The name “Krakowskie Przedmieście” (“The Cracow Suburb”) was formerly related not only to the street. During medieval and renaissance periods, it was the name of the whole district located opposite to Krakowska Gate (Cracow Gate), on the sides of the route to Cracow. The name “Przedmieście” (Suburb) referred then to settlements located outside the city walls and exempt from the city law, yet situated on the grounds that belonged to the city. After Lublin had been fortified by Kazimierz Wielki, Krakowskie Przedmieście was built outside the walls. There are two theories concerning the location of Krakowskie Przedmieście. One of them states that the then Cracow route ran from Krakowska Gate, along today’s Kozia bystreet, then along Narutowicza Street, up to the former Visitandines’ estate, to finally perpendicularly join Krakowskie Przedmieście Street, by the plot no. 72. Then it ran along today’s Radziszewskiego street, past the KUL (Catholic University of Lublin) chapel and further in the southwestern direction. Position of the exit of the Cracow Gate, which faces Kozia st. instead of today’s Krakowskie Przedmieście, attest to this theory.According to the other theory, the erstwhile street followed the same route as it does today. Location of the church of the Holy Spirit (Pol.: Kościół św. Ducha) is believed to prove this statement. The church, which remains in its original place since 1419, is reported to have been situated right next to the Cracow route.