The Wawel Cathedral (Polish: Katedra Wawelska), formally titled the Archcathedral Basilica of Saint Stanislaus and Saint Wenceslaus, (Polish: Bazylika...
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national importance, including the Wawel Cathedral where Polish monarchs were crowned and buried. Some of Wawel's oldest stone buildings can be traced...
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The Wawel Dragon (Polish: Smok Wawelski), also known as the Dragon of Wawel Hill, is a famous dragon in Polish legend. According to the earliest account...
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Castle and the Wawel Cathedral - in the north-west corner of Wawel's courtyard. The Wawel Chakra, or Wawel Stone, or Wawel Lotus or Wawel Power Place is treated...
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III of Poland, one of very few Polish Kings to be buried outside the Wawel Cathedral in Kraków, and last Queen of Poland Maria Josepha. It is also burial...
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Coronations in Poland (redirect from Royal Coronations at Wawel Cathedral)
Poniatowski, was crowned at St. John's Cathedral in Warsaw. Most Polish coronations took place at the Wawel Cathedral in Kraków, but crownings also occurred...
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The Sigismund Bell (category Wawel)
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...
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of the funeral. The couple were buried together in a crypt in the Wawel Cathedral, Kraków, afterwards. On 10 April 2010, a Polish Air Force Tupolev Tu-154M...
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epochs of Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque architecture includes Wawel Cathedral and Wawel Royal Castle on the banks of the Vistula, St. Mary's Basilica...
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death. In 1245 his relics were translated (i.e., moved) to Kraków's Wawel Cathedral. In the early 13th century, Bishop Iwo Odrowąż initiated preparations...
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also the starting point for royal funeral processions, concluding at Wawel Cathedral. The Royal Road crosses Matejko Square (pl. Matejki), passes the Academy...
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Jadwiga of Poland (category Burials at Wawel Cathedral)
to divine inspiration during her long prayers before a crucifix in Wawel Cathedral. Siemowit IV of Mazovia resigned his claim to Poland in December. The...
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Queens of Poland. Royal coronations in Poland Royal Coronations at Wawel Cathedral Dukes of Greater Poland Dukes of Masovia Dukes of Pomerania Dukes of...
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Sigismund II Augustus (category Burials at Wawel Cathedral)
time shortly before marriage vows. The ceremony was performed at the Wawel Cathedral and the wedding continued for two weeks. Bona began to plot against...
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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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Juliusz Słowacki (category Burials at Wawel Cathedral)
to Wawel Cathedral, in Kraków. He was interred in the Crypt of the National Bards [pl], beside Mickiewicz. Słowacki's interment at Waweł Cathedral was...
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Józef Piłsudski (category Burials at Wawel Cathedral)
display at St. Leonard's Crypt in Kraków's Wawel Cathedral, Piłsudski's remains were transferred to the cathedral's Crypt under the Silver Bells. The decision...
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John III Sobieski (category Burials at Wawel Cathedral)
and obesity in later life, Sobieski died in 1696 and was buried at Wawel Cathedral in Kraków. He was succeeded by Augustus II of Poland and Saxony. John...
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Sigismund I the Old (category Burials at Wawel Cathedral)
arrived in Kraków on 20 January 1507 and was crowned four days later in Wawel Cathedral by Primate Andrzej Boryszewski. The internal situation in Poland was...
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Casimir IV Jagiellon (category Burials at Wawel Cathedral)
gaining its independence from the steppe nomads. Casimir was interred at Wawel Cathedral in Kraków, in a red marble tomb sculpted by Veit Stoss. In 1973 a research...
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Władysław III of Poland (category Burials at Wawel Cathedral)
male successor was widely regarded as a miracle. He was baptised at Wawel Cathedral in mid-February 1425 by Wojciech Jastrzębiec, Bishop of Gniezno and...
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Elizabeth of Austria (1436–1505) (category Burials at Wawel Cathedral)
brother Vladislaus II in 1499. In 1503, she funded a chapel within Wawel Cathedral to house the tomb of her son John Albert by Florentine artist Francesco...
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accomplished between 1507 and 1536. Berrecci also built Sigismund's Chapel at Wawel Cathedral. Polish magnates, Silesian Piast princes in Brzeg, and even Kraków...
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Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki (category Burials at Wawel Cathedral)
bowels were placed in a wall of the Latin Cathedral in Lwów, while the body was buried in Wawel Cathedral in Kraków on 31 January 1676, the same day...
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1320 the regalia of the Polish kings were kept in the treasury of the Wawel Cathedral. In 1370 Louis I of Hungary decided to transfer the Polish regalia...
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Poland. In 1320, he became the first king of Poland crowned in Kraków's Wawel Cathedral instead of Gniezno. The coronation was hesitantly agreed to by Pope...
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Casimir III the Great (category Burials at Wawel Cathedral)
Matejko Casimir the Great by Leopold Loeffler Casimir III's tomb at Wawel Cathedral Document issued by Casimir the Great granting the Armenian bishop Gregory...
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restored under Władysław I the Elbow-High, who was crowned at the Wawel cathedral in Kraków, and then subsequently strengthened by his son Casimir III...
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Sigismund III Vasa (category Burials at Wawel Cathedral)
the Royal Capital City of Kraków he was crowned on 27 December at Wawel Cathedral. Sigismund's position was solidified when Jan Zamoyski defeated Maximilian...
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Tadeusz Kościuszko (category Burials at Wawel Cathedral)
Sigismund Bell and the firing of cannon, it was placed in a crypt at Wawel Cathedral, a pantheon of Polish kings and national heroes. Kościuszko's internal...
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