The small square adjacent to the Main Market and bordered by the Mariacki Cathedral, St Barbara's Church and the burghers' houses Cathedral, St Barbara's Church and burgher's houses, occupies the territory of the defunct parish cemetery. of the defunct parish cemetery. According to the town legend, the church of St. Barbara, which was founded on the site of the parish cemetery. St. Barbara's Church, founded in 1362 by MikoĊaj Wierzynek, was made of bricks, left over from the construction of the Mariatic Cathedral. Its purpose was cemetery chapel, in the second half of the 16th century it became the first residence of the Jesuits in Kraków.
At the wall of the church, under the open openwork arcade, is a large sculptural Gethsemane group, depicting Jesus Christ praying in the Garden of Gethsemane, and the Apostles falling asleep. Some researchers attribute it to Vitus Stvos, others to his disciples.
