The Wawel Royal Castle (Polish pronunciation: [ˈvavɛl] ; Zamek Królewski na Wawelu) and the Wawel Hill on which it sits constitute the most historically...
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adding that the "Dragon's Cave" (Polish: Smocza Jama) lay beneath Wawel Castle (on Wawel Hill on the bank of the Vistula River). The oldest known telling...
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The Wawel Royal Castle National Art Collection (Polish: Zamek Królewski na Wawelu – Państwowe Zbiory Sztuki) is the residence museum and collection housed...
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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 national sanctuary...
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the Wawel Chakra is situated under St. Gereon's chapel, which was built in the 11th century and is located between the Royal Castle and the Wawel Cathedral...
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Royal Castle and surrounding Old Town became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is the second most visited art museum in Poland (after the Wawel Castle in...
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Wawel Dragon Statue (Polish: Pomnik Smoka Wawelskiego) is a monument at the foot of the Wawel Hill in Kraków, Poland, in front of the Wawel Dragon's den...
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Poland. The largest castle in the region of Silesia, it is the third-largest in Poland behind Malbork Castle and Wawel Castle. It lies within Książ...
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known as zaojing (Chinese: 藻井; pinyin: zǎojǐng). Coffered plafond at Wawel Castle, Kraków, Poland Coffered ceiling of the Sala dell'Udienza, in the Palazzo...
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to be crowned at Wawel Cathedral in Kraków. Beginning in 1333, the reign of Casimir III the Great was marked by developments in castle infrastructure,...
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Cited as one of Europe's most beautiful cities, its Old Town with Wawel Royal Castle was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1978, one of the world's...
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Wieliczka Salt Mine Toruń Malbork Castle Wawel Castle Elbląg Canal Zamość Kraków Market Square The Seven Wonders of Poland (Polish: Siedem cudów Polski)...
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founder of Kraków. Krakus is also credited with building Wawel Castle and slaying the Wawel Dragon by feeding it a dead sheep full of sulfur. The latter...
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continues south through the centre of town towards Wawel Hill, where the old royal residence, Wawel Castle, is located. The Royal Road passes some of the...
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currently on display along with other preserved royal items at the Wawel Royal Castle Museum in Kraków. Several royal crowns were made, including several...
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be returned to Kraków, where it hung in his suite of offices in the Wawel Castle. In 1941, it was transferred to a warehouse of other plundered art in...
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"szabla"). Burgonet-style hussar helmet, Wawel Castle Hussar lobster-tailed pot helmet with side wings, Wawel Castle The hussars' towarzysz were required...
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abroad. Sigismund I the Old, who built the presently existing Wawel Renaissance castle, and his son Sigismund II Augustus, supported intellectual and...
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yellow Sigismund I the Old Polish white eagle from the Sigismund's Chapel Wawel Castle 1994 2015 1 January 1995 12 February 2016 500 złotych 150 × 75 mm Light...
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of trade. Brick buildings were being constructed, including the Royal Wawel Castle with the Rotunda of Sts. Felix and Adauctus, Romanesque churches, a cathedral...
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1320 to 1764. It now is displayed in the treasure vault of the royal Wawel Castle in Kraków, as the only preserved part of the medieval Polish crown jewels...
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decorate the interiors of the royal Wawel Castle in Kraków, Poland. The collection is also collectively known as the Wawel Arrasses, as the majority of the...
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fully restored under Władysław I the Elbow-High, who was crowned at the Wawel cathedral in Kraków, and then subsequently strengthened by his son Casimir...
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Parliament to declare his throne vacant. The short reign of Henry at Wawel Castle in Poland was marked by a clash of cultures between the Polish and the...
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traversed during the Royal Coronations at Wawel Cathedral, between the Kraków barbican to the north, and the Wawel Castle to the south. Ever since its creation...
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Kraków Castle (Wawel Castle). In Kraków was Colonel Stackelberg, Suvorov's successor in command of the Suzdal Regiment. In the Kraków Castle was stored...
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abroad. Sigismund I the Old, who built the presently existing Wawel Renaissance castle, and his son Sigismund II Augustus, supported intellectual and...
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"Senatus Populusque Cracoviensis" over the Waza Gate in Wawel Castle, Kraków, Poland...
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Wawel is a hill in Kraków, Poland, with an architectural complex built on top of it. Wawel may also refer to: Wawel Castle Wawel Cathedral 1352 Wawel...
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crown along with other insignia was stolen from the royal treasury at Wawel Castle in Kraków and melted down. According to historical accounts, the crown...
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