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1Fortifications
and Towers
Wawel Hill. Map 3 C1 (5 C5). @ 504.
v 6, 8, 10, 13, 18.
The fortifications surrounding
Wawel Hill date from different
periods. Three massive towers –
the Thief’s Tower (Złodziejska),
Sandomierz and Senator’s
Towers (the latter also called
Lubranka) are dominant
features of the architectural The Coat of Arms Gate and part of the fortifications surrounding Wawel Hill
silhouette of the Wawel. They
date from the second half 2Statue of Tadeusz of objects from the cathedral’s
of the 15th and early 16th Kościuszko Crown Treasury. Among the
centuries, when the royal exhibits are a sword, which
residence was rebuilt by the Wawel Hill. Map 3 C1 (5 C5). @ 504. was purposely broken in two
v 6, 8, 10, 13, 18.
Jagiellonians. New, mainly places at the funeral of the
earth fortifications designed The statue of Tadeusz Kościuszko, last Jagiellonian king, Zygmunt
by Jan Pleitner were erected general and main leader of the August; the coronation robe of
under Władysław IV between 1794 Uprising in Poland (see Stanisław August Poniatowski;
1644 and 1646 on the castle’s p31) and a participant in the the replica of the royal insignia
northern terrace. The southeast American Revolution, was found inside the royal coffins
bastion and redan (fortification erected in 1921. It was designed buried beneath the
of two parapets) were by Leonard Marconi and cathedral, and the stirrup
constructed in the early 18th completed by Antoni Popiel. of the Grand Vizier Kara
century for King August II. Later The statue was destroyed Mustafa which was
in the century star-shaped by the Germans in presented to the
fortifications designed by 1940. The present cathedral by
Bakałowicz and Mehler were reconstruction was King Jan III
built on the side of the Vistula donated in 1960. Sobieski
River. The Austrians expanded When approaching Stirrup that belonged to the following his
the system between 1849 the Władysław Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa, victory at the
and 1852. Two round towers, bastion, where the Cathedral Museum Battle of Vienna
forming part of the Austrian statue stands, you (1683). The
additions, have survived. can see a number of plaques outstanding collection of
The Wawel Castle was thus mounted in the brick wall. These reliquaries, church vessels and
transformed into a citadel commemorate the donors who vestments includes objects
surrounded by a complex contributed to the restoration found in the tomb of Bishop
defence system. works carried out within the Maur, as well as memorabilia
castle during the inter-war of John Paul II.
years. Also of interest is the
Coat of Arms Gate by Adolf
Szyszko-Bohusz. 5Wawel Royal
Castle
3Wawel Cathedral See pp72–3.
See pp66–71.
6“Lost Wawel”
Exhibition
4Cathedral
Museum Wawel Hill 5. Map 3 C1 (5 D5).
Tel 12 422 51 55. @ 504. v 6, 8,
Wawel 3. Map 3 C1 (5 C5). Tel 12 429 10, 13, 18. Open Apr–Oct: 9:30am–
33 21. @ 504. v 6, 8, 10, 13, 18. 1pm Mon, 9:30am–5pm Tue–Fri,
Open 9am–5pm Mon–Sat (Nov– 10am–5pm Sat & Sun; Nov–Mar:
Mar: to 4pm). & 9:30am–4pm Tue–Fri, 10am–4pm
Sat & Sun. Closed public hols.
The Cathedral Museum was ∑ wawel.krakow.pl
established in September 1978
by the then Archbishop Karol This special exhibition, arranged
The Sandomierz Tower, one of the three Wojtyła, the Metropolitan of in the basement of the former
Wawel defence towers Krakow. The display consists royal kitchen (now occupied