Espresso at the Villa Decius

Just few days before the official opening of the 2023/2024 season, chamber musicians of the Sinfonietta Cracovia will return to performances and present an offer of a pleasant early Sunday afternoon. We will combine the conversation about culture with invitation for a cup of good coffee and then we will listen to excerpts from two great works for string sextet: the arrangement of the first movement of Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra and the String Sextet by the romantic Danish composer Niels Wilhelm Gade. The musical repertoire will be complemented by a surprise theme from the repertoire of film music.

Espresso Concerts also orginised in unevident locations and explore different contexts for the reception of music. In the last days of August, we invite you for a trip to the green Wola Justowska area and the hospitable thresholds of Villa Decius. In the ballroom of the former palace, we will hear stories about this extraordinary place, the idea of which is "to create a meeting place for representatives of various fields of science and culture, nationalities and areas of interest, as well as an exchange of ideas and a search for stimuli for creative work". Join us in an inspiring encounter with art at Villa Decius!

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Espresso Concerts is a series of meetings as short as an espresso shot, held in various branches of Krakow museums, combined with the presentation of a selected work of art to which the concert repertoire alludes. The series creates favourable conditions to enter the world of music for those who do not regularly partake in the cultural life of Krakow. It is also a proposition for audiences who decide to catch a breath on a Sunday afternoon, and savour both culture and a cup of their favourite coffee.

The nearest bus stop in the vicinity of Villa Decius is the "Sielanka" bus stop, where buses no. 109 and 192 stop.

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Villa Decius Institute for Culture, ul. 28 Lipca 1948 17a, 30-233 Kraków.

   - for people with mobility problems

There are two entrances to the building. There are stairs in front of the entrance on the east side, the entrance on the west side is without stairs, but there is a treshold. Doors are difficult to open, there are double-leaf doors, without door closers. There is no elevator and no devices enabling movement between floors, there are thresholds and steps at the entrances to the rooms, double-leaf       doors to the rooms.

The building does not have separate toilets for the disabled.

- for deaf and hard of hearing people

There are no induction loops in the building. At the moment, it is not possible to access a Polish Sign Language interpreter. There are text descriptions for the visitors in the rooms.

- for the blind and visually impaired

Entrance visible against the background of the facade in accordance with the historic character of the building (dark door against the background of a light facade), straight stairs but without marking individual floors in Braille and with the use of contrasting boards, stairs and glass doors are not marked in contrast due to their historic character, there is a sound alarm system in the building.

The information about individual rooms for the visitors is accessible via a QR code placed next to the descriptions that should be scanned using one’s own mobile phone. There is also a 3D model of the building and tactile graphics showing the main facade of the building and flat wall decorations.

- assistance dog

You can come with an assistance dog or a guide dog. Remember to carry with you an assistance dog’s certificate and the certificate of vaccination.

- car park and parking spaces

There are public parking spaces next to the facility, no designated parking spaces for the disabled.

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