ul. Jezuicka - the most colorful street

Warsaw Old Town street - ul. Jezuicka, the most colorful street

One of the Old Town's three axes, it also connects the Old Town Square with the immediate vicinity of the Royal Castle (via Kanonia), but seems to attract fewer visitors and is markedly more quiet than the ramaining two. Ranked among Warsaw's oldest streets, it was home to a number of major ecclesiastical and educational institutions as well as state offices. Until the mid 17th century it was called ulica œw. Jana (St. John's Street), but as the houses lining it gradually became the property of Jesuits, it was renamed accordingly. Burnt in 1944, ul. Jezuicka was recreated between 1953 and 1956.