Krakow Travel Guide

Jadwiga was a daughter of Louis d’ Anjou, King of Hungary and Poland. According to decision taken by her father and Polish nobles she was supposed to come to Krakow to become King of Poland. It is not the error - she was supposed to be a ruler and she was supposed to be [...]

the Archcathedral of Kraków
Wawel Hill

The first cathedral church has been built soon after the foundation of Krakow’s bishopric in the year 1000.
The main building of the present cathedral remained its Gothic character from the end of 14th century, jet with many of later additions.

The Wawel castle collection is separated into several exhibitions with separate tickets and entrances.
The Royal Chambers are split into :State Rooms, and Private Apartments.

the Bell of King Sigismund the Old
on the Tower of the Wawel Cathedral
Casted by Hans Beham from Nurmberg is believed to be the biggest working bell in the world.
It hangs here since year 1521, and still is used for the special events. His founder king Zygmunt Stary (Sigismund the Old) is buried underneath the Golden [...]

Cathedral Museum
Wawel 2
opened in 1978 by Karol Wojtyla, who the same year became the pope John Paul II, hosts the most important items from the Cathedral Treasury. Here you can find coronation robes of Polish Kings, royal insignia, spire of Saint Maurituis - gift of Otto III to the first king of Poland - [...]

The Treasury is located in the oldest preserved part of the Castle, the lower part of the Gothic Tower traditionally used for storage of gunpowder and different weapons.
Unfortunately there are only a few Polish Royal Insignia preserved, almost all of the Crowns were stolen

Wawel Lost Wawel Zaginiony
Wawel Royal Castle
The National Art Collection
Wawel 5
31-001 Kraków, Poland
phone: +4812 422-51-55
Lost Wawel is an archeological exhibition of items connected with the history of the Wawel hill.The tourist path goes through different excavation work, showing the oldest church ‘Rotunda’ from around year 1000, the remains of the big stove and forno from Royal [...]

Almost six years lasted the renovation of two tapestries: “Babel Tower Construction” and “Ariadne and Bacchus Triumph”. On Monday, November 17 some people could admire those two masterpieces at a special event organized by the Castle. The majority of Krakow citizens and overseas tourists will be permitted to see the tapestries only in spring.
Both masterpieces [...]