Artistic view of Wawel Castle from a map of Krakow |
Map of Wawel Castle |
Information poster with view of Wawel Castle |
Wawel Castle |
Wawel Castle |
Wawel Castle |
Street level tower, Wawel Castle |
Sigismund Tower, Wawel Cathedral |
Wawel Cathedral |
Kosciuszko, Wawel Castle |
Tadeusz Koscuiszko fought in the American Revolution before leading the 1794 revolt in Poland |
Gate to Wawel Castle |
Wawel Castle gate |
Wawel Cathedral, Krakow |
Wawel Cathedral, Krakow |
Wawel Cathedral was erected 1320-1364 by King Kazimierz the Great |
Wawel Cathedral, Krakow |
Shrine of St. Stanislaus, patron saint of Poland, martyred in 1079 |
Coffin of St. Stanislaus, silver, 1670 |
Baldachin over St. Stanislaus, 1720 |
Main altar, Wawel Cathedral |
Chapel of Bishop Zebrzydowski, Wawel Cathdral |
Wlodzimierz Potocki, one of Napoleon's officers, Holy Trinity/Queen Sophia Chapel |
Kazimierz the Great (III), King of Poland 1333-1370, last of the Piast Dynasty |
Wladyslaw II, King of Poland 1386-1434, founder of the Jagiellonian dynasty |
Wladyslaw II on the 100 Zlotych note |
Reverse side of the Polish 100 Zlotych note |
Tomb of St. Jadwiga (Hedwig) the Queen, 1374-1399, wife of Wladislaw II. |
Wladyslaw III, King of Poland 1434-1444, killed at the Battle of Varna at age 20 |
Kazimierz IV Jagiello, King of Poland 1447-1492, tomb by Veit Stoss, Holy Cross Chapel |
History of the Holy Cross by Jozef Mehoffer, 1904-1924 , Holy Cross Chapel |
King Jan III Sobieski (1674-1696), famous for raising the Ottoman siege of Vienna in 1683 |
Andrzej Stanislaw Zaluski, Bishop of Krakow |
Chapel of Bishop Konarski, Wawel |
Sigismund the Old, King of Poland 1506-1548, Zygmut Chapel, Wawel Castle |
Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland 1548-1572, Zygmut Chapel |
Shield resembling the modern Slovak coat-of-arms: Lithuanian coat of arms, The Chaser or The Pursuit. |
Poets' Crypt, burial place of romantic poets Adam Mickiewicz and Juliusz Slowacki, Wawel Cathedral |
Tomb of Tadeusz Koscuiszko, 1746-1816, who fought for American and Polish independence, distinguishing himself at Saratoga |
Wawel Cathedral |
The Sigismund Chapel is recognizable with the gold dome, Wawel Cathdral |
Sigismund Chapel, Wawel Cathedral |
Wawel Cathedral |
Sigismund Chapel |
Wawel Cathedral |
Wawel Cathedral |
Wawel Cathedral |
Wawel Cathedral |
Front of Wawel Cathdral |
Sigismund Tower, Wawel Cathdral |
St. Mary's Church, Krakow, seen from the Sigismund Tower, Wawel |
Church of SS Peter & Paul, Krakow |
View from the Sigismund Tower, Wawel Cathedral |
Town Hall Tower, Market Square (Rynek Glowny), Krakow |
Krakow |
Wawel Castle, Krakow |
Pope John Paul II vestments, Krakow Cathedral Museum |
Pope John Paul II vestments, Krakow Cathedral Museum |
Foundations of buildings razed by the Austrians |
Flowers, Wawel Castle |
Wawel Castle |
Wawel Castle |
Tickets to the Royal Chambers are limited in number. Groups of 10 enter every 10 minutes starting at 9:30 |
Wawel Castle |
Wawel Castle |
Wawel Castle |
Treasury and Armory |
Treasury and Armory, Wawel Castle |
Treasury and Armory, Wawel Castle |
Wawel Dragon (Smok Wawelski) |
Krakow Dragon on a poster |
Tower, Wawel Castle |
Tower, Wawel Castle |
Wawel Castle |
Wawel Castle with the river Vistula |