A
virtual sightseeing tour of Krakow.
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Wawel
Royal Castle
Home to three dynasties of Poland's
monarchs. Its stately halls and exquisite chambers are filled
with priceless art, best period furniture and rare ancient objects.
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Wawel
Cathedral
Poland's impressive national shrine
shelters plenty of superb church art. Among its
18 chapels are true
architectural masterpieces. The giant bell Zygmunt of 1520
ranks with the world's largest. Most Polish kings
and their family members are buried in the cathedral, its
chapels and crypts, together with the greatest
national heroes, two poets, four saints and
numerous bishops.
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Basilica
of the Virgin Mary's
The immense Gothic church, Krakow's
principal temple since the 13th century, shelters
the world's greatest
Gothic sculpture among its many excellent
works of art.
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Cloth
Hall
The world's oldest shopping mall has
been in business for 700 years. The present
Renaissance edifice dates from 1555.Town Hall Tower
Krakow's leaning tower was built by the
end of the 13th century.
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City
Walls
700-year-old main city gate with
adjoining mighty walls and towers.Great Barbican
Awesome 500-year-old unmatched
masterpiece of medieval military engineering.
Planty Garden Ring
Park of 30 varied gardens among old
trees round Krakow's Old Town historical
district.
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Skalka
Sanctuary
Poland’s second holiest shrine at the
site of St. Stanislav’s 1079 martyrdom.
Splendid Baroque church and fine monastery
modeled on a Renaissance castle. St. Norbert's Convent
Vast fortified complex on the Vistula
river is home to Krakow’s once powerful
Premonstratensian Sisters since the 12th c.
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Tyniec
Abbey
Krakow's hilltop monastery-fortress
dates from the 11th c.Bielany Monastery
Magnificent 17th-century Baroque
hermitage complex atop the Silver Mountain hovers
over Krakow.
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The
Wieliczka Salt Mine
Millions of visitors, the crowned heads and such
celebrities as Goethe and Sarah Bernhardt among
them, have enthused over that subterranean world
of labyrinthine passages, giant caverns,
underground lakes and chapels with sculptures in
the crystalline salt and rich ornamentation
carved in the salt rock. The last 900 years, when
the Wieliczka Salt Mine has been worked, produced
200 kilometers of passages as well as 2,040
caverns of varied size.
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Collegium
Maius
15th-century impressive Grand College of
the Krakow university where Copernicus once
studied.Kanonicza
Street
The most beautiful of Europe's ancient
streets,arguably.
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Jewish
Quarter
The Kazimierz Jewish
quarter was the safe haven for Jews from every
corner of Europe till the 20th c. and a major
center of the Diaspora.
Krakow
Synagogues
Seven
of the historic Kazimierz synagogues date from the 16th, the
17th, and the 18th centuries.
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Krakow's
Renaissance Old
Synagogue, in the Kazimerz historic
district, dates back to 1570.
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Krakow
tours
Krakow's UNESCO
World Heritage Sites
Krakow Attractions
Krakow, Poland's prime tourist
attraction and a must in Central Europe, boasts
numerous world-class monuments, charming vistas,
delightful atmosphere, and the best restaurants.
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Sanctuary
of Kalawria Zabrzydowska, dates from the early 17th century and
is Europe's largest Calvary complex.
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