineer named Chizhikovsky.

In connection with the growing production capacities, the building was rebuilt and expanded in 1930-1931 according to the project of Frederic Tadaner in the style of neo-modernism. In 1933, a long-distance telephone exchange began to operate in the building.

The next reconstruction of the building took place during the Second World War by the German authorities. The main post resumed its work on January 22, 1945.

In the postwar period, the Main Post Office was repeatedly modernized. February 18, 1991 the building was entered in the register of protected monuments of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship (No. A-875). In 1993-1996, a dome in the style of postmodernism was designed by Z. Yasak and a clock indicating the time in the DCF77 system.

Since 1991, the building has housed the administration of the Polish Post and telecommunication company Orange Polska.