15-17th centuries
1477 -89 – Veit Stoss works on Main Altar for Saint Mary’s Church
around 1500 – beginning of Wawel Castle rebuilding in Renaissance style
1503 -05 – first renaissance masterpiece in Royal Cathedral made by Francesco Fiorentino
1517-1518 – arrival of Bartolomeo Berrecci – Italian artist with invented name who continued the works in Royal Castle, made project and built Sigismund Chapel – the best renaissance masterpiece ever known out of Italy
1520 – Royal Cathedral features the new bell called Sigismund (after the sponsor king) made in by Hans Beham from Nurnberg
1525 – homage to the Polish King Sigismund the Old by Prince Albert Hohenzollern of Prussia, on the Main Market Square
1555 – after a big fire, construction of the new Cloth Hall
1550s – Flemish tapestries arrive to Royal Castle
1595 – after a big fire in Royal Castle – King Sigismund III decides to move to Warsaw next year
1596 – beginning of construction of St Peter and Paul’s Church, the first Baroque building in Poland
1655 – severe city damages during Swedish invasion