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  2. Wawel Cathedral - Wikipedia

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    The Wawel Cathedral (Polish: Katedra Wawelska), formally titled the Archcathedral Basilica of Saint Stanislaus and Saint Wenceslaus, (Polish: Bazylika archikatedralna Å›w. StanisÅ‚awa i Å›w. WacÅ‚awa) is a Catholic cathedral situated on Wawel Hill in Kraków, Poland. Nearly 1000 years old, it is part of the Wawel Castle Complex and is a ...

  3. Wawel Castle - Wikipedia

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    The Wawel Royal Castle (Polish pronunciation: [ˈvavÉ›l] ⓘ; Zamek Królewski na Wawelu) 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 established on the orders of King Casimir III the Great [ 2 ] and enlarged over ...

  4. Sigismund's Chapel - Wikipedia

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    Sigismund's Chapel (Polish: kaplica Zygmuntowska) is a royal chapel of the Wawel Cathedral in Kraków, Poland. Built as a funerary chapel for the last members of the Jagiellonian Dynasty, it has been hailed by many art historians as "the most beautiful example of the Tuscan Renaissance north of the Alps". [1][2] Financed by King Sigismund I the ...

  5. The Sigismund Bell - Wikipedia

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    The Sigismund Bell (Polish: Dzwon Zygmunt or colloquially Dzwon Zygmunta) is the largest of the five bells hanging in the Sigismund Tower of the Wawel Cathedral in the city of Kraków, Poland. It was cast in 1520 by Hans Behem and named after King Sigismund I the Old, who commissioned it. The bell weighs almost 13 tonnes (28 thousand pounds ...

  6. Tadeusz KoÅ›ciuszko Monument, Kraków - Wikipedia

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    Tadeusz KoÅ›ciuszko Monument, Wawel Castle, Kraków. Tadeusz KoÅ›ciuszko Monument in Kraków (Polish: Pomnik Tadeusza KoÅ›ciuszki w Krakowie), is one of the best known bronze monuments in Poland. It is the work of artists: Leonard Marconi, professor of Lviv University born in Warsaw, and his son in law, sculptor Antoni Popiel.

  7. St. Leonard's Crypt - Wikipedia

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    St. Leonard's Crypt, with tomb of Jan III Sobieski. St. Leonard's Crypt under the Wawel Cathedral in Kraków, Poland, is a Romanesque crypt founded in the 11th century (around 1038–1039) by Casimir I the Restorer who made Kraków his royal residence as the capital. At the end of the 11th century construction work began on the cathedral called ...

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