Kraków Old Town
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Old Town is the oldest, historic part of the city of Kraków within the Planty Park, Poland.
Main Market Square (view from St. Mary's Basilica)
Trumpeter playing the Heynal
Barbican of Kraków
St. Florian's Gate
Wawel Castle
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The Wawel Royal Castle and the Wawel Hill on which it sits constitute the most historically and culturally significant site in Poland. A fortified residency on the Vistula River in Kraków, it was esta
Kraków Old Town
…Barbakan) built in 1499, and enters Stare Miasto through the Florian Gate. It leads down Floriańska Street through the Main Square, and up Grodzka to Wawel, the former seat of Polish royalty overlooking the Vistula river. In the 19th century most of the Old Town fortifications were demolished. The moat…
The Wawel Hill, with the cathedral on the right and the castle on the left.
An older section of Wawel from the 14th century, now the Cathedral Museum.
The Wawel complex, with the Cathedral on the left and Castle to the right. Over centuries, various styles of architecture have evolved side by side.
Smok Wawelski, Wawel's legendary dragon