ul. Dziekania - the quietest line

Warsaw Old Town street - ul. Dziekania, the quiestest line

A quiet lane in the heart of the Old Town, Dziekania ("Dean Street") is separated from the swarms of tourists in ul. świętojańska by the gate in the cathedral belfry. As it ran along the southern wall of the cathedral, between ul. Świętojańska and Kanonia, from the legal point of view it was a property of the Church rather than town. The finest piece of old architecture in this area is the covered porch linking the church with the Kitchen Courtyard of the Royal Castle, a genuine survival from the 1620s which somehow passed through the war unscathed. The Dean's Palace at no. 1 was built in 1610 and extended in the early 18th century. It was partly destroyed in 1944, but substantial fragments of walls in its oldest section survived.